Pickles by Brian Crane for February 08, 2016

Arachnaphobia?

I had a laptop like that in it in college. One day he ran out and disappeared under the desk. I saw the other day that he now teaches ‘web design’.

Yeah…. and almost every computer….not to mention most software….has a bug in it someplace.

she does not like spiders

Even if she gets a new computer, the web will still be there.

Those last tow panels seem like they could be reversed. I suppose it could work this way too, though.

It’s trying to access the web.

Tomorrow’s strip will surely have lame web references…..

I think Opal is making this up to get a more advanced model.

I know some people who would do the same thing.

Did it have long, long , long legs and the other spiders call him Big Daddy.

Some excellent responses here! You guys are getting good!Remember way back when there was some program that had a bug crawling across your screen? Ackkkk!

macky87, does he teach classes in a dark corner?

LuvThemPluggers, or a puppy would lick your computer screen for you.

A spider is a program that visits Web sites and reads their pages and other information in order to create entries for a search engine index. The major search engines on the Web all have such a program, which is also known as a “crawler” or a “bot.”

OK. That’s a bit drastic.

Even for you, Opal!

xxx

So, Opal, you actually LIKE having flies and other bugs in your house—the critters that spiders like to eat?

“spiders! why did it have to be spiders?”

With how hot it gets inside PCs, unless the spider is hybrid with a phoenix, you’ve got nothing to worry about. Aside from the fact that only 5 species of spider are actually dangerous to humans, only 3 of those species live in North America, and only one of them is potentially fatal and then only if you’re allergic to it.