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enthreeohAug 18, 2010
Water is wet.
enthreeohAug 18, 2010
Guess I needed /s after the last hooker fort thing >_>
kitsuaAug 18, 2010
Yeah, that didn't really work out.
docholiday22Aug 19, 2010
Weird.
thorpeAug 18, 2010
Haters gonna hate.
thorpeAug 18, 2010
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/1156/lolcat76b4a9c276f285856.jpg
thorpeAug 18, 2010
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fifteenstepperAug 19, 2010
OMG OTHER PEOPLE DISLIKE COBWEBS TOO WTF
You don't diss The Oatmeal.
swimmin00Aug 19, 2010
Besides the claim of /s, I gotta point out almost every one of those first search results were just links to The Oatmeal's cartoon.
d0kken_Aug 19, 2010
You're a dumbass
redline582Aug 19, 2010
:(
t0bygAug 19, 2010
lol I see the /s
It's just a play on what others say about the oatmeal sometimes.
I call it /j
Jealousy. :D
ghostwoAug 20, 2010
The top ten results all refer to this comic. Nice,
garethjaxAug 18, 2010
Quick ! Use a lighter!
solistusAug 19, 2010
Why? So we can KILL IT WITH FIRE!?
kuci06Aug 18, 2010
now you are aware that there are spiders in your room
ocelot13Aug 19, 2010
the spiders are now diamonds
waisosrsAug 19, 2010
http://i.imgur.com/S3uL4.gif
oatmealAug 18, 2010
I live in Seattle and I've had this flood of idiot spiders setting up camp every night in the narrow walkway between my house and the street. Every morning when I walk my dog I get a mouthful of spider-butt-strings.
doofdoofsfAug 18, 2010Staff
"spider butt strings": lol
kitsuaAug 18, 2010
How vexing. Tell me, does this sort of thing happen in other US cities too, or is Seattle some kind of arachnid haven of nightmares?
oatmealAug 18, 2010
I'm not sure. The spiders are small and brown and they always go crazy this time of year. They're not brown recluses, I don't think (those are bigger), so they don't bite.
stealtherxAug 19, 2010
My friend's place in Davis, CA has a similar problem just off her front porch. I typically wave my arms like a maniac when I approach her door just to prevent myself from walking into a web. Maybe those spiders are so ambitious that they think they can catch a human.
gamepr0Aug 19, 2010
I always walk down the stairs to my basement while waving my arms around like a maniac.
Good to know I'm not the only one doing that.
kitsuaAug 18, 2010
So, the small spiders are crazy and numerous, but the bigger ones bite. Got it.
I don't think I can make brunch at your house by the way, I've ..er.. got a thing.
markemmitchellAug 19, 2010
I live in Tacoma, just south of Seattle, the phenomenon occurs here as well, unfortunately.
amanwithnonameAug 19, 2010
Yeah, sounds like the wolf spiders. See my comment further down the thread.
They look like this: (BEWARE, SPOOKY SPIDER PIC)
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/files/images/wolf%20spider_0.preview.jpg
bajwa123Aug 20, 2010
OH GOD
xyphanAug 19, 2010
Just hope they aren't Hobo spiders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo_spider
ell0boAug 19, 2010
Wolf spiders don't make webs...
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Brown recluses don't live in the PNW, only hobo spiders (aggressive house spiders) which a significant portion of the population is convinced is a brown recluse when they see it. But it's not, they just don't live in that area, they live further south.
ender52Aug 19, 2010
Wolf spiders make little webs in corners with a hole in the back to hide in.
somedevil13Aug 19, 2010
these are globe spiders, and they range from almost-invisibly small to holy-f**kingly large. i'm in eugene oregon and they also go nuts here during these dog days. they spin the most elaborate (admittedly beautiful) webs, and they'll put them anywhere they can reach. this means that during august, every pathway that has two anythings less than 5 feet from each other is a potential globe spider outpost just waiting to be set up and thusly, i walk around paranoid constantly scanning the middle distance for a glimmer of web. they run most of the north west for these few weeks, and we all have no choice but to cower wherever we can find relative safety and let them do as they wish.
panthusdireAug 19, 2010
yes, and wolf spiders get f**king huge...they love the corners of building and on the ground. I had a wolf spider under a piece of wood in my yard, the size of my hand all spread out, body 3/4's the size of my palm. I went to take a snap shot, but my bug slaughtering dog, went and bit in half :-/
ixneonxiAug 19, 2010
Baton Rouge, Every damn night after 2 AM! :(
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Most likely hobo spiders, I killed a very large one just last night by my fireplace, and they are all over the place where I live (NE Seattle area).
jake1337Aug 20, 2010
Seattle has a large amount of spiders. They're everywhere outside my house.
velocity14Aug 20, 2010
Orb-weaving spiders. They're harmless little creatures.
