I woulda removed the clock.. not by taking it off the wall, but by setting my house on fire and never living anywhere near that location ever ever again. 

I am not going to be able to sleep now...thanks so much.

/checks clock. Phew. 

ok then. i'll be back after i shower compulsively for 2 hours and make sure it's not on me.

/getitoffgetitoffgetitoff 

O god, I hadn't seen the picture without the clock before.
How did this person ever sleep knowing it was hiding behind the clock somewhere in the house ... ??? Guh. x_x 

KILL IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

when i lived in Australia it was very common to find these in your house. i dont know how common they are in the US. i heard they are great to have around though because they actually eat more venomous spiders like the red back as well as scorpions. there was a huge one in my friend's house one time so we went to get his dad. he just picked it up with his hands, no big deal, took it outside, and left it near the house. incredible spiders, and a blessing in the outback where there are so many dangerous creepy crawlies. 

this is more nasty...

note spiders are real, cat is shopped lol

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2954/j4o6wnmy7eh3vjtsigwwtstoj8.jpg 

Is it all squished over to one side for anyone else? 

this is crazy, I was just talking to a dude about crazy insects today; a conversation that began when we got into an argument about Barracuda vs. Tigerfish!

and now it is on again...

this is happening too much lately.

must be a sign from God.

he is telling me to get drunker. 

That thing looks likes it could down a few kittens before calling it a night and retreating to his liar in the clock tower 

can anyone explain exactly what this is for us arachnophobics? is it just a picture of a spider or wth? :/ so damn curious 

http://www.fazed.net/content/clock_spider/

Oh really? Is this to be the rebirth of some sort of Fazed image gallery? (please say yes) 

Wait a minute . . .

He used a drywall anchor to hang a stupid quartz wall clock?

wtf?

I think a thumbtack could've done the job . . . 

I heard long ago that average person will unintentionally 'swallow' four spiders in their lifetime while sleeping. They uh, crawl in. 

For the people whom that disturbs, consider the fact that the acids in your stomach kill that spider instantly -- aside from it not being able to breathe either. 

ignite said:

I heard long ago that average person will unintentionally 'swallow' four spiders in their lifetime while sleeping. They uh, crawl in.

That is a false myth. See:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/whileyousleep.html 

Shit I hit it but it's not dead. FUCK WHERE DID IT GO! 

Warning: Rambling post

Man huntsmen are huge but they are evrywhere in australia. Not a week went by without my mum saying, hey I got a huntsman in my room and I'd have to get the buttterfly net out to try and take it outside. Most annoying is when they are in the mailbox, you get your mail pick it up and two huge legs will just flick out from under an envelope. Once when I was a kid a big arse one was hanging out on some horizontal blinds, and when I went to close them, not knowing my friend was hiding up there, he just dropped down onto my shoulder. I freaked out. They can actually give you a nasty bite though, they are not harmless, but you gotta be doing something silly with them for them to do this. Also (I told you this was a rambler) we had a spare bed where a huntsmaid laid an egg sac, and they hatched and these 7cm long little huntsmen just covered the bed, must have been tens of thousands of them, my dad pulled back the covers to reveal this heaving mass of them. They were cute and all, but they bug spray cut their little lives short:( And finally my great grandmother used to kill them by crushing their abdomen/thorax with her thumb.

If you want creep spider: sydney funnel web. They can't climb walls, but they do go out and about and if they bite ya, good chance you'll die if you don't do the compression bandage-go to hospital thing.

thanks to anyone who read that whole thing 

I'm gonna to need a bigger hammer... 

i even previewed that ^ 

cmthe4th said:

That is a false myth. See:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/whileyousleep.html

Thanks for link! 

I was staying with a host family in Japan one summer and I was still pretty new to the place. I was in my room getting ready for a banquet when I looked and saw a spider about that size on the wall next to my clothes. I didn't know what to do so I picked up one of my shoes and took a swing at the spider. To my suprise, the thing jumped about a foot to the left. I swung again and again but it kept jumping out of the way. 15 or so rapid strikes later (E. Honda style) I finally hit it. When I went downstairs with a look of terror on my face my host mom asked what was up, and I explained about he big spider. Knowing I was unfamiliar with Japanese culture and was afraid to offend anyone, she quickly responded, "WHAT?! Spider was my pet!" My jaw dropped and all I could say was, "Oh my God..." to which she replied, "Haha, just kidding."

A couple weeks later, just as I was about to leave to go to the airport, I thought I would go to the bathroom. I walked in and there was a huge spider, the same size as the last one, on the wall. "Oh hell no," I said to myself and walked out the door. 

will...not...click... 

So can someone who doesn't have any signs of arachnophobia like...suddenly get it? I think that just happened 

that's not a cock spider. 

nigeman said:

Warning: Rambling post
Also (I told you this was a rambler) we had a spare bed where a huntsmaid laid an egg sac, and they hatched and these 7cm long little huntsmen just covered the bed, must have been tens of thousands of them, my dad pulled back the covers to reveal this heaving mass of them.

AHHHH, GOD! That honestly sounds like something out of the movie arachniphobia, only actually terrifying. x_x 

After reading the comments I've to decided to never come within 200 miles of Australia. 

