Rant number 170
Continuing my theme of creepy crawly related rants (wasps and midges so far,) I'd like to come to the defence of the octa-legged critters out there.
So who are we talking about? the spider of course.
I personally don't have a problem with spiders. I actually quite like them, and the jobs they do for us.
Fair enough, up close they look about as appealing as Anne Widecombe's lady parts, but the massive stigma surrounding them puzzles me. Think about it, what spider has ever really hurt you?
Exactly!
The negatives of spiders (people getting giddy at their eight legs and general ugliness) are far outweighed by the positives. They eat more unpleasant bugs - like flys, wasps (well, they try,) midges and moths. Fair enough, the way they eat is a little bit unpleasant - but I bet you look a bit of a state to them too!
Mainly, I don't get why a genuinely useful creature gets all this bad press, when something like an ant - which can be a real pain in the ass (and looks rather close to a wasp! bastards) is not so badly considered.
I reckon that the whole spider fear thing is a result of generations of people training their children to panic in the same way as them. A tiny creature with no venom of about 2inches diameter - should not be able to induce hysterical panic in a grown man. Its ridiculous and makes the innocent spider seem like a bully!
Stand up for your eight legged friends people! And think twice before you go flushing them down the plughole either - you big bully!
Rant over.
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