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A HUGE Spider! (UPDATED)

I found this HUGE spider in my house!!!
That is the biggest spider I have ever seen in my life! :O

I don't know what kind of spider is that, can you please tell me!

I will give you some clues...
  • Found in south London UK
  • Has some hair all over its body and legs
  • Has dark red legs
  • Has brown/black body
  • Has two funny looking antenna (with a 'ball' on the end) on its head

Also, I used a pound coin and a penny to scale its size.

I hope you know what this creepy crawly is!

(UPDATED)
Thank you for telling me what that spider is! A common brown spider...
They are harmless, large, and very common in southern UK and in most places of the southern world...
You americans should be happy about not having those giant spiders crawling around your homes.

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kiss my donkey says: Jun 16, 2009. 5:39 PM
YOU STOLE MY PET I'm coming bob!
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Plasmana (author) in reply to kiss my donkeyJun 18, 2009. 10:21 AM
Lol, I let him back outside where he belongs.... :-)
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kiss my donkey in reply to PlasmanaJun 18, 2009. 10:47 AM
good
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Plasmana (author) in reply to kiss my donkeyJun 19, 2009. 7:52 AM
Good? I thought it was bad, because how are you going to fine him?
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kiss my donkey in reply to PlasmanaJun 19, 2009. 9:36 AM
When I got him at the pet shop I had them install a chip in him so if he ever got lost I would be able to track him down.
REDNEK777 says: Sep 26, 2008. 4:22 PM
hate spiders
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Plasmana (author) in reply to REDNEK777Sep 27, 2008. 12:14 PM
Yeah, you don't want to meet a hugh one...
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gimmelotsarobots in reply to PlasmanaNov 6, 2008. 5:56 PM
Like the 20 foot sci-fi ones in my back yard...
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gimmelotsarobotsNov 7, 2008. 3:12 AM
Cool!
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gimmelotsarobots in reply to PlasmanaNov 8, 2008. 10:26 AM
ha ha. No, If I had those I'd move to canada.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gimmelotsarobotsNov 8, 2008. 1:41 PM
Haha! okay...
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Tool Using Animal says: Sep 5, 2008. 3:28 PM
cute little guy, nothing compared to what we have. ;-)
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Tool Using AnimalSep 9, 2008. 12:33 PM
What spiders do you have?
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Tool Using Animal in reply to PlasmanaSep 9, 2008. 1:02 PM
Any walk in the woods around here will find argiope spiders and golden silk spiders. Personally in my yard I have Venusta orchard spiders, spiny orb weavers, black and brown widows (thou I try to keep them under control), various crab spiders and wolf spiders. The wolf spiders are great because as active hunters they keep the palmetto bugs under control. The pic down below is a Venusta orb weaver that was on my porch and an Argiope in my yard.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Tool Using AnimalSep 9, 2008. 1:28 PM
Wow, lots of interesting spiders! For some reason, I like the golden silk spiders (I call them "Banana spiders") the best...
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jessyratfink in reply to PlasmanaSep 9, 2008. 1:38 PM
Haha, I was about to say that I call it a banana spider as well. I was hoping to get a picture of one when I went home, but we only found a GIGANTIC wolf spider.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to jessyratfinkSep 9, 2008. 3:07 PM
I don't think I ever saw a wolf spider. I might have, I don't know...
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cowscankill in reply to PlasmanaNov 6, 2008. 4:29 PM
There was a wolf spider in the little boy's room at school... I peed on it and ran.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to cowscankillNov 7, 2008. 3:18 AM
Pee on a spider? LOL
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cowscankill in reply to PlasmanaNov 7, 2008. 1:15 PM
Yeah, it scared me. It was little bigger than a quarter, so not huge.
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gimmelotsarobots says: Sep 7, 2008. 5:42 PM
No, these are very common in southern USA. What are you talking about? That guy is little.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gimmelotsarobotsSep 8, 2008. 1:39 AM
Are you taking about the Brown Recluse?
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Tool Using Animal in reply to PlasmanaSep 8, 2008. 2:09 AM
No, we have large spiders also in the south east US.

