I think I killed a medic.
 

I was sitting at my dining room table with my wife, and all of a sudden this spider ran across the floor. I had a newspaper, and so I squashed it.

About five minutes later, a second spider of the same species as the first ran across the floor on an identical path. I squashed it, too, and then started thinking about it. I wonder if the second spider was a medic or something, because it had to see the first spider get smashed, and it ran directly toward it with no regard for its own risks.

I have a feeling I'm going to get a rebuke from the Red Cross soon.

ROFL Good stuff!!!!!!!!!

Either that or spiders leave no "man" behind.

Are you sure you're getting enough oxygen to your brain in that thin air? Any smog alerts today?

ROFL

That made me chuckle.

It was almost exactly like that scene in Blackhawk Down.

That second spider was an idiot, rushing into the kill zone for a fallen comrade without checking the area for threats.


or maybe the first spider owed the second twenty bucks and he was on his way to lift his wallet.

Was the second spider carrying a tiny black bag?

I didn't see. It all happened so fast...I was just out of control.

You probably first killed the mom and then her eldest son that was rushing to help.

Maybe the second spider thought your bloodlust had been satisfied with the murder of the first spider.

Find and kill some more spiders. Have fun with it! :evil:

If you have trouble sleeping tonight, just imagine the second one was a rare species of "lawyer spider" that was running out to give the first spider his business card and a complimentary "So You've Been Injured: The Road To Recovery" accident victim handbook. Don't think of it as murdering a second innocent spider, think of it as saving years of litigation and a bank busting settlement.

This story, besides highlighting Rain Man's buggutlust, shines a light on the versitality of the oft forgotten and maligned form of media - the newpaper. Although the newsprint media has suffered from the competition of television and the internet, it will never be vanquished. Would Rain Man have killed the first spider with his television set? I think not. Would he have dispatched the second with his keyboard? Again, unlikely. Would he ever take either of the newer medias to the bathroom for a twenty minute session and come back both relieved and possessing a finished crossword puzzle? I don't think so.
So, hail the newspaper! It may not be the fastest form of information transfer, but it's transportability, and adaptablity to secondary uses is unparalleled/

Now that you mention it, my visceral reaction upon seeing the second spider was very similar to my reaction upon seeing a lawyer.