Off Topic Spiders and phobias

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Nig

Nig

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The lad just sent me a video and it reminded me of a bloke I worked with who imported a triumph tr6 from America to restore.
Clearing the gearstick gator of debris a massive spider ran across his hand, big blokey bloke he shìt a brick and got the car fumagated <laugh>

And one of me nephews, ex marines and mma fighter and in Afghanistan, him and a couple of others were emptying a supply truck when something came running up the trailer noisily along the floorboards.
A large (probably camel) spider, they ran out of the trailer like girls and pulled their sidearms on it <laugh>

Any funny stories of phobias ?

I worked on the scaffolding for a couple of years and got the pìss ripped out of me for being scared of heights. One lad was relentless until one day discussing jobs I explained how I'd worked in very confined spaces and he was claustrophobic :D
He never took the pìss again lol.
 
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TopCat_SMB said:
Used to be scared of spiders but not these days. Just stand on them if they give me any grief

Can't stand heights.
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My bollocks squeeze up like an ice cube when up high :D
I remember a cousin of mine fookin about on South Shields cliffs to wind me up, then got really stuck and I had to help him whilst shìttin mesel.
Cùnt still took the pìss after :D
 
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Nig said:
My bollocks squeeze up like an ice cube when up high :D
I remember a cousin of mine fookin about on South Shields cliffs to wind me up, then got really stuck and I had to help him whilst shìttin mesel.
Cùnt still took the pìss after :D
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Top of a ladder is about as much as I can handle. Anything higher and my spine starts to wobble

Was in Toronto a few years back - up the CN Tower they have a glass floor. I tried to walk on it but my feet wouldn't move
 
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TopCat_SMB said:
Top of a ladder is about as much as I can handle. Anything higher and my spine starts to wobble

Was in Toronto a few years back - up the CN Tower they have a glass floor. I tried to walk on it but my feet wouldn't move
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My height limit extends to some other people.
At work once on a down day, me and another lad went up the steps to some towers at work.

A joining walkway at the top between two towers it was swaying just walking on it.

I saw the fear in the lads face gripping the hand rail halfway across.
So ran on and got it swaying like a pendulum.
Fooker was back down in a blink of an eye <laugh>
 
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Unless the spiders are of huge poisonous kind often found in Aus then they are to be encouraged as they catch and kill flies. Flies buzz annoyingly and spread disease.

Young children brought up with Peppa Pig and Mr Skinny Legs show less fear these days.
 
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Sunderpitt said:
Unless the spiders are of huge poisonous kind often found in Aus then they are to be encouraged as they catch and kill flies. Flies buzz annoyingly and spread disease.

Young children brought up with Peppa Pig and Mr Skinny Legs show less fear these days.
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Aye, me mam always said the spiders kill the flies.
Fookers shìt arl ower me caravan and conservatory though so they get fooked off.
 
TopCat_SMB said:
Top of a ladder is about as much as I can handle. Anything higher and my spine starts to wobble

Was in Toronto a few years back - up the CN Tower they have a glass floor. I tried to walk on it but my feet wouldn't move
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I can't walk across the glass section in the roof of the Glass Centre. It's something about man made structures and heights
 
Nig said:
My bollocks squeeze up like an ice cube when up high :D
I remember a cousin of mine fookin about on South Shields cliffs to wind me up, then got really stuck and I had to help him whilst shìttin mesel.
Cùnt still took the pìss after :D
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When I was about 13 I was painting the eaves on my Sister's house gable end and was right up the top of an aluminium extension ladder that must have been at 70° due to lack of space due to there being a tall fence that stopped us putting the ladder in next door's garden.

My Brother and Brother in Law decided it was a good idea to start bouncing the ladder away from the wall.

I have been **** scared of heights ever since!
 
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Nig said:
My height limit extends to some other people.
At work once on a down day, me and another lad went up the steps to some towers at work.

A joining walkway at the top between two towers it was swaying just walking on it.

I saw the fear in the lads face gripping the hand rail halfway across.
So ran on and got it swaying like a pendulum.
Fooker was back down in a blink of an eye <laugh>
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I'd be lying face down crying my eyes out
 
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I put my hand in the letter box while living in the south of France.

I was looking through the mail when I noticed a large scorpion on the back of my hand.

I shook it off and looked in the letter box, there was a nest of them!

I'd been putting my hand in every day and they'd been sitting there sniggering at me.
 
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Anyone else find that when you're somewhere high up standing at the edge of something looking down there's a compulsion to step off? I'd never do it and have no rational desire to but there's a little voice saying "ah go on, see what happens".

Just looked it up and it's called the call of the void so it's got a cool name at least. Depends on how your brain is wired apparently.
 
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was at my place in Kenya went out with a neighbour for a gargle, The place was a bit quiet so started to walk to another pub saw a line along the dimly lit road as we got closer some of it raised up, we had no weapons and realised it was a big constrictor.It started to move towards us so we scarped to the bar we had just left. by the ****er could shift when we got in we closed the glass door quick and immediately heard a thud, as it hit the door it was looking for a way to get in.
One of the locals slipped out the back and brought about 6 guys armed with pangas (Machetes) they killed the snake then diced it and cooked it on a gico Kenyan barbecue, Robert and me paid for a keg on behind the bar. the locals were happy free grub and beer boy can them lads drink. The snake must have been about 13 foot long and as thick as 2 of Christopher Biggins thighs
 
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