John Coyle wrote:
What we call a redback in Australia - very poisonous. Legend has it that Grassimof, a descendant of White Russian immigrants, living in a country part of Australia, went to the dunny and was bitten on the backside by one. After appropriate treatment, Grassimof survived but the spider died of alcoholic poisoning.
Which bring to mind this classic song that I first heard on Dr. Demento: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDAiq2-xeU -- Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