I had a couple of spiders make their home in my indoor garden. I named the first one Orbus. The next year, I decided to call the other one Orbus II.
I felt honored they came to make their homes in my home... but felt bad that they didn't have much food supply. So, whenever I could, I would catch fruit flies (or other types, whichever was around) and drop them in their web while they were still alive to move and signify the spider of a capture.
It's really awesome to watch a spider eat n' spin the remains.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
How to get rid of spiders.
1) Dehumidifier, spiders like cool damp places. A dry house, will keep spiders out.
2) Peppermint oil: add 1-2 teaspoons of Peppermint oil to spray bottle, and add water.
- Spray spider area, will work immediately (effective for about a week.)
3) 20 Mule Team Borax kills crawling insects. Dry areas only (no direct rain/water.)
- Dry application, sprinkle borax on corners/ledges of spider area (easiest method)
- Paint Brush: Water + Borax + Cup + paint spider area (so you know what it looks like, start with a small out of the way area)
- Spray Bottle Application: Water + Borax + Spray Bottle (It needs to dissolve in water.)
* Caution: Borax is similar to soap. Would you eat, inhale, or drink soap?
4) Chewing Tobacco: Plants near your home? Water your plants with this, and it will keep all insects away. Quart of water + chewing tobacco + heat + stir until consistent mixture. Strain mixture into watering can, fill watering can with water (1 gallon max), and water entire plants. (Leaves and all) Spread tobacco pulp as mulch around plants.
* Caution: Do not use on eatable plants, and wash hands after use.
amanwithnonameAug 19, 2010
You, sir, are a superhero and someone should buy you a beer.
tarantulusAug 19, 2010
spiders are my friends, without spiders we get flies in our living room.
docholiday22Aug 19, 2010
Just take the vacume cleaner out and clean it up.
smacksawAug 19, 2010
I feel like we're seeing the convergence of 1920 and 2010 here with the SEO skills of Yanko1975...and it's to pimp Borax.
frostekAug 19, 2010
Spiders also like cardboard - get rid of any cardboard and clutter and you'll get rid of a lot like that.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Will spreading chewing tobacco concentrate around my tomatoes create Tomacco?
ayeroxorAug 19, 2010
"A dry house, will keep spiders out."
What gets rid of, extraneous commas?
mjdubAug 19, 2010
(comment for bookmarking purposes)
sloachAug 19, 2010
I had my mouth washed out with soap once when I was a kid, so this Borax stuff shouldn't be a problem.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
"Will spreading chewing tobacco concentrate around my tomatoes create Tomacco?" Yes, tobacco absorbs into the leaves, roots, and tomato of your plants.
It will negatively impact the taste, and the chemical properties of the tomato. (nicotine)
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
"What gets rid of, extraneous commas?"
Me fail English? That is unpossible.
1339Aug 19, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
mrwallyAug 19, 2010
bookmarking for future reference
lukas1051Aug 19, 2010
Hairspray + lighter!!!
rbobbyAug 20, 2010
Gonna have to try that borax solution. Never knew what the hell it was good for till now.
ele1122Aug 20, 2010
So... don't eat the Borax? I don't understand.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
"So... don't eat the Borax?"
Borax is also a natural herbicide, even though it is naturally occurring in the soil, too much kills plants. You should not eat borax.
