Out of the Blue

[Oct 08, 2010, 10:32 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Walking back to the house from the car after dropping MrsBlue at the train I took a shortcut across the lawn between a pair of trees, and I managed to catch a spider-web across the face. Now this has happened to me a lot, as for years the spiders have ignored my pro-arachnid stance and have created many a web at head height in an effort to make a meal of me, but today was a full-on giant spiral web that covered my head entirely, which is a little creepy, especially when considering the size of the spider that would have crafted such a trap, though luckily I couldn't find him anywhere on my person.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 9, 2010, 13:20

Sepharo

Sepharo wrote on Oct 8, 2010, 23:19:
Apparently there was some big football game going on in my home state today or something.

Actually it must be today.




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Re: Bacon Kevin Bacon Statue

Oct 9, 2010, 04:14

Animals for Crackers

I thought it looks more like Conan O'Brian. I'll see your Conan O'Brien and raise you a James Woods.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 9, 2010, 00:18

Dr. D. Schreber

I prefer to save my sick days for when I feel better.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 23:19

Sepharo

Apparently there was some big football game going on in my home state today or something.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 20:06

Ant

Haha, I like that hitting nose drawing picture. Anyways, I get sick a lot too and allergies are very bad.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 20:04

Killer Kane

Arachnoleptic Fit (n.) : The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 18:51

Sepharo

Haha you two sound like me... Rarely get more than a runny nose, generally just use sick days as vacation days.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 18:41

Mr. Tact

Not always, just occasionally when they get bad symptoms.

I used to pride myself on never taking sick time. I went about 15 years without taking a day off due to illness. However, now a days I figure those sick days are given to me as employee for a reason. So, I try to use them up -- although I only get 5 sick days per year with no carryover.




Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain.

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Re: How Not to Fight Colds

Oct 8, 2010, 18:32

PHJF

Your mates take off work from colds? Pussies. I had a bad cold two weeks ago and the week after that conjunctivitis. SUCK IT UP. REMAIN PRODUCTIVE.




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Re: How Not to Fight Colds

Oct 8, 2010, 18:09

Mr. Tact

Yeah, after talking about at lunch with some friends, we reached a consensus this doctor probably needs her license pulled. We feel pretty confident in saying cold symptoms are the body's immune system in overdrive after it has failed to defeat the virus prior to then. A robust immune system will defeat the virus prior to those steps being necessary. This makes much more sense.

Personally, I do get colds. However, I rarely have severe symptoms. Often colds that cause office mates to be home sick in bed a day or two will just make me go through a box of tissues. I also (AFAIK) have only had influenza once in the past 40 years -- only having been immunized against flu in the 7 years I was in the USAF.




Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain.

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Re: Bacon Kevin Bacon Statue

Oct 8, 2010, 17:15

Spoon_Gouge

I thought it looks more like Conan O'Brian.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 17:09

Cutter

Look out! There goes a spider, man.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 16:43

Sepharo

Dr. D. Schreber wrote on Oct 8, 2010, 16:33:
Blue, it sounds like there was a full-on double cobweb all the way across your face.

It was almost a triple cobweb.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 16:35

Hoop

Wear this on your walks problem solved.
The kids will think your the "skizzel", dogs will fear you, Mrs Blue will probably ask you to wear it to bed some nights.

http://www.1ofakindstuff.com/Batman-Mask.html




Um .. Behind you...

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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 16:33

Dr. D. Schreber

Blue, it sounds like there was a full-on double cobweb all the way across your face.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 14:39

xXBatmanXx

From the article on wind farms....

Now, research published in PNAS indicates that wind farms can also impact the local air temperature in a significant manner, and this must be taken into account to avoid unintended consequences.

WTF!? So - are they saying in the same way a tree would? I call BS on this.

Link to research: (lots of could or maybes in there)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/10/05/study-wind-farms-affect-local-temperatures/




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Re: Out of the Blue

Oct 8, 2010, 14:32

Moosifer

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/cobwebs

Re: How Not to Fight Colds

Oct 8, 2010, 14:32

Kxmode

First rule of fight colds is that we don't about fighting colds.

Re: How Not to Fight Colds

Oct 8, 2010, 14:24

xXBatmanXx

nin wrote on Oct 8, 2010, 10:56:
though luckily I couldn't find him anywhere on my person.

(Yet.)

Beat me to it.

I walk neighborhoods late at night listening for people breaking into cars and what not - and I have walked through a ton of them - some super nasty ones to! ugh. I have gotten better at looking for them or knowing where NOT to walk.....




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Re: How Not to Fight Colds

Oct 8, 2010, 12:45

Pigeon

Sounds like this lady is just cherry picking facts to support her amazing claims. She seems to contradict herself by saying some people catch cold and produce anti-bodies without ever having symptoms. Which is kind of opposite to her whole thesis of STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSE = STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM. Allergies can trigger a strong immune response, I'm not sure many would say having allergies = awesome immune system. I can attest to the drunk thing, I've seen numerous people overreact to things when drunk (often things they'd find humors when sober) and I've done it once myself. Felt like a dumbass the next day, and now I monitor my emotions much more stringently when I'm intoxicated. Nobody likes and angry drunk.

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