By Anonymous - 07/03/2011 01:48 - United States

Today, a spider dangled an inch away from my face while I was driving. I freaked out and accidentally bumped the car in front of me. Three cops arrived on the scene and I had to explain to them what happened. I can still hear them laughing. FML
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Zebidee 8

In Australia, crashing your car because of a spider is far from the weirdest thing in the world. Our house spiders (Google 'Huntsman spider') are about the size of your hand, and love to hide under sunvisors or in car bodywork. Their natural defence mechanism is to run up the nearest tree to hide, which in the case of one that falls in your lap at 100 km/h, means it's going straight up your face, or maybe inside your shirt. Oh, and they also have a 'cling reflex' which makes them hard to shake off. Keeping calm while that happens is a pretty big test of your Zen skills.

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dragonaair 5

A fear of spiders is more rational and irrational. Spiders are poisonous and creepy. An irrational fear is like a fear of showering, for example.

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karinah_fml 0

"today an idiot crashed into my car.their excuse? they were afraid of a spider in front of them. even the cops laughed! fml"

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CryMoreFMLs 14

This would've been funny, had you not assaulted it with terrible grammar.

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Cmliedtke 0

somehow a facepalm just doesnt express what im thinking deeply enough...

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FYLDeep 25

No excuse unless you had like a black widow hanging in front of you. I highly doubt that was the case though.

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MonsterInside 0

YLS only for the fact that your so afraid of a spider that you bumped another car and the cops laughed in your face. How do you plan on telling your insurance agency now?

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allia118 11

I had that happen to me too but rather than hitting the person in front of me I rolled down the window grabbed the web and tossed the sucker.

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Zebidee 8

In Australia, crashing your car because of a spider is far from the weirdest thing in the world. Our house spiders (Google 'Huntsman spider') are about the size of your hand, and love to hide under sunvisors or in car bodywork. Their natural defence mechanism is to run up the nearest tree to hide, which in the case of one that falls in your lap at 100 km/h, means it's going straight up your face, or maybe inside your shirt. Oh, and they also have a 'cling reflex' which makes them hard to shake off. Keeping calm while that happens is a pretty big test of your Zen skills.

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dragonaair 5

People make out that Australia is infested with heaps of spiders but we really don't get that much here. Or at least, not where I live.

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Zebidee 8

I lost track of counting huntsman in my car at more than 30, and that was when I'd only had my licence a little while. One night, I had two at once. I thought it'd get better after I moved from essentially a rural area into the city, but I'd still get them occasionally. I lived in a top floor apartment, and we used to get them inside reasonably regularly. It 100% depends on where you live, and how often the place is fumigated. We used to go to a holiday house that was terrible for them, but after the owner started getting the place sprayed every six months, they virtually disappeared. ...alternatively, I might just be a magnet for them...

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besosforme 26

Zeb, you're making me cringe over here. That sounds horrid!

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ballettillidie 8

Are the hunt spiders poisonous!?!? I am a supreme girly-girl (I'm probably understating that), and if I saw a spider that prodigious, I would most likely cry/scream

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AviKerensky 17

Sorry, I'd be dead.

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MonsterInside 0

# 28 I totally agree with you. Cockroaches are creepy and beyond freaky. They are so hard to kill.

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