For more tips and warnings read these: http://digg.com/d31Zwit
amanwithnonameAug 19, 2010
Do you guys get those freaky orangish wolf spider ones that make like perfect webs, and they're everywhere, and they look like satan himself vomited them forth from the very bowels of perdition simply to make your life miserable? Because we get those down in Portland and they're not fun.
ayeroxorAug 19, 2010
ttiwwp
spazattack5000Aug 19, 2010
There is currently one above my toilet. I haven't s**t in days.
gravydavyAug 20, 2010
Thank you, thank you for that hellish vision in my head now. I will be looking in all corners of my house and keeping my feet out from under my desk. Got chills just reading your post.
lemonseamonkeyAug 19, 2010
I also live in Seattle, anyways my assh**e cat escaped outside at 11, making me chase him through a huge garden with nighttime death spiders.
/cool story bro
ayeroxorAug 19, 2010
coo
dammit!
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
My cat got out to chase a bunny at night after a rainstorm and I had to run through the wet grass to get him (before he got his ass whooped by a bunny). He got all weinery about the wet grass though and I found him stranded on a stone decoration all upset at being wet and then happy to see me. I rolled him around in the grass some more before we went back in. Weiner.
amlynchAug 22, 2010
the first time I read that, I though you were talking about a cat that lives in your assh**e...
chrizzly89Aug 19, 2010
Me too and I live in New York.
Once I remove the spiders all the other s**t insects invade the house.....
monodedeAug 19, 2010
You just can't win.
snottlebocketAug 19, 2010
I named my house spider Harold. We have an agreement, I don't squish Harold and Harold acts as a bouncer to all the other bugs trying to get into my home.
We get along marvelously.
doctorlexusAug 19, 2010
Dude, I did the same thing, I named mine Larry. Although I think Larry died last week from obesity :/ Yeah, I have a lot of flies...
Thankfully I now have Larry 2.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
SWEET JESUS!
captobliviousAug 19, 2010
I would think that you would figure out to bring a stick after the third or fourth time...
That reminds me of a joke,
Three blonds walk into a bar,
You'd think ONE of them would have seen it!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
captobliviousAug 20, 2010
so, was I dugg down for expecting oatmeal to be smart enough to take a stick with im or for the bad blond joke?
Does it matter that I am actually and truly blond?
lolComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
garrettwaltAug 20, 2010
No, you're getting dugg down because what you said was stupid.
captobliviousAug 21, 2010
By people not smart enough to tell me which part they object to?
I know where you keep YOUR anti spiderweb stick GarrettWalt, I bet if you took it out of there you might not be so angry all the time :)
earthwormcowboyAug 19, 2010
The spiders have BEEN THICK this year!! The other day I HEARD a spider run across the table, OVER THE TV! He was 3 inches long! EWWWW!!!
fall0ut17Aug 19, 2010
that's what she said.
lemonseamonkeyAug 19, 2010
in Seattle we get those big wolf spiders, but it could also be a hobo spider. Moved into a new place and there were some f**king huge ones in the basement. Apparently they're really venemous too. Might want to check that out.
deftone1516Aug 19, 2010
Nobodies yet mentioned that the most horrible creature on earth (the brown recluse) prefers dry areas. You're obviously in here promoting the necrotic bite causing agenda!
st0neyAug 19, 2010
We must be neighbors
12340987Aug 19, 2010
spiderlings send long out long strands of silk in the wind to get around.
I think the climate is also partly responsible. Seattle is lush and there are a lot of places to build webs, especially 6 foot orb webs with a 1/4" spider in it >:-|
danwgreAug 20, 2010
I just moved to Seattle a few months ago and work as a gardener, I probably walk through a hundred of these webs a day right now. ick!
shadicAug 20, 2010
I live in Seattle too, Oatmeal.. *Heavy breathing*
diggmat1cAug 20, 2010
IT'S HIM!
djenna8Aug 18, 2010
dear oatmeal,
love your work, especially the fabulous grammar how-to's.
but i have to point out that technically this should be titled 'Why I hate Spiderwebs" as cobwebs are abandoned webs, usually coated in dust and located high up in a corner of a room somewhere...
Also, can i suggest a receive a free Oatmeal poster for all diggers day? Maybe?
j xx
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danisthAug 18, 2010
You'll notice that the web in the comic was abandoned he just felt like he had spiders on him.
cglassAug 19, 2010
You'll notice that the person in the start of this thread missed the joke he just felt like he had to correct the oatmeal.
docholiday22Aug 19, 2010
You love the grammar work yet you have atrocious grammar and punctuation.
