Spiders

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Mum and I were unloading the shopping when Mum saw a spider and screamed. It was a big spider for our country, I'll admit, but it did not have "a body the size of a tampon" despite whatever Mum says.

Anyway, being the least scared person I switched to my usual default role/mode of I'll-deal-with-it-because-we-can't-all-be-chickens-someone-has-to-be-brave-here. After the spider was dumped outside out of a yoghurt storage container, I shut the door and reassured Mum 3 times the the spider really was outside (and, no, not just on the doorstep).

But Mum had to check for herself, of course, and more audible half-screams ensued as she rediscovered its large size. The poor spider. Finally the door was shut and we got back to putting away the rest of the food shopping. But, as commonly happens at seemingly random times at various points around our house post-earthquakes, there came a kind of tapping-knocking noise from the same door-window area the spider had left the house through. Mum straightened up and said "What's that?". I rolled my eyes, thinking she couldn't see my face because I was bent over to get something out of a shopping bag, and said "It's the spider knocking to come back in."

Needless to say, that is the reason I am doing the dishes tonight. -_-

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ADDIT: We have a dishwashing machine in our house now! Excellent, I am most excited about this because now there is space to play with the Glaswegian magnet words we have. Our fridge and freezer was already too full of magnets to allow such play (magnets are awesome and I love magnets, if you hadn't already guessed).

The not have to wash dishes by hand is also awesome, though! :D
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It must be hard to use Glaswegian slang without the usual peppering of obscenities. I guess I'm kind of a local, and if the jolly happy slang doesnt have some foulness in the middle I'm always surprised.