Haccubus said:

I woulda removed the clock.. not by taking it off the wall, but by setting my house on fire and never living anywhere near that location ever ever again.

classic. 

T to the Chao said:

After reading the comments I've to decided to never come within 200 miles of Australia.

Yea, I just said to my buddy "moving to Australia to meet those girls on AbbyWinters.com? FUCKING CANCELED! 

that's nothing, huntsmans (huntsmen) are all over the place in SE asia, I've had far bigger ones in my bathroom and it's not like they're poisonous or anything

pussies 

of course a spider like that would be there do you see the conditions around that house/apartment....if i lived in filth spiders that size would be chillin playin beer pong on a daily basis. 

nigeman said:

Man huntsmen are huge but they are evrywhere in australia.

Ahh, damn...I really, really wanted to go to Australia one day. But now I don't know if I can. 

Yeah I had one of these living in my shower for a week, it wasn't as big, maybe 3/4 of the size. (I live in Brisbane, Australia) But yeah gave me a pretty bad fright the first time. They're not scary or anything, I just wasn't expecting a huge MFing spider to move out from under the tap when I turned it on.

Huntsmen are freaking everywhere, too. It hurts when they bite you, but it's not toxic or anything, just a puncture wound with risk of infection mainly. I'll try to get a photo of a spider next time I see one.

'Daddy Long Legs' spiders are possibly the most (AFAIK) venomous spiders in the world, they live in Australia too. The only thing is, their fangs can't penetrate human skin, so we're all safe.

Visit Australia! :) 

Wow...that person's walls are filthy. 

oh god that gives me the heebie jeebies every time i see it 

burning said:

'Daddy Long Legs' spiders are possibly the most (AFAIK) venomous spiders in the world, they live in Australia too. The only thing is, their fangs can't penetrate human skin, so we're all safe.

Visit Australia! :)

BUSTED!!! 

Years ago I was hunting for spider pics for some reason on the internets, and came across a wacky site called fazed with an image gallery. I found my spider pic and stuck around for a while. 

^ wtf? none of the daddy-long legs on there look anything like the things we called daddy-long legs growing up! What we called Daddy-long legs looked like the things in the picture dasupalouie posted. Anybody know what kind of spider those are? My entire childhood is crumbling!

Aside from that, am I the only one who would rather have a few spiders around than flies? My wife is always calling for me to come kill some spider, and I always just take them outside. 

Looks like a larger version of the wolf spiders we have here. They are harmless as well, but freak out a lot of people.

They are funny to have around because when they get spooked they run for the first thing they see that they can hide under. Out by my pool, it is usually the person who unintentionally spooked it, so as the spider runs for cover (under that person) it looks like they are attacking at full speed. People do the funniest dances and make the funniest noises when this happens. 

psydchicjohn said:

^ wtf? none of the daddy-long legs on there look anything like the things we called daddy-long legs growing up! What we called Daddy-long legs looked like the things in the picture dasupalouie posted. Anybody know what kind of spider those are? My entire childhood is crumbling!

They are Harvestmen, also known as granddaddy longlegs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvestman 

Man up. I eat a bowl of these things every morning before porking your wife. 

I would have wrapped my fist in a towel.
And punched the clock and spider for at least 20 minutes.
Then I would drink a bottle of whiskey.

Then, possibly, profit. 

you're only now deciding to not go to australia?!
and u're only doing it because of that one spider?!
australia has more deadly dangerous animals than any other place on earth.
Plus they're quickly becoming one of the fattest nations on earth and the people there are naked ALL THE TIME 

It's a good thing I have a digital clock. 

anyone living in the tropics knows the joy of big fat spiders. And how goddamn fast they are.

when i lived in hawaii we had cane spiders. they sometimes wander into the house, and just like the huge flying roaches there, it's not that your house is dirty, it's just their world...

well these big fuckers LOVE to come out when you're at your most vulnerable.

like when you're on the shitter.

you'll be sitting there minding your own business when you see a slight movement out of the corner of your eye. look over and one of these huge hairy things has stepped out from behind the sink.

he stops cuz of you, your butthole slams shut cuz of him and it's like a mexican standoff. you're scared any move towards your pants will cause him to charge. he's scared becuase you're way bigger than he is. so you spend 5 minutes in scary limbo before you say fuck it and run like a penguin with your pants around your ankles.

I don't remember wiping. And I don't care. 

fuckthatmotherfuckingshit 

when i lived in hawaii we had cane spiders. they sometimes wander into the house, and just like the huge flying roaches there, it's not that your house is dirty, it's just their world...

Ah, yes. I also lived in Hawaii and I remember those well.
I remember one night feeling some movement at the foot of my bed. I slowly reached for the light, repeating, "please be a gecko, please be a gecko..."
I turned on the light, and there was one of those goddamn enormous and creepy roaches.
And now, after seeing this link, I'm actually thankful it was a roach. 

Check these things out.
A friend of mine served in Afghanistan and they were all over the place.
You really had to watch out when you went to the latrine. There's a video
on youtube of one eating a lizard. 

Anyone else think that it said cock spider? 

Not all Camel Toe spiders are bad.

Its the fat ones I try to avoid.