spiders under toilet seat

[mrglock27]

This is kinda like the spider in the boot thing. I usually lift the toilet lid and wad up a piece of toilet paper and run it under the rim on the inside. When I was about 10 years old there was a yellow jacket under it and it scared the crap out of me, didn't sting me though. I've seen spiders a couple times too over the years. Don't want them biting anything important, wink wink.

[jassytoo]

OMG I never even thought of that before. Now I'll be paranoid every time I have to use the bathroom!

[Tracy Rimmer]

When you visit Australia they warn you to always check under toilet seats ALWAYS.

Of course, in Australia, they've got something like 17 different species of arachnid that can kill you....

Tracy

[triana1326]

Originally Posted by mrglock27

When I was about 10 years old there was a yellow jacket under it and it scared the crap out of me.

Good thing you were already on the toilet, huh?

Couldn't resist!! :baby04:

[Farmer Willy]

As in the 'spider in the boot' thread, the spider has more to worry about than me. I've yet to see the spider that can light a match.

[papaw]

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/bushspiders.htm

[kitaye]

Originally Posted by mrglock27

Don't want them biting anything important, wink wink.

My grandfather had that happen but it was a hornet. Granny said it was the first relief she had gotten since they were married. It wasn't until I was 22 or so that I finally understood what she meant..<where is the light bulb smiley>

[vicker]

When she was just a wee lass, someone told my older sister (2 years older) that a "china man" could come up in the toilet and poke her in the bottom with a fork For YEARS she was terrified to sit on the toilet. I think she finally got over it... I should give her a call

[Gideon]

We used to take a piece of newspaper, light it, and sweep it under the rim of the johnny house occasionally-being careful not to set the outhouse on fire of course.

[the mama]

My uncle Paul had just added a bathroom onto the back of his house and had not yet connected the drain pipe to the septic. We were visiting and he showed us a 'pet' snake that had decided to crawl into the toilet from the pipe outside. I was about 10 years old. I still turn on the light in the bathroom to look before I sit down. Also my Dad was bitten by a brown recluse spider, on the back of his knee while camping and using an inside toilet at the camp. My son found a swimming mouse in the toilet, during a cold winter. We still laugh about the mouse.
Also, I was traumatised as a teen. I was at a friend's party and there was a line for the bathroom. As i came out of the bathroom, a boy said 'could you here us out here? because we sure could hear you!' As I had only peed, it wasn't that bad but very embaressing when you are a teen.