We have a very elegant orb spider outside the window at the dry cleaners. My solution to keep her safe, that a customer just walked in on me saying with know idea what about.

"So we just tell everyone she's named Charlotte. NO ONE is going to kill a spider named Charlotte! No matter how phobic. It would just be wrong. Thank you EB White."

This later led to a discussion about how to make "Some Pig" appear in her web. But "I don't think she'll appreciate me putting string in her web."


For now I'm just calling her a free Halloween decoration. It's hard to be an arachnophile sometimes...

*fake whine* "Why is it not closing time yet?"
"Because Baby Jesus hates you."
"He seems to hate me a lot these days... I guess that's what happens when you kick him."
--My sister and me at work at the Dry Cleaners.