golden silk

Golden argiope

Carolina Wolf common in houses
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Tool Using AnimalSep 8, 2008. 9:42 AM
Ah, yes! I see what you are talking about. I have seen the all the spiders quite a few times in the forest and the swamps of Louisiana. I very often see the golden silks (I call then "banana spider"), they also make HUGE webs about two feet or more!
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gimmelotsarobots in reply to PlasmanaSep 8, 2008. 3:20 PM
Banana spiders are awsome! They start out tiny and shed their exoskelton every week or so until they full size. They also build a trap door into their web. If you poke a banana spider on it's web, it goes straight throught to the other side.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gimmelotsarobotsSep 9, 2008. 5:59 AM
Wow!
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cowscankill in reply to PlasmanaNov 6, 2008. 4:31 PM
Yeah, I've seen one in the woods before, really cool.
thebluemartyr says: Sep 23, 2008. 3:33 PM
at my cottage, on the docks, we have much larger (dock)spiders than that, their legs, from one side to the other can be up to 5 inches, and they can run on water, but dont think they bite, not like i give them the opportunity if it can be avoided...
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Plasmana (author) in reply to thebluemartyrSep 24, 2008. 1:23 AM
Holy crap! That is huge!

Can you post a picture and what are they called? Just dock spiders, right?
thebluemartyr in reply to PlasmanaSep 24, 2008. 12:58 PM
i think we have a pic some where of me holding one in like a ziplock tuperware, and it fills the whole thing, and im pretty sure theyr just called dock spiders
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Plasmana (author) in reply to thebluemartyrSep 24, 2008. 2:42 PM
Okay, thanks!
thebluemartyr in reply to PlasmanaSep 25, 2008. 4:54 PM
P.S big fan of the mini shocker, impossible to solder for me, but still super cool
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Plasmana (author) in reply to thebluemartyrSep 26, 2008. 1:33 AM
Thanks! And I am hopefully try sell some of them soon...
thebluemartyr in reply to PlasmanaSep 26, 2008. 4:11 PM
id pay for that anyday, hell il take 2 : P how much yougunna charge for each of them?
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Plasmana (author) in reply to thebluemartyrSep 27, 2008. 10:55 AM
I am not too sure yet...
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gmoon says: Sep 24, 2008. 11:06 AM
Here's a good sized spider I just photographed in the backyard...He's a fighter--missing three legs on one side! Wouldn't want to tangle with him, he looks like a survivor....
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gmoonSep 24, 2008. 2:42 PM
Wow! I never seen a spider that is missing legs...
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gmoon in reply to PlasmanaSep 24, 2008. 6:46 PM
Doesn't seem to miss 'em--judging by his well-fed spider belly.

