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Zuki

1230 posts in 975 days


536 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: hearing protection funny

Today I needed to use my shop-vac for an extended period of time and instinctively reached for my hearing protection. As soon as I donned them I felt an itchy\crawly feeling on the top part of my ear. I paid no real attention as I thought it may have been a stray hair tickling my ear. When I felt the itchy\crawly feeling move down the back of my ear I gave the ear cup a tap and a shake. The “feeling” stopped for a few moments until I felt it again at my ear lobe. I yanked off the headset and looked inside the cup and saw a spider. Now . . . spiders are ok in their web, scooting along on a piece of board or even crawling across the back of my gloved hand . . . but trapped around my ear . . . that’s a whole other story. For you Star Trek fans I instantly had a picture of Chekov meeting Kahn and his “pets” on Cetti Alpha Five.

I screamed and started shaking my head like a fool scratching my ear like a dog with fleas. Wondering how many spiders crawled into my ear I ran to the garden hose thinking “ahh the jet of water will flush them out”. I put the nozzle up my ear and pulled the trigger . . . nothing . . . the hose was not hooked up. With that DW came around corner, looked at me, and started shaking her head. When I told her what happened, while shaking my head and still scratching my ear . . . she started to laugh. She started to laugh. Yep laugh. I fail to see how she seen the funny in having arachnids roaming around in her husband’s head. Maybe she though there would be finally be something up there.

Ok . . . the story did not go quite that way. I did find a spider in my hearing protection, but it was before I put them on. I removed the critter and deposited it in a bush. I did however picture Kahn dropping his “pets” into Chekov’s helmet.

Hope you enjoyed my story. The moral . . . make sure your garden hose is hooked up before putting on your hearing protection. 

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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Russel

2063 posts in 836 days


536 days ago

I have a picture of a hose pointed at your ear and I have to say, IT’S FUNNY!!!! And, that scene from Star Trek is one of the scariest scenes I’ve ever seen. Critters don’t belong in ears. Fortunately, with the Mrs and her gardening ways, there’s always a hose connected. Thanks for the warning.

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com

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GaryK

9537 posts in 886 days


536 days ago

:-)

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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lew

4500 posts in 653 days


536 days ago

There is a sweat shirt hanging in my shop. It always gets turned inside out and shook before putting it on- for this very same reason.

Lew

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luba

13 posts in 566 days


536 days ago

Zuki
Have you though about writing some more. You are a good writer and you have a good imagination and a well written “story” .You might want to do some short stories and send them to the newspapers in your town or others. I see a writer in you. Every time you “wrote”before and I read it I truly think your talent as a writer is there.
Luba

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gizmodyne

1678 posts in 987 days


536 days ago

Ack!

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 620 days


536 days ago

Same thing happened to me once, caused me to have to buy a new headset: when I realized what was happening inside my ear I ripped them off and threw them across the shop, breaking them as they hit the wall. I can handle ugly bugs, snakes, and rabbid dog, but spiders give me the willies! Ever since I only use the foam type with a sting holding them together.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

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Zuki

1230 posts in 975 days


536 days ago

Im going to be really careful from now on . . . might even invest in a set of them thar’ foam plugs with the string.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

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RobS

1243 posts in 1204 days


536 days ago

Should of let him be, he would have eaten all the other bugs in your ear… ha, just kidding!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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WayneC

6040 posts in 995 days


535 days ago

A bit of a detour, but have you ever had a parrot tongue in your ear? Now there is an experience….

Pheobe

Although, you cannot really see her tongue, I can assure you it is most impressive and it has a texture similar to a cats tongue.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

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