[Joe 6-pack]

I found a black widow in the portapottie at my shooting range. I squashed it. It never made the news.

[GonzoII]

I found one in my garage when I was kid...yes I squashed it, that event also didn't make the news. It's not fair!!

[AppyPappy]

There is a black widow family living in my in-laws grave. It’s been there for 20+ years.

[Man from Oz]

My Dad’s old buddy Joe Falduto was bitten on the nutsack in an old privy by a black widow. He swelled up pretty good but survived the experience.

I hate Black widows.......

[SMGFan]

You could have written a song.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDAiq2-xeU

[Daffynition]

Next time, wait ‘til you get home. :(

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Nan Songer

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In 1939 Nan Songer was informed of a great U.S. government need for spider silk. Hearing this, she went out and collected spiders and their egg sacs from plants and trees, placing them in glass jars and housing them in the front of her farmhouse.
Well into her operation, a San Bernardino newspaper wrote a story on Songer’s efforts and informed the public of her need for black widow spiders. Unexpectedly, her supply greatly increased when readers began sending her shipments of arachnids from across the country. This was done in spite of the federal law prohibiting shipments of poisonous insects. However, instead of contacting her to condemn this event, the government merely requested silk.

The U.S. Bureau of Standards asked Songer for thread with a one ten thousandth inch diameter. This was no easy feat, and it took about two years to separate each thread into smaller two or three pieces. She used banded, golden, black widow, and lynx spiders throughout this process, which she considered the top producers. Her amassed silk was used for bombsights and instruments in high altitude bombers and was sold at a price of twenty dollars for every hundred feet.
Sources:

http://hubpages.com/…/The-patriotic-black-widow-spiders-of-…;
http://www.amerisurv.com/…/TheAmericanSurveyor_BediniAlongC…;

http://www.ww2incolor.com/homefront/spider.html

[OldSmaj]

I found a black widow in the portapottie at my shooting range.

Heh...that's funny.

Every time I go to the PortaJohn at my range, there are several of those things in there.

I mentioned it once at a safety meeting and there were suggestions to shoot the things.

Believe me, I came close to it on more than one occasion.

I got bit by one of those damned things at Fort Polk, eons ago, and it took nearly 6 months to heal.

I missed a deployment because of it and I still have the scar on my hand.

I hate 'em.

I can just imagine having that kind of bite on a "sensitive" portion of my anatomy.

[ronniesgal]

i hope ya did not sit on it!!