You Know You Are An Aracnophile When:

[MizM]

i really like my job, but me and at least one other person on here proudly admit to eating top ramen for weeks on end, to be able to afford more bugs

I've been know to cut a few corners to save T money...

 

[Jmadson13]

One habit that I have along the same lines is go every where with a pair of hemostats. Obsessive? no eccentric maybe

 

[Jmadson13]

Heres another one:

Your the only person of the male persuasion who becomes excited at Tupperware parties.

" I wonder what I'll put in that one?"

 

[Stylopidae]

You know you're an arachnoholic if...

34) You've added 3 digits to the counter on swifty's site, but never actually bought anything

35) You list your Ts as dependants on your IRS forms

36) You own a P. Metallica

37) You got that last joke

38) You tell your doctors that if they put you in a GLADWARE container with some damp paper towels, you'll be fine

39) You have more Ts in your house than the student population at the schools your kids attend

40) You've ever 'rescued' a T from a pet shop

41) You've ever told a pet shop that you'd work there just so they'd have someone who could take care of the spiders, but know that you just want the discount

42) You give your backstage passes to your favorite band to your best friend because the band is in town on feeding night

43) You tell your (male) friends you 'pulled your sack' or 'cut your sack open' and they don't grimace

44) You post on these boards and don't own a single invert pet

 

[Thoth]

You ask your future spouse so how many ts do you what to have? (still looking for the one that answers more than 0)

Someone mentions tees and the last thing you think of is a shirt (or a golf accessory)?

This site is the closest you get to human contact with the exception of the guy you get your crickets from.

Seriously consider moving to where ts roam wild.

Forget about eating top ramen for months, try to sell a kidney to expand your collection.

 

[Malhavoc's]

*giggle* when claim "aww arnt you cute..When a Deffensive t rears up. You exclaim "haha missed me" when they strike the air..You exlcaim Oh, lucky shot you MUSt be hungery when they get you...

 

[NickS1004]

you lose sleep because your favorite spider might be a male...

one of your spiders has holed itself up for a few weeks.. your decide that you need a new one

a family member discovers the digital camera set on macro mode, with 1100 pictures of what appears to them as just dirt filled containers

you were late for work because you were watching one of your spiders moult

you watch nervously with a tweezers as one of your spiderlings battles a prey item that might be slightly too large

your spider with 7 legs just moulted.. you count three or more times to verify that it now has 8 legs

you were caught digging through the garbage because someone threw out a pretzel container that you could use for your new avic

you are in and out of the nearest reptile swap in less than a minute because you know exactly where the spider dealers tables are.. and you already have species selected and held for you by the dealer

you were bit and lived through it... you secretly feel cooler

you are ashamed of yourself because you did something to make your
G. pulchra mad

 

[JohnxII]

- Your bathroom/kitchen has an unusual collection of used bottle caps and jar lids

- You ban the use of insecticides/anti-lice smoke bombs etc. in the house, despite your family members' constant complain about mosquito/louse bites

- Your room really needs a paint job, but it would be a pain in the butt to move all the enclosures of your 8-legged friends. So you can't be bothered.

 

[MizM]

Here's on for the arachnogirls. I just did this not 1/2 hour ago:

You drive home with a deli cup containing a H. lividum between your legs under your skirt so the direct sunlight won't hit it.

 

[Katronmaster]

- You recived three critter keepers for X-mas, and you were more thrilled than the guy who got an Xbox.

- You consider a mate only to be worth keeping if he doesn't mind a T. Blondi in the house.

- You know exactly 29 tanks can be crammed in one Toyota.

- Someone drops a spider on you and your response is " Aweeee, cute!"

- You can identify said spider in a matter of moments.

- You order millipedes from Swift's Inverts just so you can get the freebie spiderling. That way you can tell your parent/spouse this thing just happened to come along and you had no say in it... (Guilty.)

 

[cacoseraph]

I've been know to cut a few corners to save T money...

it's not *really*our fault though.. Southern California is rediculously expensive to live in!

heh, that's the truth and i'm sticking to it

 

[Wolfy72]

You know you're an Arachno Addict When........

You're walking through Wal-Mart and you see Tupperware Food containers,,, and you think "OHhhh Woow" That would make an awesome Pokie Tank !!! :wall: :wall:

 

[Gesticulator]

30. You have enclosures of dirt.
31. When grocery shopping, you view of every container by it's "enclosure potential."
32. You own no potted plants, but always keep a 20 lb. bag of organic potting soil on hand.
33. You've actually used the search term "tarantula" on e-bay.

I prefer the term arachnoholic to to arachnophile.
-phile = one that loves, likes, etc.
-aholic = one preoccupied with

OMG, I swear I was planning on adding the EXACT same thoughts....
arachnophile sounds a bit perverted
Shopping in the supermarket and choosing the brand with the best container for a "spider-home"
and yes, I've searched Tarantula on e-Bay and have 2 really cute pewter charms.

And another...browsing in walmarts garden center and purchasing all sizes of clay flower pots to accomodate various sized spiders. I've yet to find "vermiculite" but the quest continues!

As well as when your child wants a toy that can be used as a "hide" for the T's when he's done playing with it.

How about Reading every children's book about spiders and tarantulas and making comments because the author is "wrong"

Getting annoyed because Barnes and Noble hasn't one book about Tarantulas...how dare they!

Wanting to plan a curriculum for my students about Tarantulas so that I can bring in some of mine, even though it's not tolerated in NYC.

 

[Jmadson13]

When every password, security question, email adress and birthday reminder happens to be some sort of theraposid taxonomic description.

 

[Windchaser]

You look forward to and plan for months your annual visit to your kids' schools to do the tarantula presentation.

Your kids and you have detailed discussions about tarantulas while eating out in restaurants much to the horror of people around you. Then, you try to educate them why they are nasty killers.

While on long car trips, play spelling games with the scientific names of the tarantulas you own. (Mind you, this has been done when my kids were as young as 5)

You plan your summer vacation around a tarantula conference.

 

[bonesmama]

Everyone you know buys you every little thing with any kind of spider on it!

 

[Gesticulator]

You've been an itinerant teacher for fifteen years and never thought of buying a label maker until it was absolutely necessary to label each T's tank with it's scientific,common and given name....

 

[Schlyne]

You have a stuffed, fuzzy spider in your bedroom.

The T's have a room to themselves.

You have inverts in your bedroom and don't think anything of it.

You've dliberately spent an afternoon chasing a T around the batheroom becuase you wanted pictures.

You realize you've probably paid for your dealer's gas money to get to the show.

You have a box of deli cups just sitting around.

You have a lot of paintbrushes and no paint.

You got excited about baby roaches. (no more crickets)!

You buy shoeboxes by the case.

You don't care about the pretzels, you wanted the barrel. (I have pretzels for anybody who wants some on my desk at work. I do eat the pretzels though.)

You have arachnid jewelry.

You have arachnid posters.

 

[Stylopidae]

You buy a case of 2,500 deli cups and know exactly what's going in each and every one of them (L parabana breeders know exactly what I'm talking about ;P )

Forget a T room, you have a T floor

You can correct an arachnologist

Your kids can correct an arachnologist

You've smoked 250 cigars in one night

You have more 10 gallon tanks than a marine biology class located in Iowa

 

[Comatose]

Ha Ha Ha..... You can't get a girl into your room but you still won't hide the damn things in the closet