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        I hear they taste like chicken.

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Larry Barnes
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 4:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:Eating spiders


I find putting a bit of salt and pepper on them before chewing makes them
very tasty, especially the tarantula's  !

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Wonsil [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 12:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:Eating spiders


> My twelve-year-old daughter wouldn't sleep in her
> bed because she saw a spider and was told by her
> teacher that we eat spiders when we sleep.  (I asked
> her the name of that teacher, so we could "chat", but
> she declined for fear of embarrassment).

Well, my wife has been known to spy eaters in the kitchen while they
sleep...

While the sleep part is a new twist, the whole eating spider thing has been
debunked:

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/email/2002Feb.html

http://www.snopes2.com/science/stats/spiders.htm

More about spider myths:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/spiders/index.htm?terms=spiders

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