The Incident of the Spider at the Dinner Table

[imbecamiel]

Tonight a spider appeared on our dinner table. Dad promptly killed it, but was holding it in his hand, and my sister freaked out, not wanting him to get it near her, which he found highly amusing. I told him he was acting like one of the little boys we babysit, doing something and then just sitting there, grinning, waiting to see people's reaction

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[goldvermilion87]

My dad did that once.

It was a cranefly.

And he used to throw spiders at us "to teach you not be afraid of them."

. . .

[imbecamiel]

LOL. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the officially approved technique for immersion therapy, there...

I'm not especially squeamish when it comes to bugs and things, but those legs make the thought of eating a cranefly... particularly unappetizing. :P

[hakaisha]

THE FACE I AM MAKING RIGHT NOW. XP WHYYYYYYYYY.

No offense to your father, but ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

[imbecamiel]

I knooooow. None of us could believe he would actually do that. Which only made him think the whole thing was even more hilarious. XP