I'm not sure if it is helping you.
psa21Aug 18, 2010
Except they really are crawling all over you. The tiny baby ones that you can't even feel. (kill all spiders)
fargmaniaAug 19, 2010
I think all comments, whether spider-related or not, should end like yours. (kill all spiders)
ashur420Aug 19, 2010
this is the best XKCD ever!
glbernsAug 19, 2010
KILL IT WITH FIRE!!
IllBeBackAug 19, 2010
Oh man I hate the creepy crawly spider sensation.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I once stomped on a spider with a lovely egg sack on its back. The hundreds of tiny crawling specks that were unleashed was a thing of nightmares.
vintersemestreAug 19, 2010
i kill those ones with my fingers. no big deal really. they're kinda cute.
drewbotoAug 19, 2010
Don't see why you're being buried. It seems like everybody on digg has a vagina when the topic is about spiders. Full size or just hatched.
vintersemestreAug 19, 2010
Agreed. I've got no problem with spiders outside of my house, but if I can't get them to go outside, I'll kill them. They're great, though. Don't see what's so scary really.
bosskeyAug 19, 2010
As a child I saw see hundreds of tiny baby spiders on a web heading straight for my bedroom window. I was so horrified I tried to seal the drafty window frame seams with Elmer's Glue.
wrestlingnrjAug 19, 2010
I had an egg hatch on my sleeping bag camping one time. I jumped out as fast as possible and ran around screaming. I couldn't sleep comfortably for a long time.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Oh god, me too. It was like watching a drop of mercury splitting into hundreds of little droplets.... :(
nickthehatAug 19, 2010
As a wee child I somehow got it into my head that eating spiderwebs would then make me immune or protect me from spiders. WTF was I thinking!
cornerback42Aug 20, 2010
You were thinking it was cotton candy.
psa21Aug 19, 2010
Since we're sharing spider stories back when I was in boy scouts we'd sometimes play hide and seek in a park. The park was huge and we'd play at night so the games would go on for hours. Being the genius that I am I ended up hiding in some ivy and after a while decided no was going to find me and got out. Next morning I went to the hospital with spider bites all over. I remember counting something like 40 bites. Keep in mind I was wearing jeans and those f**kers got me.. everywhere...
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I used to work at a coffee shop. I had to change the outside garbages at work in the evening and a spiders nest ruptured and all the little white baby spiders climbed up my arms and into my uniform. Then my boss yelled at me for taking too long. She was a little less mad when I informed her that I was going into the bathroom to shake the spider carcasses out of my uniform.
unfatherAug 19, 2010
Aww mine doesn't have spiders, but in the Army in Georgia during training, we'd practice how to properly transfer from a full run to the prone position as quickly as possible; I think it went something like run, lean to one side, try and slow your fall with the butt of the rifle, fail, slam hip into ground, wince in agony, roll onto stomach, but act like you did it right so you dont have to do it again. But I digress.
So we did this in the forested areas around the base, and as soon as it started, I swear the first guy to hit the ground fell victim to the day's agony that the rest of us would get to experience as it went on. Apparently, in Georgia, they have a f**king terrible fire ant problem. And the 12 or 15 of us doing the training were belly-flopping into their nests over, and over, and over again. The first guy learned about it the hard way and literally sprang from the prone position and skittered away when he realized what was going on. Almost everyone got bit that day, and I landed in or near two nests myself (but scooted away a bit so as to piss them off less, and I was only bitten once or twice).
Fortunately this was one of the few times we were not terribly reprimanded for breaking formation or failing to do what we were told properly.
My other ant-related rant also occurred in the same place. I had never seen what I think is called a cow or a barn ant, a f**king immense ant with red and black striping that can kinda-sorta speak, or at least buzz angrily at you. When I saw this monster crawling around my foxhole I was like "Well gotta get rid of this mother f**ker before he steals my wallet", so I took an empty MRE bag and scooted him inside. We were stuck in the field all day and I was bored so I started messing with it, kinda squeezing it with my fingers to see how it would react.
How did it react? It buzzed incredibly loudly and in a manner I can only describe as "angrily" and then it literally pushed my fingertips apart. Mind you I wasnt trying to actually crush it, I was just squeezing it. But the fact that it actually managed to push my fingers apart to any degree amazed me, and I immediately let it go out of respect.
