Mistaken Identity

[ladysprite]

You Know Burlesque Has Become An Intrinsic Part Of Your Life When....

you see a giant hairy millipede curled up on your bathroom floor and your first thought is 'gosh, I hadn't realized that one of Honey's false eyelashes must have gotten stuck on my skirt. I'd better grab that!'

The shriek when I realized what it actually was (about a heartbeat before I picked it up, thank god) may very well have woken the neighbors three houses away. Luckily, my angel of a husband has learned to distinguish between the 'I am in pain' scream and the 'Ohmygod Big Hairy Bug!' scream, and handily dealt with the invader while I stood in the hallway with my eyes closed, whimpering like a little sissygirl....

Comments

[madamruppy.livejournal.com]

If it helps, i would have screamed too and would possibly have been clinging to the ceiling to get away from it.

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Caught halfway between, "OMG that's funny!" and, "Glad you realized before you picked it up!" I'd have been shrieking too...

[calygrey.livejournal.com]

...whimpering like a little sissygirl....

....she who dances with giant snakes.... is not a sissygirl.

[thebeardedone.livejournal.com]

I regularly rescue my darling wife from the scary scary spiders.

[ravenrose.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, hon... and I sympathize.. but the thought of a Vet afraid of bugs is really sorta funny... Whatever happened to "all creatures great and small"? *giggle*

(I know, I know... you don't treat bugs... but still funneh)

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I am not afraid of bugs! I merely have a healthy loathing of anything that has more legs than I can count in the time it takes me to take a deep breath and get ready to scream.

Okay, maybe I am a little. Just the creepy, ooky, leggy ones. Go ahead and laugh, it *is* kinda funny. :)

I do treat tarantulas, actually. In theory. I've never had one brought in as a patient, but I've studied how to work on them, and I think they're gorgeous (you see, I can count their legs...).

[meranthi.livejournal.com]

One of my worst experiences in college was one morning when I woke up at 7 am for class. I didn't turn on the light so my roomies could sleep. When I put my foot down on the floor, a huge ass cetipede crawled OVER MY FOOT! I don't know how I managed not to scream, but it was a near thing. Scared the bejeezus out of me.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Ewwwww, I hate those things...