My 2 new members to the family. - Page 6 - Orchid Board

Connie Star · #1 04-15-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffery

Oohh my God!! That thing is hideous, I have 2 phobias, spiders and bats other than that I am tough as nails. I don't like rats either

Okay- my phobias are sharks - understandable, but I would never want to see one killed, and HORSES. I know that second one is weird, but to quote a friend who shared my fear of them, "anything that big, that strong, and that stupid has got to be dangerous." The phobia comes from a farm hand of my grandfathers who terrorized us with stories about what horses would do to us- he enjoyed scaring children, the meanie.

nibbler · #2 04-16-2010, 04:15 AM

I am terrified of Velvet

..... horses are slightly less embarrassing to say.

KHaze · #3 04-14-2010, 07:21 AM

Remind me never to go to the Philippines!

Connie Star · #4 04-14-2010, 02:28 PM

You know, it seems like us orchid people are mostly happily married.

dounoharm · #5 04-14-2010, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Connie Star

You know, it seems like us orchid people are mostly happily married.

or happily single....i think the key here is happy, in that we can find intense pleasure in the smallest blossom of a plant.....

Jeffery · #6 04-16-2010, 11:02 PM

whats a bird eater? will its not like I wanted it dead, I just wanted to do my buisness and I surely wasen't with that thing lurking in the tank... I kill spiders, when you have black widows behind the headboard on your bed or inside your dresser drawers, its time to defend your territory, I don't have it in totally for bugs, I saved the life of 2 praying mantis, now thats a cool bug, I saved 1 from my brothers foot and 1 at work that got inside the building.

Tropicgirl · #7 04-19-2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffery

whats a bird eater? will its not like I wanted it dead, I just wanted to do my buisness and I surely wasen't with that thing lurking in the tank... I kill spiders, when you have black widows behind the headboard on your bed or inside your dresser drawers, its time to defend your territory, I don't have it in totally for bugs, I saved the life of 2 praying mantis, now thats a cool bug, I saved 1 from my brothers foot and 1 at work that got inside the building.

A bird eater is the common name for a specific group of spiders that get large enough to eat a bird. I think I would have been uncomfortable in your situation also. The only bugs on my "kill on sight" list are fire ants. I don't hate many things but I HATE fire ants!

nibbler · #8 04-19-2010, 05:24 PM

Whats a fire ant? I saw them on CSI Las Vegas but I dont actually know what they are? Why do you hate them?

I am frightened of earwigs, woodlice, centipides and silverfish.

Jeffery · #9 04-19-2010, 09:35 PM

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Whats a fire ant? I saw them on CSI Las Vegas but I dont actually know what they are? Why do you hate them?

I am frightened of earwigs, woodlice, centipides and silverfish.

I believe those ants have stingers like bee's, but they don't lose them and can sting you over and over, besides give you a good bite you won't forget for awhile.

Thats really bad a spider big enough to eat a bird, I love song birds, rather see nothing eatting them

KHaze · #10 04-20-2010, 07:35 AM

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Thats really bad a spider big enough to eat a bird, I love song birds, rather see nothing eatting them

I'm really glad that those things live in Peru...but to be honest, I think I'd rather see one of them then the Brown Recluse's we have around here. At least you can see them coming!

I know several people who have gotten bitten by Brown Recluse spiders...Not pleasant...