Dark Humour – Spider Warfare Is Just The Beginning...
By Casey Douglass
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| Danger ahead. |
Living in England has
its benefits, one of which is the apparent lack of wildlife that
wants to kill you, drag out outside and slowly digest your body in
some dark corner of the garden. I say apparent, because there is an
insidious threat lurking in every house, shed, woodland and allotment.
The creepy-crawlies and bugs are out to get us.
Take the spider as my
first example. How many times have you strolled between two objects
and felt a strand of web wrap itself across your face? Some think
these are just passive support structures for a web not yet finished
but these people are so very wrong. Every silken strand across your
face is a failed attempt by a spider to garrotte you. Don’t be
fooled by the full web nearby, its occupant watching and trying to
steer you into the trap. Turn and walk away. One day they will
perfect the consistency of the strands, getting them upto a lethal
specification for removing heads from necks. These strands seem at
their most abundant during the morning, so I would make sure you
don’t leave the house until at least midday.
No matter how sceptical
you might be, carry on dear reader, the information here just might
save your life.
My next warning
concerns the humble snail, the proverbial slow coach that leaves a
glistening trail like a slippery kiss wherever it goes. This trail is
placed in the hope that it will make you slip and break your neck.
Snails occasionally team up with slugs in this endeavour but there is
a strange class system at work whenever they meet and commune,
loosely based around housing permits and residency rights. Don’t be
fooled though, if you see a snail and a slug together, they’ve put
their differences aside to bring about your downfall.
Now we move onto bees,
and their often allies, wasps. These insects are adjusting their own
humming, fine-tuning it as we speak to interfere with our Wi-Fi
signals. Everyone knows that Internet speed into the countryside is
usually a joke. This isn’t just down to slow infrastructure and distance, the
hives of these creatures are like our Wi-Fi Extenders but in reverse,
crippling phone technology with the mighty humming they produce.
Moving to the city might be advisable to avoid this threat, although the mobile networks are likely to become a target too at some point.
An even more baffling
scheme now, and this concerns the humble woodlouse, the armadillo of
the insect world. For some time now, woodlice have been rolling
themselves into little balls and slowly replacing the cavity wall
insulation of buildings. To what end I have no idea, I guess that we
can only shrug our shoulders and stay vigilant for any sound of
mobilisation.
This is only a brief
look at the dangers that scurry, buzz and slither around us, but I
can’t wrap it up without mentioning the fly. A fly is mainly
thought of as being a pathogen spreader and general nuisance, but its
real aim is psychological warfare. This takes the form of buzzing
around a sleeper’s bedroom at night, tickling their face, and
generally doing anything to keep them awake. This is such a common
occurrence, nothing is thought of it, but sleep deprivation can cause
all manner of issues, from low concentration to paranoia. Sleep with
windows closed, even in summer!
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