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Black Widow Spider PSA

Got this PSA from Mike and several others…

The Black Widow spider (Latrodectus variolus) is one of only a few poisonous spiders in the United States. It’s bite releases a neurotoxin into its victim that, if not treated, can lead to death.

After mating with a male, the female often sucks the life out of him (see spider cannibalism).

The female Black Widow is easily recognizable; she is black with a noticeably broad, bulbous backside and a bright red hourglass shaped marking on her underside.

Black Widows can be found in closets, wood piles, under beds, and soon,

The White House!

 

Coincidence? You decide.

Posted on Dec 4, 2008 at 09:00AM by Registered CommenterDoug in , | Comments21 Comments

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Reader Comments (21)

LOL I didn't see it coming and was taken completely by surprise! Nice way to start the day with a laugh!

December 4 | Unregistered Commenterknockknock

I wondered about that ugly-ass dress. Who picked that out anyway?

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterIan

About as racist as can be and you go after the presidents wife. At least you left her children be.

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterRoland

You should be ashamed of yourself. You need to call Republicans Anonymous.

Must...not...retaliate....
Must..........look away............arrrgh!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterMichael

I knew it was a setup but it got me. Funny!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterChuckie

OMG who chose that awful dress for her? I hope she fired them by now!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterOwen

I suspected the "Offended Police" might have something to contribute to this post since it chides a woman's dress and takes a poke at her being "large boned", a first-lady-in-waiting to boot. But I wasn't prepared for the "Race Baiting Police".

Roland, do you not see the humor in the way her dress resembles the spider markings? Perhaps I'm missing something; would you be so kind as to explain, specifically, which part of the post is racist? I'm all ears. Honest.

December 4 | Registered CommenterDoug

I don't see anything racist here Roland. Maybe just a little sexist if you are splitting hairs. I thought it was funny. I didn't know what to expect when I hit the "more". Hit me like a good punch line. The setup was right on.

December 4 | Unregistered Commenterkingofthehouse

Great joke! I knew the dress was butt ugly, I just hadn't seen the similarity to the black widow spider. Nice catch on somebody's part!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterDiane U.

Michael, this isn't about Republicans or Democrats, it is about an awful choice of attire. I don't think it is even political. It is about a well known person showing up to the party in a horrible dress. It could have been Jessica Alba. You don't need to look away, it's safe.

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterRegina H.

The dress was designed to make Michelle look thinner. I don't think she or any of her handlers noticed the resemblance to a bw spider. But red screams "Look at me, I'm powerful!" Think Gloria Allred. Also, red and black together is hard and masculine. She would be smart to choose more feminine colors.

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterPuff

BAD BAD BAD !!!!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterRedneck

You don't see the racist in this, talking about how she is black and has a broad backside, sucking the life out of her man and all? How can you not see it? You need to take some sensitivity training!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterRoland

Puff is right, Roland, the joke is about the pattern on the ugly dress looking like the marking on a black widow spider which it does. Only a race-baiter would try to turn it into a race issue. That makes YOU the racist, doesn't it!

December 4 | Unregistered Commenterkingofthehouse

Nothing racist about it, just funny. Don't look for trouble where none exits.

December 4 | Unregistered Commentergnarly

No, Roland, I'm afraid I don't.

Are Michele Obama and the black widow spider both black? Yes, but I don't think acknowledging the obvious is racist.

Does the black widow spider (and perhaps Michele Obama by inference) have a noticeably broad, bulbous backside? Certainly the spider does and, depending on your perspective, so might Michele Obama. Maybe worth a 5-yard penalty flag for implied sexism but hardly racist.

Does the spider suck the life out of her mate after mating? Usually, and she often eats him. Even the most sensitive interpretation could only muster another flag for implied sexism but certainly wouldn't rise to racism.

I'm sorry you were "offended", but let's be honest with one another. Aren't you being overly sensitive?

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterDoug

I don't see what all the fuss is about. This is hilarious the way it was packaged and delivered. Lighten up! Laugh! It's good for you!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterFrank B.

LOL FUNNY!!!

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterGretchin Moore

Is that even a real pattern on her dress or was it photoshop?

December 4 | Unregistered CommenterOwen

lol, this is funny, I don't care who you are :)

December 4 | Unregistered Commenterwill.yum

Ha ha, I thought it was a real psa.

December 4 | Unregistered Commenterxtraxtra
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