Later that day I watched a hornet or something sting (and I assume impregnate) a poor grasshopper, who it then grabbed onto and fly-hopped to the little cave I saw it make in my foxhole earlier that day. It literally couldnt carry the grasshopper which was 3 times its size so it would just take off for about 6 inches and then crash into the ground and try it again, until it finally got home. As it dragged the still barely twitching grasshopper into its dark, tiny lair (I believe it had been paralyzed during or in preparation for the egg laying), I thought to myself "Man I can't wait to get the f**k out of Georgia."
khirzaskAug 19, 2010
Cool story, but I was expecting some Bel Air.
hansard85Aug 19, 2010
"I had never seen what I think is called a cow or a barn ant, a f**king immense ant with red and black striping that can kinda-sorta speak, or at least buzz angrily at you."
That's a wasp.
novadeezAug 20, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutillidae
"Mutillidae are a family of wasps whose wingless females resemble ants."
"They are known for their extremely painful sting, facetiously said to be strong enough to kill a cow, hence the common name cow killer or cow ant is applied to some species."
wildAug 20, 2010
Why did I click the wikipedia link before going to bed?
unfatherAug 20, 2010
Yeah that's him. It seemed proper to salute.
hansard85Aug 20, 2010
"Why did I click the wikipedia link before going to bed?"
You have never seen one of these? It isn't how they look that is so creepy, you can f**king stand on one of these dudes and they won't die. Like you could put 300 lbs on top of one of these bad boys (well girls) and it wouldn't even care.
spazattack5000Aug 19, 2010
No... that was in Resident Evil. That didn't actually happen.
crazyjoe123Aug 19, 2010
Ahhh, Now how am I supposed to sleep tonight?
bahamut240Aug 20, 2010
I have an ant story. I was in Venezuela where they have these aggressive leafcutter ants called bachacos. They have both a painful bite AND a painful sting. Well, I learned early on how much they hurt when I sat on a rock and one got in my shoe.
A few weeks later I am up on a mountain road and I step into the dense brush off to the side to pee. I saw a huge flat rock which was perfect for standing on so that's what I did. I aimed, looked up and when I looked back down to zip up, my lower torso was COVERED in these ants.
I ran around like a maniac just panicking with my friends all laughing, not realizing what was going on. Luckily, that running killed all the ants trying to get in my shoes, and since they just bite you once to hang on and sting until one of you dies, I could take my time getting them off my pants/shoes. You had to grab the head to get them off, as the mandibles were so strong you could pull the body off leaving the head behind.
pfhayterAug 19, 2010
Accurate.
Dugg.
mxm111Aug 19, 2010
Thanks, Oatmeal, now I will think one more thing that I have not thought before - that they will lay eggs in my ears!
ayeroxorAug 19, 2010
That wasn't Oatmeal. That was pfhayter.
redassassin7Aug 19, 2010
In the face! IN THE FACEEEE!!
Always in the face...
pumakunAug 19, 2010
WHATS WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!?!
32koalaAug 20, 2010
email me if you want a pizza roll
chuckdontsurfAug 19, 2010
That's what she said.
harmorAug 19, 2010
That's what everyone says to me.
fbass2000Aug 19, 2010
So which one you hate more? This or rapist horse?
giz0rAug 19, 2010
Dugg for truth
m0r4eusAug 19, 2010
i f**king hate spiders.
cglassAug 19, 2010
Dear Oatmeal,
I was just thinking about this 28 seconds ago.
Are you a mind reader?
-Me
lethallinkAug 19, 2010
No. He's an extractor.
monodedeAug 19, 2010
BUUUUUUUUUUM!
bignutsquirrelAug 19, 2010
Is he a wizard?
grabateAug 19, 2010
Guy in comic is lucky, he's bald. It's worse when there are tiny spiders running around in your hair.
bracomadarAug 19, 2010
I hate spiders, but having a scorpion loose in your house is much worse. It will turn you into the most paranoid person in the world.
v3rtex7740Aug 19, 2010
Okay, Lucas.
harmorAug 19, 2010
Obviously you never saw a spider the size of two quarters in your house.
evilregisAug 19, 2010
I just pooped a little.
zaeboesAug 19, 2010
Not in my house, but we encourage enormous spiders to set up camp in our yard to keep the mosquitoes and other pests under control.
fallarkAug 19, 2010
My eyes must be playing tricks on me. I read the title as "Why I Hate Webcomics"...........
