I KNOW how much you all love hearing stories like this, so I thought I would tell you about what I saw when driving out of the supermarket car park today

[ghosty]

DD was chattering away as we were inching out of the supermarket carpark today - behind a row of cars also leaving.
The car in front was being driven by a dear looking old lady. As DD was chatting to me from the back seat my attention was caught by a movement on the roof of the old lady's car.
I thought it was a leaf.
It wasn't.
When I peer forward to take a better look (murmuring agreeable sounds to DD "really darling?" that sort of thing) I saw that is was a FARKING HUGE HUNTSMAN standing on the roof of the car
It started to walk along - no, wait ... it positively sauntered along the length of the car and started to make it's way down the rear window of the car. It was at least the diameter of the palm of my hand ... [pass out]
Then it stopped ... and I am sure, postively positive it waved at me .
It was joy riding ... it was a hoon huntsman!
All the while the lady was inching forwards and I was inching behind her. My hair was on end and I was speechless to start with. I then started to jabber ... "Oh my fucking god" and the like, with DD saying, "Pardon Mummy, what did you say?"
After a few "Aaaaghghghhghgs" I began to think if this lady bothers to look in her rear view mirror she will have a cardiac arrest ... unless of course the huntsman was her pet ... which is entirely possible (these Aussies can be hard bastards, even the grannies)
Anyway, when it was her turn to pull out into the traffic the HoonHuntsman was settling himself for the ride ... I am sure that when she pulled off he gave me a rude sign and I swear I heard a small voice shout "Burn it Grandma!"

(I bet they parked in the parent and toddler zone too ... )

phsl - at least it was not in your car!!!!

Did you not whip out your phone and take a pic for evidence!!

ghosty - the largest one I Have seen lately was on the door of dd1's classroom - you know double doors - one closed and one open to let people in. Right smack bang in the middle of closed door.

too right granny parked in parent and toddler - she had her offspring with her

Uuuuuugggghhhh!

I only didn't take a photo cos I don't know how to download them from phone to 'puter [pants at techno stuff emoticon]
I am going to take my real camera out with me from now on though ...

I tell you what, if I ever see one of those feckers on my car I am leaving!

I had to look up huntsman. My split-second image was of a little man with a gun sitting on top of the car
we get whoppers in Japan too - hairy buggers the size of saucers, just sit on the wall but can run like heck if you chase them... uuugghhh indeed! [shudder]

Pmsl, Ghosty!

Hoon huntsman...I like it!

With that bloody thing on her car I expect NO ONE would object to where she parked.

oh good lord this is making me feel all shaky and sick....

you have GOT to take a picture next time

PMSL at hoon huntsman. You'll have to send it on holiday to Christchurch for a night out with the boy racers

Being a local, Huntsman are welcome in my home and garden - but I probably would have to draw the line at inside my car. They aren't poisonous - just scary lookin and they keep away the other more annoying insects like flies and mozzies.

I was catching up with a couple of friends of mine the other day at a Cafe which is a part of the local Flower Market. Both my friends are Irish, when one of their daughters pointed out that there was a spider under mummy's handbag. The handbag was lifted and there was a rather nasty looking spider underneath which the other declared was a Funnel Web (now that is a deadly spider). No one was sitting down by now and the girls were on the verge of hysteria, wildly gesticulating to the waiter as I stepped past one of them and squashed the offending guest with my size 8 Pumas. When one considers the relative size of the spiders versus people and takes into account that a spider which has already been detected has buckley's of having the good fortune of biting you, I really don't think that it is worth all the excitement do you?

Ghosty, you need to harden the F*ck up, as Chopper Reid would say

that is a funny story

DH had one living on the sunshade of his Escort once, how we laugh now but at the time he nearly jumped out of the driving seat and on to my lap.

Ghosty - not quite the same thing, I know, but last night as I was cooking a got a spoon of cornflour and went to put a dribble of water in. As I turned the tap on I was sure I saw the cornflour move. I took a closer look and as I did a huge spider unfolded itself from the depths, shook itself down and looked at me accusingly. I set him free and he looked like a ghost spider running down the path, bright white

How can you SAY that so calmly AllandSundry? "I set him free and he looked like a ghost spider ... " all blase ...
[awe at AAS' bravery]

This is the reason I could never live in Oz!

Ok, so I just checked underneath my desk...

and then I remembered I'm in the UK.

We have similar looking bastards in SA, they're called Red Romans, they're harmless, ugly and THEY JUMP AT YOU! hence my fear of spiders. I'll be checking the loo for a week again, thanks Ghosty.

Oh forgot to add they also cut your hair! Red Romans

Does anyone here from SA remember parktown prawns (maybe they are the same as the red romans spacepuppy)... I had one jump from a curtain onto my (naked at the time ) chest once.....AAAARRRGGGHHH. And my mum emptied a tin of Doom insect spray on one and it still moved. YUK YUK YUK

Just saw the pic...remember them...not the parktown prawn which is a mole cricket but huge a squidgy

OMG I am never ever ever going to SA!!!
I'd rather have split ends.

I remember the parktown prawns, the romans looks more like a spider. We used to get the parktown prawn during harvest season in the Swartland. Crunchy under the cars tyres!

Suddenly a pay cut to move to Canada seems more appealing than a pay rise to move to BrisVegas

PMSL @ Ghosty

It reminds me beautifully of DP and the "screaming like a girl" incident involving a huntsman. Actually, I think I have that particular specimen on my profile.

And EWWWWWWW at those Red Romans. Hair Cutting? Jumping? Chasing? [faints clean away]

PMSL Ghosty. I like spiders. I have one that has taken up residence in my bedroom that is about 2" across (in UK).

I would become a little uncertain with those Red fellas though, I have to admit. Imagine running like the wind and one is keeping up with you!

ghosty - you needed your belt remember from arfishy's episode with the spiders!

I farkin' hate spiders