Geoffrey's Musings.
Viewing comments for Chapter 25 "Shower with Friends"A book of Stories, Essays and Poetry.
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Comment from Dean Kuch
Good stuff, Geoff. Daddy Long Legs may not be spiders in the genus sense, but they are part of the arachnid family in general.They're actually more closely related to scorpions than they are to spiders. They don't produce silk, have just one pair of eyes, and have a fused body (unlike spiders, which have a narrow "waist" between their front and rear). That thing you heard at summer camp about daddy long legs being the most poisonous creature in the world, but with fangs too weak to bite you? Not true. They don't even have fangs, and they can't make venom, either. According to Clouse, the rumor might have gotten started during "the retelling by an American tabloid of a study in Australia on the venom of a daddy long legs there; the problem is that in Australia, 'daddy long legs' refers to a type of spider," also known as the cellar spider. And, if that's not confusing enough, there's another creature that sometimes goes by the name daddy long legs: The crane fly.
I love all things with more than four legs. Can you tell? LOL...
Well done!
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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Good stuff, Geoff. Daddy Long Legs may not be spiders in the genus sense, but they are part of the arachnid family in general.They're actually more closely related to scorpions than they are to spiders. They don't produce silk, have just one pair of eyes, and have a fused body (unlike spiders, which have a narrow "waist" between their front and rear). That thing you heard at summer camp about daddy long legs being the most poisonous creature in the world, but with fangs too weak to bite you? Not true. They don't even have fangs, and they can't make venom, either. According to Clouse, the rumor might have gotten started during "the retelling by an American tabloid of a study in Australia on the venom of a daddy long legs there; the problem is that in Australia, 'daddy long legs' refers to a type of spider," also known as the cellar spider. And, if that's not confusing enough, there's another creature that sometimes goes by the name daddy long legs: The crane fly.
I love all things with more than four legs. Can you tell? LOL...
Well done!
Comment Written 06-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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hehe good one mate. Thanks for coming through. Forget if you'se an Aussie if so I think you are wrong in some respects. Daddy Long legs do produce webs (silk) in Australia Well the do in my shower anyway. There is my Vain Pee Wee poem up as well did you see that it is an intor to my Book pf POultry some you would have seen as stand alones some time back Hope you can check those out weird, smelly, quirky (sounds like MIkey ha)
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I'm a Yank from the States, Geoff, and here our daddy long longs don't spin silk. It's weird how different insects do different things in different climates, isn't is? That's what makes entomology so interesting. :}
I'll try and check some of those other "fowl" poems out too, my friend.
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Yeah they were inspired some of*(the foul* poems) by my fellow workers at the tax office during my time as Occ Health and Safety Officer.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I would have a heart attack if a Daddy long legs was in my shower. I don't like insects of any kind. I happen to be deathly allergic to them. Now, my four legged friends often assist me in the bathroom, not by my choice, but they do. I enjoyed reading your poem.
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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I would have a heart attack if a Daddy long legs was in my shower. I don't like insects of any kind. I happen to be deathly allergic to them. Now, my four legged friends often assist me in the bathroom, not by my choice, but they do. I enjoyed reading your poem.
Comment Written 06-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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Hi barb, appreciate you coming along. I know you would have read some as stand alones but this is the Intro for my "Book of Poultry" first release as one of my books of quirky, smelly, weird poems. Hope you get a chance for a look at the others.
Comment from Tomes Johnston
This is a lovely little poem that the author has created with this piece of work. I have to share my house with spiders as well. It is an old house and I need to modernise it, but it is fine for now.
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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This is a lovely little poem that the author has created with this piece of work. I have to share my house with spiders as well. It is an old house and I need to modernise it, but it is fine for now.
Comment Written 06-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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Hi Bro thanks for coming by. I think you had a look at my Book of Poultry I promoted recently started with the Vain Peewee. I am pretty sure you would have seen some of the poems in it as stand alones way back when I first joined Fan Story.
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I probably did.