.....
and was puzzled when I saw the cobwebs @_@
ftwmovin2canadaAug 19, 2010
Meh.
Bury me.
mrlawlietAug 19, 2010
Yes sir!
spazattack5000Aug 19, 2010
You just forfeited your right to move to Canada.
amitaitAug 19, 2010
I always comfort my self with the thinking that I might become Spiderman.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
But then you also might become a spiderman zombie and eat Aunt May and MJ.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Spiderman you sneaky sob.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
How does your cat's assh**e escape? Oh my bad..dyslexia.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I hate it when my cat's assh**e escapes.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
For the confused among us, he was replying to this comment: http://digg.com/comics_animation/Why_I_Hate_Cobwebs_The_Oatmeal?t=34391660#c34397791
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I like some of the Oatmeal comics. I don't even mind Digg's fascination with it.
But this is not one of the better ones.
Then again, Diggers aren't really known for their sense of humor or taste in comics.
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mhugginsAug 19, 2010
Buried because they are all equally terrible.
problematicusAug 19, 2010
anyone else read that as "why i hate cowbells"?
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I thought it said cowboys.
grexeoAug 19, 2010
I thought it said Colbert.
grexeoAug 19, 2010
I thought it said Colbert.
evilregisAug 19, 2010
Like anyone hates cowbells. The problem is we need more!
effoffpunkAug 19, 2010
wow, I so distinctively thought it said "cowbells," I wrote a little ditty about it in my head while loading up the comments. is the internet making us crazy?
themanichoAug 19, 2010
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chrusAug 19, 2010
Is it just me, or is the Oatmeal not funny... ever...
mrlawlietAug 19, 2010
Just you.
mhugginsAug 19, 2010
It's not just you.
fargmaniaAug 19, 2010
It's neither.
zombiesocietyAug 19, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axKiTYO-GP4
yacksAug 19, 2010
i like this version better.. with pictures..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgDryctt3Uo
focusdefectAug 19, 2010
I hate it when you see a spider, but when you find something to kill it, you never see it again. O.o
gglynn07Aug 19, 2010
I've had this happen with a huge tarantula on my front porch step when I was younger. I closed the door (didn't want to let it in the house) ran and grabbed my pellet gun and came back to find it was gone. For like six months after that event, I would "skip" stepping on that particular step of my porch. I guess I thought it was invisible or something (the reasoning of children).
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
http://digg.com/d31Rqjo This.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
My friend at work said he has spiders in his vehicle. Everyday he gets spider webbed in his car.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Some years ago a nature programme showed an imported corvette with a black widow egg sack under the hood. Not pleasant to know that due to climate change they can survive in northern Europe :(((
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
move to America!
1160smithAug 19, 2010
I've been through the whole spider in your car before, it is not fun at all. The worse part about it is when you are driving on the highway and the spider drops down right in front of your face. :(
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I found out a guy in my carpool is car swervingly terrified of bees.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
lol
maxxellAug 19, 2010
One time I was taking a ride my g/f's car. She complained that a particular a/c vent wasn't working. So I pulled it off to look inside.
Little baby spiders flew EVERYWHERE! I swear I thought she was going to kill us as we're cruising down the highway with spiders floating around like we're in a giant snow-globe.
I had nightmares for weeks. Still do... :-(
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I SEE A SPIDER ON YOUR BACK!
nixpix66Aug 19, 2010
Okay for my own sanity I'm going to have to close this thread, close my browser, and go cry.
nixpix66Aug 19, 2010
Also maybe masturbate later.
maybe.
misteratozAug 19, 2010
I do hate the feeling of knowing I walked into a cobweb but not being able to find out where it is. At least look at it this way: for us it's just an inconvenience/ annoyance. For the spiders it's like Godzilla destroyed their home.
drunkcatholicAug 19, 2010
Why does the oatmeal constantly get so many diggs? It's s**tty as hell
dxs2104Aug 19, 2010
You forgot the part where other people see you freaking out for no apparent reason since, well, they can't see the cobwebs.