I bet whatever cost him those legs fared worse...
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Plasmana (author) in reply to gmoonSep 25, 2008. 4:40 PM
Yeah...
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Flumpkins says: Sep 6, 2008. 12:42 PM
I don't know what that is. But have you ever heard of the brown recluse spiders? The bites are nasty.
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bikerbob2005 in reply to FlumpkinsSep 6, 2008. 9:03 PM
whopped 3 of them in my office in the last month ,around here called fiddle back spiders ,the rock wall off back steps are full of black widow spiders they get nice and fat nether are aggressive as long as they eat the bugs and stay outside is fine with me.
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Flumpkins in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 7, 2008. 6:50 AM
I know why you call them fiddle backs!!!
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bikerbob2005 in reply to FlumpkinsSep 12, 2008. 5:25 AM
i store my tools right under the house other day this fiddleback was waiting right inside the door ,scary part?have a terrible infestation of camel crickets under there too and they jump all over the place so that is past freaking out lol
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Plasmana (author) in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 14, 2008. 12:09 PM
Is that a brown recluse on the book?
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bikerbob2005 in reply to PlasmanaSep 14, 2008. 2:12 PM
yup got plenty of them here how many you need?
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Plasmana (author) in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 21, 2008. 3:02 AM
Have you ever got bitten by a brown recluse?
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bikerbob2005 in reply to PlasmanaSep 21, 2008. 3:31 AM
No spiders bites, don't think they like the way i taste,wish i could say same for all the bugs around here
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Plasmana (author) in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 21, 2008. 12:03 PM
Like mosquitoes...
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bikerbob2005 in reply to PlasmanaSep 23, 2008. 5:36 AM
these guys eat the bugs around here we call them wolf spiders ,the morter joint on the wall is 1/2 inch or about 12.5mm .They do not bite people ,and move really fast
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Plasmana (author) in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 23, 2008. 3:11 PM
That is good to know...
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Plasmana (author) in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 14, 2008. 2:19 PM
Umm, I would like 0 brown recluses please.
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Flumpkins in reply to bikerbob2005Sep 12, 2008. 4:13 PM
bahahaha
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emuman4evr in reply to FlumpkinsSep 6, 2008. 4:30 PM
OH WTF! Thats a spider bite jesus christ thats nasty.
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Flumpkins in reply to emuman4evrSep 6, 2008. 4:25 PM
I know. Somewhere you can find the time line. From like day 2,3,6,etc.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to FlumpkinsSep 6, 2008. 3:06 PM
AAHHHH!!! Don't say that spider's name to me again! One of my family member got bitten by one... It is really horrible, and the spider is very tiny. I know quite a lot about those kind of spiders...
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Flumpkins in reply to PlasmanaSep 6, 2008. 4:00 PM
Sorry... is your family member okay? I only know like one thing about them. To identify one, you have the violin shaped mark on their head.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to FlumpkinsSep 7, 2008. 3:46 AM
Yeah, my family member had recovered from the bite. Boy! I am glad that I am it UK, although, I miss America...
Storm950 says: Sep 21, 2008. 11:24 AM
:O South London, UK! We hae huge spiders! Awwk!!!
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Storm950Sep 21, 2008. 12:52 PM
Recognize those beasts?
Storm950 in reply to PlasmanaSep 21, 2008. 2:21 PM
No! I like spiders and whatnot, well looking at them on the net and books, But I am kinda scared of them too :(
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Storm950Sep 21, 2008. 4:06 PM
Wait a minute, you like spiders and also scared of them?
Storm950 in reply to PlasmanaSep 22, 2008. 7:47 AM
Sort of.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Storm950Sep 23, 2008. 2:28 PM
How odd...
Storm950 in reply to PlasmanaSep 23, 2008. 2:37 PM
Umm, thats me? ;)
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Yerboogieman says: Sep 12, 2008. 6:29 AM
i had one crawling around my home.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to YerboogiemanSep 13, 2008. 7:53 AM
Oooo, did you catch it?
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Yerboogieman in reply to PlasmanaSep 13, 2008. 11:55 AM
yea, but mine was a brown recluse, very poisonous
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Plasmana (author) in reply to YerboogiemanSep 13, 2008. 12:11 PM
Holy crap! Don't ever touch those! otherwise you will get this.
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skunkbait in reply to PlasmanaSep 21, 2008. 10:01 PM
I've been bitten twice by a brown recluse. It was hiding in my motorcycle jacket. When the weather got cool, and I put it on, he did not appreciate his home being invaded. My bites did not look THAT bad, but they sure hurt (I nearly wrecked the bike!). The spots grew to about the size of a quarter, turned black and peeled off.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to skunkbaitSep 22, 2008. 2:25 AM
Ouch!
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Loosewire; SOE Operative says: Sep 6, 2008. 11:11 AM
I think I have found a larger one in my shed. Neglected, damp, dirt and rotting, I entered the shed and found it high in a corner feasting on all of the insects and other arachnids taking cover from the cold. When I examined it i found that with leg span it was larger than my hand!
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 6, 2008. 3:20 PM
Holy crap!!! Can you post a picture?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 7, 2008. 4:29 AM
Unfortunately no, I didn't have my camera at the time. :(
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 7, 2008. 3:15 PM
Oh, too bad...
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 8, 2008. 4:54 AM
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! What is that?
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 8, 2008. 9:50 AM
Oh, sorry, that was a bug...

