Another danger of riding

**XP@** · 29th July 2005, 13:06

Sky News : Spider Lives In Woman's Ear

SPIDER IN WOMAN'S EAR
A woman went to her doctor complaining of headaches - and was told there was a spider living her ear.

The arachnid had even spun a web in the woman's ear canal during its brief stay.

The 33-year-old, from Athens, felt a sharp pain in her ear while out riding a motorbike.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...447559,00.html

**Pwalo** · 29th July 2005, 13:51

No I think it shows that statistically it's not good to be a 33 year old women living in Athens if you have arachnaphobia.

You mean she didn't notice it building a web in her ear canal??

**Flyingpony** · 29th July 2005, 13:59

Absolutely amazing!
Surely she would have heard the spider moving about?
Nice to read she was unharmed and didn't need surgery to remove the spider.
But what about the spider, did it live to see another day?

**Waylander** · 29th July 2005, 15:28

Had a spider living in one of my rear indicators,even survived through my crash and lived there for a while longer. Does that count?

**Mitch** · 29th July 2005, 16:59

Originally Posted by Waylander

Had a spider living in one of my rear indicators,even survived through my crash and lived there for a while longer. Does that count?

Ummm NO it doesn't.............. bloody red necks

**Waylander** · 29th July 2005, 17:01

Originally Posted by Mitch

Ummm NO it doesn't.............. bloody red necks

Damned Yankee.

**Rincewind** · 29th July 2005, 20:04

Originally Posted by Waylander

Had a spider living in one of my rear indicators,even survived through my crash and lived there for a while longer. Does that count?

Ive got a spider in residence on my bike too, I watched him crawl up my mirror stem today while I was doing 80k, just imagine if that kind of power and dexterity could be scaled up to our size (now that's scary)

**dhunt** · 29th July 2005, 23:26

Originally Posted by solakid

Ive got a spider in residence on my bike too, I watched him crawl up my mirror stem today while I was doing 80k, just imagine if that kind of power and dexterity could be scaled up to our size (now that's scary)

Isn't that like us being on the earth while it is spinning on it's axis?

My Uncle was going deaf and my aunty who is a doctor had a look at his ear and sirenged(sp) it out and found a month in his ear, much better hearing after that

**Waylander** · 29th July 2005, 23:27

Originally Posted by dhunt

Isn't that like us being on the earth while it is spinning on it's axis?

My Uncle was going deaf and my aunty who is a doctor had a look at his ear and sirenged(sp) it out and found a month in his ear, much better hearing after that

A month? Wich one? I swear I remember August disapearing one year...