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drummershuff said:
I know, but your noobish days we ages ago. Mine are recent, and I'm still not completely un-noobish now, so yeah...I'm trying to get out of them and forget them at the same time.
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Your uber n00by days were over a year ago now. You need to learn to laugh about it, everybody else does. XD

I know! He should have some sort of award being able to that. I don't think I could do that in real life, let alone online. XD
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I think I could rant about one topic, probably football, and stretch it out to the length that he did, but I don't think I could consistently do it without just repeating what's already been said in a previous post. XD

I would tell the stories if I could actually remember all the details. Seriously though, I hate all types of insects, and this was how I nearly ate cockroach type thing at the paintball site. I believe it was after I bought some food and it was in there. Eww, just thinking about it scares me. XD
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Okay, time to reveal how cruel I used to be as a nine year old. At school we were working in groups, my group was four boys as we were all best friends. We were working on the floor in the corner of the room, by the windows, which were open. And another group was five girls, every single one of them was terrified of insects, specifically spiders.

While we were working, a spider about two inches wide crawled through the window and stopped on the wall. And this was one of those spiders with the big body, the ones that splatter when you step on them. XD So my friends and I came up with an idea to scare the crap out of the girls.

I got a 15 inch flexible ruler from one of the tables, picked up the spider with my other hand and placed it and held in place on the end of the ruler. I then bent the ruler back, aimed it at the table they were sitting at and launched the spider across the room.

Little did I know that the teacher was crouching down besides them, reading over the girls' work. The spider flew across the room, bounced off the face of one of the girls, landed on the table and started running around looking for somewhere to hide. Now, you expect to hear the girls screaming, and when they did my friends and I were all in hysterics, but when the 6'2'' teacher jumps up and yells expletives about a spider..you start to realise that maybe you shouldn't have done it.

I got detention for two weeks and the girls, who were also our friends as well, wouldn't talk to us for days. But, hell, it was worth it. And, funnily, I pulled a pretty similar prank in high school too, but with less consequences. XD
 
Dawson said:
Okay, time to reveal how cruel I used to be as a nine year old. At school we were working in groups, my group was four boys as we were all best friends. We were working on the floor in the corner of the room, by the windows, which were open. And another group was five girls, every single one of them was terrified of insects, specifically spiders.

While we were working, a spider about two inches wide crawled through the window and stopped on the wall. And this was one of those spiders with the big body, the ones that splatter when you step on them. XD So my friends and I came up with an idea to scare the crap out of the girls.

I got a 15 inch flexible ruler from one of the tables, picked up the spider with my other hand and placed it and held in place on the end of the ruler. I then bent the ruler back, aimed it at the table they were sitting at and launched the spider across the room.

Little did I know that the teacher was crouching down besides them, reading over the girls' work. The spider flew across the room, bounced off the face of one of the girls, landed on the table and started running around looking for somewhere to hide. Now, you expect to hear the girls screaming, and when they did my friends and I were all in hysterics, but when the 6'2'' teacher jumps up and yells expletives about a spider..you start to realise that maybe you shouldn't have done it.

I got detention for two weeks and the girls, who were also our friends as well, wouldn't talk to us for days. But, hell, it was worth it. And, funnily, I pulled a pretty similar prank in high school too, but with less consequences. XD
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All I have to say to that is: wow. XD Haha, omg that made me laugh so hard. I love hearing girls scream at the sight of a spider or some other bug, although I'll admit that I'd be a little freaked out too if one hit me in the face. Awesome story though~

I wish I a spider story to tell, but I've got nothing. Hmm...
 
*~Ashley~* said:
All I have to say to that is: wow. XD Haha, omg that made me laugh so hard. I love hearing girls scream at the sight of a spider or some other bug, although I'll admit that I'd be a little freaked out too if one hit me in the face. Awesome story though~

I wish I a spider story to tell, but I've got nothing. Hmm...
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I've got quite a few spider stories, it's just remembering them all. I find that to be a major plus side of not being terrified of spiders at all. Although, I was scared of them when I was really young and that was all because of one thing. The film, Arachnophobia. Watching that film as a four or five year old was terrifying.

