the unnerving and terribly sad news today is not for the squeamish, easily frightened or somewhatwoosery. indeed if you’re silly enough to have little children with you as you absorb the posts here on tbaoo, ( firstly – silly you ), they may wish to look away. our workmate adrian has arrived at work today with a nasty throbbing red bite on his finger, it has swollen up like a lead ballon ( thank’s again to pink floyd and i’m still comfortably numb ) beyond all human endurance. normal tbaoo endurance i mean.

he is very brave ( and now moustache less - any connection ? ) and claims that a white tail spider has bitten him, while he was playing in his garage, the playing part is yet to be clarified in complete detail, although his nickname “scratchy” might offer a clue to the truth ? he was fumbling about and bang – it bite him, pain shooting through his entire body until, under much pressure he (while working ) sought the advice of a medical professional. in the gold coast such medical acumen is not thick on the ground or readily available at 10pm on a friday night but hey, close enough is good enough, he found someone, working on the door of a well know strip club !! not sure if the medicines dispensed by the big tattooed gent are quite appropriate, but they seemed to work, adrian said he hasn’t slept since and has been very keen to keep dancing and hugging anyone silly enough to get too close to look at his red digit.

by way of education, a lunatic south african in the videos posted at - http://www.tbaoo.com/2010/08/31/get-bitten-then-dance/ - covers the enormous danger that thrives in our darkened sheds, garages, shoes and other seemingly harmless locations. btw – tbaoo thinks he’s slightly deranged …

get well soon – adrian, tbaoo recommends that you stop the medication, stop dancing, leave us all alone because we don’t want a hug, get some sleep, hold on to your finger and what ever you do, don’t follow the lead of this maniacal spider wrangler or engage in the lifestyle of the tattooed street based chemist. all the very best from the office.