"I swear I'm not crazy, it was a spider web."
vecta1Aug 19, 2010
Reminds me of Brian Regan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axKiTYO-GP4
predatorpastaAug 19, 2010
funny. because this
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/awkward_movies
is also done by brian regan in one of his skits.
I'm not saying the guy isn't funny but I do not understand all of the adoration. Some stuff is ok, some stuff like this current one is passable at best. I guess everyone has a different sense of humour and that is ok. Sometimes I wish I could read a comic about apostrophe's and claim to spit milk out of my nose over it. I laugh a lot but it takes something extraordinary to make me laugh as hard as some of the people on here claim to be experiencing.
But I digest...
yacksAug 19, 2010
Next week on Oatmeal: MOOSEN!
harmorAug 19, 2010
Digest what? Milk?
charlesdkraussAug 19, 2010
Dugg for truth.
cooldude777Aug 19, 2010
I know I look stupid walking down my sidewalk waving my arms wildly in front of my face, but dammit it is worth it to avoid getting those damn cobwebs on my head.
sutleyAug 19, 2010
The Oatmeal uses Digg as free advertising for money. Buried.
Now you sheep can bury me.
cor315Aug 19, 2010
No s**t idiot. And you would do the same if you had a popular website.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
calling people "sheep" or "sheeple" = instant assh**e. I wasn't going to bury you before that...
syntaxnaziAug 19, 2010
Oh no! Somebody with an entertaining product wishes to accrue monies! Shoot him!
whosdamikeAug 19, 2010
Sheep get such a bad rep. Why so much hatred for the noble progenitor of delicious, delicious lamb chops?
solistusAug 19, 2010
THIS JUST IN: popular websites make money! Some of them also understand content aggregation!
mhugginsAug 19, 2010
Spam, buried.
solistusAug 19, 2010
Yes, your comment was spam and it's sure getting buried. I almost want to digg it for being so wonderfully self-referential.
Almost.
whosdamikeAug 19, 2010
This is why Giant Q-Tips will be the ultimate salvation of humanity.
http://www.stuffproject.com/2010/08/16/day-9-let-there-be-light/
igottafeelingAug 19, 2010
I held a tarantula in my hand for several minutes the other day. Have any of you ever done that?
arcookeAug 19, 2010
Can I have your autograph?
harmorAug 19, 2010
I just went gay for you.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I had a pet tarantula escape from its cage in college, I never told my room mate. I told him it had died, I never saw Steve the big freaking spider again.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Ya know what's funny?
...Neither does The Oatmeal
benmiller313Aug 19, 2010
Oatmeal might have just jumped the shark.
noncn4mstAug 19, 2010
this is the first one that actually got an "out loud" laugh
vaylorAug 19, 2010
Happy walking time guy looks like Bubs from Homestarrunner.com
alexmalixAug 19, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axKiTYO-GP4
Brian Regan on just this subject...
althiusAug 19, 2010
Didn't think this was going to that great of an Oatmeal. I was wrong. You win again, sir.
thebeezAug 19, 2010
So true...
What the ever-livin' f**k is a "cob"?
verrierAug 19, 2010
You piqued my curiosity!
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=cobweb&searchmode=none
"early 14c., coppewebbe; the first element is O.E. -coppe, in atorcoppe "spider," lit. "poison-head" (see attercop). Spelling with -b- is from 16c., perhaps from cob. Cob as a stand-alone for "a spider" was an old word nearly dead even in dialects when J.R.R. Tolkien used it in "The Hobbit" (1937)."
kwcarpenterAug 19, 2010
Dugg for using and spelling "piqued" correctly.
solistusAug 19, 2010
Now I want some piquante sauce.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I think a cobweb is an old spiderweb that has gathered particulates. Its like the baby of a dust bunny and a spiderweb.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Yeah that is pretty much accurate.
juicycutletsAug 19, 2010
White spiders in cars. almost every time during humid days.
aubieguy333Aug 19, 2010
I originally read this as "Why I Hate Cowboys".
yarfunkleAug 19, 2010
I always feel like this will happen a couple of weeks later: http://tiny.cc/i4sll
/shudder
3rdharbingerAug 19, 2010
Wow, that brings back memories...
What were those books called?? Scary Stories to Read in the Dark?
yarfunkleAug 19, 2010
Yep!