That is a bite from the camel spider...
Here is a picture of a camel spider.
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 9, 2008. 10:14 AM
Why are the insides of his arm coming out.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 9, 2008. 10:36 AM
I don't know, I guess that is how their body is built... They are very weird looking spiders...
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 10, 2008. 10:45 AM
Ha! I mean the human. : )
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 13, 2008. 10:40 AM
Oops! Sorry, I am thinking of something else...
It is because the spider has bit so deep into his flesh - that is his muscle coming out...
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KentsOkay in reply to PlasmanaSep 19, 2008. 12:25 PM
*psst* It's a sulpogid, not a spider
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 14, 2008. 10:07 AM
Oh! Yum!
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 14, 2008. 12:08 PM
What! You would eat your OWN muscles if it was coming out like that?!?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 15, 2008. 10:02 AM
I wouldn't eat mine or anyone else's muscles if they came out like that or in any other way. Although the spider.........mmmmmm....crispy!
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 15, 2008. 2:55 PM
Thinking of deep-fried spiders?
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Loosewire; SOE Operative in reply to PlasmanaSep 17, 2008. 11:39 AM
You too!!!? : )
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Loosewire; SOE OperativeSep 17, 2008. 2:56 PM
LOL! No! :)
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Plasmana (author) in reply to PlasmanaSep 13, 2008. 10:41 AM
I know, it is really gross.
Mental Fallout says: Sep 9, 2008. 2:14 PM
Nice spider. He's not really huge, I'm afraid. Also, Camel spiders aren't even spiders. XD They're Araneae, or something like that. They are, however, Arachnids. Which means that they're in the same family, but not the same species.I must be insane, 'cause I like Tarantulas, and jumping spiders. They're both cool, and make good pets.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to Mental FalloutSep 9, 2008. 3:44 PM
Wow! I did not know that camel spiders are Araneae, thanks for telling me that!
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Sunbanks says: Sep 6, 2008. 10:49 AM
That spider makes me want to cry. How did you get it in that container anyway?
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Plasmana (author) in reply to SunbanksSep 6, 2008. 3:17 PM
It was quite easy as the spider was oddly inactive, it has been sitting on the wall for a few hours and never moved... I put a container over the spider (then it started freaking out) and slid a piece of paper between the container's mouth and the wall and turned it upright. Then the spider is captured...
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Sunbanks in reply to PlasmanaSep 6, 2008. 3:23 PM
That definitely seems like the best way to catch it... For some reason I expected you to say that you just picked it up and put it in the container... O_o
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Plasmana (author) in reply to SunbanksSep 6, 2008. 3:37 PM
What the hell! I would never pick up an unknown creature with my bare hands! Because there is a good chance of getting bitten or poisoned or anything by a creature that you don't know of...
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Sunbanks in reply to PlasmanaSep 6, 2008. 3:47 PM
I'm glad to hear you would never do that.
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Plasmana (author) in reply to SunbanksSep 9, 2008. 12:30 PM
How ever, If I know that spider very well, I may pick it up by hands if it not poisonous...
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Goodhart in reply to SunbanksSep 6, 2008. 4:18 PM
Not like this woman......


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Plasmana (author) in reply to GoodhartSep 7, 2008. 3:48 AM
Can you please post me a link to that video?

I really don't know what is going on, I cannot play the video that Kiteman and you posted... :(
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Goodhart in reply to PlasmanaSep 7, 2008. 5:55 AM
Sure thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOsf15tFCI
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Plasmana (author) in reply to GoodhartSep 7, 2008. 11:11 AM
(Thanks!) Ewww! That is gross!
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