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by mad-poet @ 2007-05-11 - 18:40:02

A true story and its source was the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service in Adelaide. A bloke and his family were on holidays in the United States and went to Mexico for a week.  An avid cactus fan, the man bought one-metre high, rare and expensive cactus there.  On arrival back home Australian Customs said it must be quarantined for 3 months. 

He finally got his cactus home.  Planted it in his backyard, and over time it grew to about 2 metres.  One evening while watering his garden after a warm spring day, he gave the cactus a light spray.  He was amazed to see the plant shiver all over, he gave it another spray and it shivered again.

He was puzzled so he rang the council who put him on to the state gardens people. After a few transfers he got the state's foremost cactus expert who asked him many questions.  How tall is it?  Has it flowered? Etc. Finally he asked the most disturbing question. "Is your family in the house?" The bloke answered yes.  The cactus expert said get out of the house NOW, get on to the front nature strip and wait for me; I will be there in 20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, 2 fire trucks, 2 police cars and an ambulance came screaming around the corner.  A fireman got out and asked "Are you the bloke with the cactus?" I am, he said.  A guy jumped out of the fire truck wearing what looked like a space suit, a breathing cylinder and mask attached to what looked like a scuba backpack with a large hose attached. He headed for the backyard and turned a flame-thrower on the cactus spraying it up and down. After a few minutes the flame-thrower man stopped, the cactus stood smoking and spitting, half the fence was burnt and parts of the gardens were well and truly scorched.  Just then the cactus expert appeared and laid a calming hand on the bloke's shoulder. "What the hell's going on?" he says. "Let me show you" says the cactus man.  He went over to the cactus and picked away a crusty bit, the cactus was almost entirely hollow and filled with tiger striped bird-eating tarantula spiders, each about the size of two hand spans. The story was that this type of spider lays eggs in this type of cactus and they hatch and live in it as they grow to full size.  When full size they release themselves.  The cactus just explodes and about 150 dinner plate sized hairy spiders are flung from it, dispersing everywhere. They had been ready to pop.  The aftermath was that the house and the adjoining houses had to be vacated and fumigated: police tape was put up outside the whole area and no one was allowed in for two weeks. And here's what one of the spiders looks like sitting on a FULL SIZE dinner pl   

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welshceltgirlwelshceltgirl [Member]
2007-05-11 @ 18:42

Great story where is the picture?

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mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-12 @ 06:35

the picture would not down load but it was as the description a dinner plate sized hairy monster.nice to see you still on the rock by the way

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http://bloggitygoodness.blog.ca
2007-05-11 @ 19:12

Holy Mary Mother of God!!!!

Good to see you my friend

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mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-12 @ 06:36

you too mama

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deleted user [Visitor]

2007-05-11 @ 21:50

but where is the picture!!! actually I am glad there is no picture...would give me nightmares!!! crikey how vile and hideous....NIGHTMARESVILLE!!! 8|

mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-12 @ 06:40

scary stuff.by the way i have just been on a virtual trip to scotland.that thing is fantastik is it stone

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deleted user [Visitor]

2007-05-12 @ 20:05

but are you talking to me bout Scottish Athena! she is a flipping great bit of beech tree trunk!!!

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mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-12 @ 22:09

its great in the unlightly event of me going to scotland i will go and see it .it look great you should be very proud

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deleted user [Visitor]

2007-05-13 @ 09:02

havent seen it in situ....but would love to....must go and visit it meself n all....its been there oooh bout 17 years now!:) the steel eyes are to reflect the sky and sunrise/sunset etc.....

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mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-13 @ 10:41

how could you resist a visit for 17 years you mus go and have toure photo taken by it

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deleted user [Visitor]

2007-05-13 @ 11:38

I should really shouldnt I!! prolly by the time I get it together to go it'll have been removed or rotted to pieces or something!!!

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mad-poetmad-poet [Member]
2007-05-13 @ 20:13

Why not take tinks and a pot of creosote you could get her to paint it then you could tie her to it and dance round it wooping like like er one of those people that woop

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deleted user [Visitor]

2007-05-13 @ 20:32

that sounds a splendid idea!:D...I'm not sure she'd appreciate it though....she's a bit funny like that...8|

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boredrichboredrich [Member]
2007-07-20 @ 07:10

love that but would need a change of undies if that happened to me makes me feel crawly just reading it blergh :)

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