I also have a story of the day I stopped being afraid of them. It's another spider on the face story too, it's amazing how often that happens. XD

So, I was about 8 years old, and we were in our old house. When I say old, I mean old. And I was in the small back yard with my parents, two of my brothers and my aunt and uncle. Myself and my brothers were running around playing, as you do at that age, and I slipped and bashed against the garden shed.

As I did, I knocked off a fairly large spider (I don't remember how large but it was enough to scare the crap out of everyone) and it landed on my head. But because my hair is dark and the spider stayed still nobody noticed it. And I just assumed it was a twig or something. So, anyway, we carry on playing for a couple of minutes, and then we go over to the adults and my uncle starts telling us jokes.

And as I was laughing, I tilted my head back..it must've been a damn funny joke or something. XD And, as I did that, the spider stirred and crawled onto my face, pretty much covering my small head, and clinging on with it's legs. The first thing I heard, other than my mom and aunt scream, was my incredibly intelligent uncle screaming "DON'T TOUCH IT, IT COULD BE POISONOUS!"..Exactly why leaving it on my face would be safer than knocking it off with my hands is something I never got round to asking him. Along with how the hell a poisonous, TROPICAL spider would get into our back garden.

So I'm standing there, completely still, not allowed to touch it and scared to open my mouth to say something in case it crawled in my mouth. There's a nice image for you, anyway. XD So my dad, also showing off the family intelligence, picks up a -broom- and starts swinging the handle side at my face to knock it off. >.> So I'm trying to dodge the broom that my dad is attacking me with, with a large spider on my face. I think the spider was on my face for a total of 3-4 minutes before it dropped off and scurried into the bushes. And I was left completely unscathed and, to my uncles apparent surprise, poison free.

So after that, I realised just how silly it was to be scared of spiders in England, which is why I see them for what they are. Just ugly insects. Of course, if I ever went into a tropical rainforest, I'd be looking out for any type of spider with hawk eyes. XD
 
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Exactly why leaving it on my face would be safer than knocking it off with my hands is something I never got round to asking him.
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That was actually some pretty good advice. A lot of spiders have a "bite down" instinct when they sense a big movement coming their way. He probably should have known that England has no poisonous though.

That was a an awesome story to read. Kick ass mental images you gave us, especially you dodging a broom for three to four minutes. XD It would have been awesome if he had ended up smacking you on the face. I would love to see what would have happened if it was a Birdeater that landed on your face.
 
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That was actually some pretty good advice. A lot of spiders have a "bite down" instinct when they sense a big movement coming their way. He probably should have known that England has no poisonous though.

That was a an awesome story to read. Kick ass mental images you gave us, especially you dodging a broom for three to four minutes. XD It would have been awesome if he had ended up smacking you on the face. I would love to see what would have happened if it was a Birdeater that landed on your face.
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Everybody has awesome stories to tell, it's just that people will forget about them or think of their own stories as not being as good as other peoples. I don't have that problem. XD If I have a story to tell, I'll tell it regardless of being crap.

And I figured you'd get a kick out of that part..XD And even I shudder at the thought of one of those landing on my face.
 
Dawson said:
Everybody has awesome stories to tell, it's just that people will forget about them or think of their own stories as not being as good as other peoples. I don't have that problem. XD If I have a story to tell, I'll tell it regardless of being crap.

