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Samsung Infuse 4G Phone Mistaken for Spider Commerical. My worst commercial ever?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 441404" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thankfully we don't have that ad on Aussie TV. Plus we have the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) the government-funded national television network. Free-to-air, no commercials. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not Sydney funnelweb spiders. They won't actually hunt you, but if you get them cornered, they rear up and threaten you. And they WILL attack. They don't jump, but can rush forward and those fangs can penetrate leather. You can tell a really nasty spider by the way its fangs are directed. Most spiders' fangs point inwards and mostly horizontal, so they would meet together in a pincer grip. But funnelweb fangs will stab down like a knife in each hand of Norman Bates.</p><p></p><p>I can deal with most spiders. I will even trap them in a jar and remove them from the house. But I will not get close to a funnelweb spider. Thankfully, even though I know there are plenty of them here, we rarely see them. We are taught from very young, how to avoid the places where you risk cornering one of these, or the Redbacked Spider (Australia's version of the Black Widow). Our redbacks are a type of venomous widow spider and very common here. But fairly docile, I've never seen one rear up and threaten. A shoe deals with them quickly. And they can't bite through leather.</p><p></p><p>Our largest and hairiest spiders are among the most harmless. The huntsman spider is an outside spider that occasionally wanders indoors. It can be as large as the palm of your hand. I used to be terrified of them as a kid, but will remove them calmly these days. mother in law hates them, she usually calls me or husband to shift them if she sees them. We keep telling her - do NOT use fly spray on spiders. It just makes them cranky.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 441404, member: 1991"] Thankfully we don't have that ad on Aussie TV. Plus we have the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) the government-funded national television network. Free-to-air, no commercials. Not Sydney funnelweb spiders. They won't actually hunt you, but if you get them cornered, they rear up and threaten you. And they WILL attack. They don't jump, but can rush forward and those fangs can penetrate leather. You can tell a really nasty spider by the way its fangs are directed. Most spiders' fangs point inwards and mostly horizontal, so they would meet together in a pincer grip. But funnelweb fangs will stab down like a knife in each hand of Norman Bates. I can deal with most spiders. I will even trap them in a jar and remove them from the house. But I will not get close to a funnelweb spider. Thankfully, even though I know there are plenty of them here, we rarely see them. We are taught from very young, how to avoid the places where you risk cornering one of these, or the Redbacked Spider (Australia's version of the Black Widow). Our redbacks are a type of venomous widow spider and very common here. But fairly docile, I've never seen one rear up and threaten. A shoe deals with them quickly. And they can't bite through leather. Our largest and hairiest spiders are among the most harmless. The huntsman spider is an outside spider that occasionally wanders indoors. It can be as large as the palm of your hand. I used to be terrified of them as a kid, but will remove them calmly these days. mother in law hates them, she usually calls me or husband to shift them if she sees them. We keep telling her - do NOT use fly spray on spiders. It just makes them cranky. Marg [/QUOTE]
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