Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 26, 2023

yeah, cartons of milk are hard to miss

“The spider takes hold with her hands, and is found in kings’ palaces.”

I don’t see a carton of milk.

Disagree. It’s cleavage.

A spider … or a big floater? Startled, he knocks over the carton of milk.

Sort of like a Forest through the Trees thing …

Milk cartons don’t pose a potential threat, especially if you have Arachnophobia.

If the milk carton moved, it would be easy to see.

Is that the carton of milk that he just drank from?

It’s the rule — a quorum is needed before one can see the carton of milk or the car keys or the sun glasses, etc. One needs at least 50% of the household to be involved before some objects become visible.

I loathe spiders. I’m contented to live and let live so long as the spiders stay out of doors and out of my workshop.

That’s because the milk carton is still and the spider is moving. Our brains are wired to notice movement as part of the survival instinct.

True.

With me, it’s one of my tools that’s invisible until I’ve bought a replacement…

From today’s Comics Curmudgeon:

Sorry, I was going to try to figure out what this joke is supposed to mean, exactly, but then I got stuck on the idea that there’s a carton of milk just off panel to our left and it’s hurling at this plugger at high speed and about to hit him right in the nose, and while I’m reasonably sure that’s not what this joke is supposed to mean, I’m enjoying that image too much to part with it.

Pffft. I like spiders.

My peripheral vision is so sensitive/acute, I can’t stand to watch TV programs with “closed captioning/subtitles” turned on. It annoys the crap out of me!

Husband is TERRIFIED of spiders. I have gotten very good at getting them – even right in front of him – before he sees them so he does not get upset and start looking for more of them.