And I figured you'd get a kick out of that part..XD And even I shudder at the thought of one of those landing on my face.
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I can't remember much of my stories, I wish I could though. We all know how much my odd stories kick ass. I could probably post about the Japanese stalkers I've been having lately. XD

Yeah, it's just so funny picturing you dodging a broom. XD Still, I'd LOVE to see your expression if that ever happened. XD
 
Blue said:
I can't remember much of my stories, I wish I could though. We all know how much my odd stories kick ass. I could probably post about the Japanese stalkers I've been having lately. XD

Yeah, it's just so funny picturing you dodging a broom. XD Still, I'd LOVE to see your expression if that ever happened. XD
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Japanese stalkers sound fun, go for it. XD

If I had one of those spiders on my face, you wouldn't be able to SEE my expression. Those things are damn huge, I bet they weigh more than my head. XD
 
Okay, my story time. Lately, I've been getting PMs from various Japanese people, who I've never met. They talk about how fun it was to meet them last night and stuff and that they want to meet again in Osaka, which is just one big "WTF? o.O" for me. They have horrible English and even worse Japanese, and, they send me pictures of themselves.

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WTF?! Looking for his Kitty? Hell no. XD
 
Blue said:
Okay, my story time. Lately, I've been getting PMs from various Japanese people, who I've never met. They talk about how fun it was to meet them last night and stuff and that they want to meet again in Osaka, which is just one big "WTF? o.O" for me. They have horrible English and even worse Japanese, and, they send me pictures of themselves.

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WTF?! Looking for his Kitty? Hell no. XD
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Aw, the pictures don't work anymore. XD It sounds like just spam e-mails some people get, though very stupid spam e-mails.

I've had a couple of e-mails from someone from Colombia. Saying he has $15,000,000 and he wants to transfer them into my bank account to avoid having to pay VAT on it. He also said that he'd give me 10% of it if I'd do it and the money will only be in my bank account for 23 hours and 59 minutes. He was incredibly specific about the time.

And his name was John Smith. John Smith, from Colombia.
 
I hate getting emails like that. Reminds me of the ones from a Nigerian prince that I used to get. Saying to avoid war or something, all his fortune must be donated to an American but first he needs all my bank account info along with my pin number (4130!) and then another one from the same prince saying that his sister needs an operation or something and she can only get it if I deposit the money for them.

I wish I saved these more often.
 
I think I got that email from the Nigerian guy too, Jorfe. XD

I just mass delete my spam box. It's insane how much spam I get. >>
 
I usually hover around "1337" spam messages every day. xD Gmail cleans out the week-old ones but I don't even bother emptying it myself anymore so the number just kind of fluctuates a bit through the day.

My parents get the Nigerian ones all the time though. o_o;

Also, Dawson, the spider stories were hilarious. XDD
 
Dawson said:
**SWEET SPIDER STORY**
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That was great. It made my night a whole lot better. I have a spider story I could tell. That's a very tough act to follow up though, so I think I'll keep it to myself. XD
 
Blue said:
Okay, my story time. Lately, I've been getting PMs from various Japanese people, who I've never met. They talk about how fun it was to meet them last night and stuff and that they want to meet again in Osaka, which is just one big "WTF? o.O" for me. They have horrible English and even worse Japanese, and, they send me pictures of themselves.

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WTF?! Looking for his Kitty? Hell no. XD
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Lol.... that sounds so random. Do you get loads of them?
 
How about you make a topic for the spider stories, so we can get them out of here? ;_; I want to post, but somehow I don't think that a spider on my face would get me over the fear.
 
Kenny_C.002 said:
You know what they say: "to get over your fear, face it."
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:laugh: Good shot. But yes, fear must be conquered by reason. >P

But I still fear bugs. ;_;
 
22sa said:
:laugh: Good shot. But yes, fear must be conquered by reason. >P
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Reason's the only reason we even have fear. It's never done anything to help me get rid of certain fears, so jumping head first into something always works for me. Not always actually, more like, 80% of the time, but it's a lot better than why reason and logic.
 
My bad, curiousity is the best cure for fear, not reason. :laugh:

Er, self-challenge, ignorance + confidence would also describe cures. =D
 
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