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From: kishore2@watdcsu.UUCP (K.Singhal - Systems Design)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.misc
Subject: Re: Spiders Haters Unite
Message-ID: <2253@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Apr-86 09:00:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 25 09:00:42 1986
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References: <310@gvax.cs.cornell.edu> <7216@tekecs.UUCP> <2755@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <444@drivax.UUCP> <1240@dual.UUCP>
Reply-To: kishore2@watdcsu.UUCP (S.Lang - Systems Design)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: spider bites human?
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Summary: 

In article <1240@dual.UUCP> hav@dual.UUCP writes:
>In article <444@drivax.UUCP>, holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes:
>> 
>>                                                                     Spiders
>> are non-intrusive, totally silent, efficient, and they stay in one place.
>
>Yeah?  They're certainly silent, and I'm *sure* they're efficient, but I'm not
>so sure about non-intrusive.  Who's that biting me in the middle of the night,
>then?  For some reason, they (whoever they are) seem to favor my lower legs
>(from just below the knee to the ankle) and my back.  It's probably partly due
>to sleeping in the buff and dangling any parts that overheat outside the
>covers, but I can't be sure.  Even when it's cold and I sleep in a t-shirt, I
>seem to get attacked.  I haven't seen any other little critters that might want
>to feast on my vital bodily fluids, but living on the ground floor, there sure
>are a *lot* of spiders.
>
...
>     Helen Anne      {ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,ucbvax,sun}!dual!hav
>
>            /* This is a disclaimer.  I deny it all.  Period. */
>
> Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.


Hmmmm... sounds more like fleas than spiders to me.  A can of Raid House and
Garden would probably take care of both I think.

Oh yea, a disclaimer, I am in no way connected to the good people who
make Raid.  Some of their tv commercials are amusing though.
-- 
Sherman Lang
Systems Design Engineering              
University of Waterloo