> On Fri, 30 May 2008 20:07:37 -0500, "Viva" privacy.net> wrote:

>>ACK!!! Poor guy! That ties into my biggest fear when I use the 'outhouse'
>>loos in the mountains ...our poisonous snakes are rattlesnakes (which
>>would
>>give a warning I guess) and copperheads and water moccasins (who drop out
>>of
>>trees!). I usually bang on the outside of the loo with a stick before
>>entering, but that's no guarantee.

>
> The big worry here is the redback [1] under the dunny [2] seat. People
> have even sung songs about it.
>
> There have been no deaths since the anti-venene was developed in the
> 1950s.
>
> [1] it's a close relative of your black widow
> [2] loo
>
>
> This is from 'Slim' Newton
>
> He should have used 'she' instead of 'he'. The male is tiny and its
> fangs are usually not capable of penetrating human skin.
>
> There was a red-back on the toilet seat
> When I was there last night,
> I didn't see him in the dark,
> But boy! I felt his bite!
> I jumped high up into the air,
> And when I hit the ground,
> That crafty red-back spider
> Wasn't nowhere to be found.
>
> [There was a red-back on the toilet seat
> When I was there last night,
> I didn't see him in the dark,
> But boy! I felt his bite!
> And now I'm ere in hospital,
> A sad and sorry plight,
> And I curse the red-back spider
> On the toilet seat last night.]
>
> Rushed in to the missus,
> Told her just where I'd been bit,
> She grabbed the cut-throat razor blade,
> And I nearly took a fit.
> I said "Just forget what's on your mind,
> And call a doctor please,
> 'Cause I've got a feeling that your cure
> Is worse than the disease."
>
> [ ]
>
> I can't lay down, I can't sit up,
> And I don't know what to do,
> And all the nurses think it's funny,
> But that's not my point of view.
> I tell you it's embarrassing,
> (And that's to say the least)
> That I'm too sick to eat a bite,
> While that spider had a feast!
>
> [ ]
>
> And when I get back home again,
> I tell you what I'll do,
> I'll make that red-back suffer
> For the pain I'm going through.
> I've had so many needles
> That I'm looking like a sieve,
> And I promise you that spider
> Hasn't very long to live!
>
> [ ]
>