Pah! Snopes may have debunked some US urban myth about killer spiders in public toilets, but I'm talking about the Australian Redback Spider.
Which lurks under toilets.
Waiting for your arse.
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Fay - Feb 22, 2006 12:14:46 am PST #8022 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
billytea - Feb 22, 2006 3:15:47 am PST #8023 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Pah! Snopes may have debunked some US urban myth about killer spiders in public toilets, but I'm talking about the Australian Redback Spider.
Pfft. Outhouses out back of Bourke that haven't seen a toilet brush in the better part of a decade? Maybe. Toilets in suburban Melbourne? Nah.
OTOH, Sydney is the centre of the domain of one of the world's most venomous spiders. Still. Compare the life expectancies in Australia and the UK. The odds on you seeing, let alone having trouble with, one of our venomous denizens, are pretty small. Unless you let me plan your itinerary.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 22, 2006 3:43:06 am PST #8024 of 9843
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hopes Jilli and Jessica don't wander in on the spider talk unawares
evil jimi - Feb 22, 2006 2:40:24 pm PST #8025 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Pfft. Outhouses out back of Bourke that haven't seen a toilet brush in the better part of a decade? Maybe. Toilets in suburban Melbourne? Nah.
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I've mentioned it before but I did have a redback under the dunny. Admittedly, it was in Adelaide, and admittedly, it only happened once in 18 years. However, it was a redback spider, and it was under the toilet bowl.
billytea - Feb 22, 2006 4:50:55 pm PST #8026 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I've mentioned it before but I did have a redback under the dunny. Admittedly, it was in Adelaide, and admittedly, it only happened once in 18 years. However, it was a redback spider, and it was under the toilet bowl.
Ok, you may wanna stay away from Jimi's dunny.
Fay - Feb 22, 2006 9:26:49 pm PST #8027 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Good point, duly noted.
Mr tea, do I remember rightly that you might be in the UK some time this summer? Or am I on crack?
billytea - Feb 23, 2006 3:03:03 am PST #8028 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Mr tea, do I remember rightly that you might be in the UK some time this summer? Or am I on crack?
The two aren't mutually exclusive, you know.
Anyway, I'm hoping so. I haven't sat down to do the math yet, but London is definitely on my wishlist.
esse - Feb 23, 2006 3:22:56 am PST #8029 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
oooh. BT, if you stick around long enough, I might see you there.
DebetEsse - Feb 28, 2006 5:53:58 am PST #8030 of 9843
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hivemind question (crossposted)
I'm looking at teaching jobs,and I (finally) found one that looks possible in the UK. Among the things I don't know, though, is whether the wage they're offering will be enough for me to live on. I'm scouring the Interbunny, but it'll be somewhere 16-17k, living in Watford, Herts.
Anybody know stuff?
esse - Feb 28, 2006 6:51:36 am PST #8031 of 9843
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Am-chau currently lives in Watford, so you might want to track her down and ask her. But I don't think the cost of living is dramatically high there; it's an hour outside of London.