Holiday Spirit…

Monday, December 8, 2008 by Mike Lowrey.

As I was cleaning my pool this Sunday afternoon I saw a spider
floating in the pool. Actually it was trying to crawl over
to the side of the pool onto dry land.

So…in this season of well wishes & holiday cheer
I decided the most meaningful thing I could
do is to help the little fella to a horrid watery grave.

So I trapped it in my cleaning net and laid the net at
the bottom of the pool. And as thoughts of tiny spider
screams and gurgles danced in my head I started to grin.

Feeling great I danced off to make a martini and a sandwich and
to watch the football game. And in doing so I forgot all about the
little critter. After an hour I remembered and came back to the pool

So as I belted out a thunderous Dr. Evil Genius laugh..

…expecting to see a former spider in the net.
As I looked at the dead spider balled up in the net I said to myself
“This is what Xmas is all about!”

Imagine the shock when that spider ball jumped up
and started to crawl off of the net.
I had this expression on my face:

I quickly captured what I affectionately now call SpiderMan in
the net and submerged it back in the water. I ran upstairs to
research this bullshit.

It seems that spiders don’t breathe the same way we do
and require much less oxygen. Also tiny air bubbles get
trapped in their hairy legs as they get submerged and
they can survive off of them for many hours. Wow who knew!

So will check on the critter tomorrow night to see if there
will be any more Spidey sequels.

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