It is with great sorrow that I have to announce the death of our beloved bathroom spider, Spiddy. He was only about 2 millimetres wide, but he leaves a great hole in our lives.
Did you read Phillip King in yesterday's Graudian Review? Something about marble.
Oh, sorry, this isn't Facebook is it. My mistake. I don't like spiders either and have lots of methods for killing them scattered around the house in case I get shut in a room alone with one.
No, I didn't read that, because I almost never read newspapers. R4 is all I depend on, though there is far too much about 'the economy - stupid', right now.
I can sort of understand arachnophobia, but you must understand that it means 'the fear of', not 'the hatred of'.
I do, but it isn't necessary for non-sculptors to touch and feel them, no matter what you are told. For instance, all ancient Greek marble statues were painted.
Hester is right. If it has a tiny violin on its back, it's a brown recluse or fiddleback spider which can rot tissues. I know because they are lurking everywhere in the dark recesses where I live. Only spider (I forgot the large Wolf spiders) I squish whenever I find one.
I think - and hope - that we do not have the fiddle-playing spiders in this country - yet. If I hear music coming from the bathroom, then I will gird my gonads with steel.
I HATE spiders ! The only good spider is a dead spider, no matter what size they are !
ReplyDeleteYou would have liked this one - what a sense of humour he had.
DeleteDid you read Phillip King in yesterday's Graudian Review? Something about marble.
ReplyDeleteOh, sorry, this isn't Facebook is it. My mistake. I don't like spiders either and have lots of methods for killing them scattered around the house in case I get shut in a room alone with one.
No, I didn't read that, because I almost never read newspapers. R4 is all I depend on, though there is far too much about 'the economy - stupid', right now.
DeleteI can sort of understand arachnophobia, but you must understand that it means 'the fear of', not 'the hatred of'.
I have fear and hatred.
DeleteYou might like the Phillip King piece because you know about touching and feeling statues, I assume.
I do, but it isn't necessary for non-sculptors to touch and feel them, no matter what you are told. For instance, all ancient Greek marble statues were painted.
DeleteNeither he nor I said it is. Have you read it? I think not. I was thinking of you as one person who understands making things to another
DeleteI've already said that I have not read it, so the meaning is lost on me. Sorry.
DeleteYou could look it up on line. You might want to go to the exhibition.
DeleteWhy would I want to do that? As I keep saying, I don't read newspapers.
DeleteIf you're not interested I won't bother. Are you only interested in bloody candlesticks? Anyway Phillip King is a sculptor just for your information.
DeleteThat may not be a dead Spiddy, it could be his empty shell, he could return bigger & better
ReplyDeleteNo, I know a ghost when I weigh one, and this is a cadaver.
DeleteHester is right. If it has a tiny violin on its back, it's a brown recluse or fiddleback spider which can rot tissues. I know because they are lurking everywhere in the dark recesses where I live. Only spider (I forgot the large Wolf spiders) I squish whenever I find one.
ReplyDeleteI think - and hope - that we do not have the fiddle-playing spiders in this country - yet. If I hear music coming from the bathroom, then I will gird my gonads with steel.
DeleteI have fear and hatred too....as Rachel says!
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