Comment from Carole Rosa
Sankey, How very special. Showering with spiders!! You're lucky your wife didn't say anything else to you. Ha. We have Daddy Long Leg spiders in Michigan too. When my twenty-year-old granddaughter spies one, she behaves as if it's a monster. They seem to be 'friendly' insects, but I don't think I will shower with one any time soon! Very amusing. Carole
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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Sankey, How very special. Showering with spiders!! You're lucky your wife didn't say anything else to you. Ha. We have Daddy Long Leg spiders in Michigan too. When my twenty-year-old granddaughter spies one, she behaves as if it's a monster. They seem to be 'friendly' insects, but I don't think I will shower with one any time soon! Very amusing. Carole
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 06-Dec-2014
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Hi Carole. I appreciate your great review. I also wrote a story about SMoking today and Bladder cancer as a result if interested. I have put up[ my complete book of 'Poultry' With some weird or smelly or quirky poems in there. Commencing with The Vain Pee Wee.If you already looked my apologies. Not sure if I have known you long enough to see the poems as stand alones a long time ago. Thanks again nice to see you again.
Comment from seaglass
The picture looks like what we call Daddy-long-legs. they don't bite and are great for the garden but I see no use for them in the shower. No spiders are allowed in my shower. lol
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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The picture looks like what we call Daddy-long-legs. they don't bite and are great for the garden but I see no use for them in the shower. No spiders are allowed in my shower. lol
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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hehe I think I might have responded to this on my Mopbile (Cell) but I hit a wrong button and lost it. Thanks for the great review.
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi, Geoff,
Oooooh, lethal or not, I don't like those long-legged spiders. This pix is so vivid, he looks like he'll pop off the screen. He give me the willies!
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax (*,*)
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Hi, Geoff,
Oooooh, lethal or not, I don't like those long-legged spiders. This pix is so vivid, he looks like he'll pop off the screen. He give me the willies!
Cheers & Blessings
Keep Smilin'... Jax (*,*)
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Hi mate my wife is exactly the same. I wanted to try and get a photo of em but after I got out they all took off. Must have missed my company. Thanks for the great review.
Comment from nancyjam
Cleverly rhymed poem. Good even meter.
I for one hate having spiders in the shower and
I do try to wash them down the drain.
Not very nice, I suppose....
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Cleverly rhymed poem. Good even meter.
I for one hate having spiders in the shower and
I do try to wash them down the drain.
Not very nice, I suppose....
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Hi Nancy I started responding to your lovely review. My wife agrees with you. I had bergun to res[pond and hit a wrong button on my Mobile as we were out at the Inlaws. Than ks heaps.
Comment from granny goes viral
Hee hee. I shower with my muses. They wait until I am wet, hair dripping and come in to give me great ideas. I am wet damn you. No paper, no glasses. Rats. Good one.
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Hee hee. I shower with my muses. They wait until I am wet, hair dripping and come in to give me great ideas. I am wet damn you. No paper, no glasses. Rats. Good one.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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hey I relate. We always get our greatest inspirations on the toilet or in the shower ha! My fourth Christmas Carol was inspired at 5am one morning had to dive out of bed and get it down so I would not forget. Good idea on the mUses in the shower ha.
Comment from GWinterwin
So showering with your friends huh? Good little poem about this interaction. Good word flow and rhyming male it easy to read and understand.
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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So showering with your friends huh? Good little poem about this interaction. Good word flow and rhyming male it easy to read and understand.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Thanks Bro appreciate you coming by. I wanted a real photo of em but after I got dried up and dressed and came back they were all gone! Missed my company I am guessing. Thanks Bro appreciated.
Comment from LIJ Red
Mostly hill folk call them granddaddies. My girlfriend took a look at her hair and cried. "Lord, what a stumpfull of granddaddies." They almost never bite, but if they do it can make a sore. Ours are brown-reddish, averaging a couple inches leg span.
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Mostly hill folk call them granddaddies. My girlfriend took a look at her hair and cried. "Lord, what a stumpfull of granddaddies." They almost never bite, but if they do it can make a sore. Ours are brown-reddish, averaging a couple inches leg span.
Comment Written 05-Dec-2014
reply by the author on 05-Dec-2014
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Well a bit different to our Aussie version I reckon but people have said they are in other places besides Aussie land. Thanks for the review.
