Silverfish are creepy. They make slugs look cuddly. Who hasn't opened an old book or magazine and had a mummified one drop in their lap? Their silvery sheen and Art Nouveau curves can't override their powers to freak people out.
Thanks, Linda. My goal was to see if I could make a silverfish cute. Interesting note- I've seen plush spiders, insects, centipedes, slugs and even horseshoe crabs(!) but I've never seen a plush silverfish- or even a plastic one. That tells you something.
yeah, I don't know what it is about silverfish, but the are in the top tier of creepie grossness. potato bugs and flying termites gross me out as well.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2008/103/7/3/Sammy_the_silverfish_2_by_WeirdBugLady.jpg Plush one: still creepy. I like that they gave it beady red eyes...
I've always been creeped out by them until I saw this guy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda.
ReplyDeleteMy goal was to see if I could make a silverfish cute.
Interesting note- I've seen plush spiders, insects, centipedes, slugs and even horseshoe crabs(!) but I've never seen a plush silverfish- or even a plastic one. That tells you something.
Aren't they known for creeping in peoples' ears?
ReplyDeleteJust the drunk ones.
ReplyDeleteSally, why did you have to say a thing like that.
ReplyDeleteYes Sally.. why did you have to say that? Now my ears itch. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteSally, are you not ashamed?
ReplyDeletelol on the ashamed comment -- that tune from the phone animation!
ReplyDeletesilverfish the creepiest ... when I think of it on that old shelf paper we used to use....
yeah, I don't know what it is about silverfish, but the are in the top tier of creepie grossness. potato bugs and flying termites gross me out as well.
ReplyDeleteI hear other bugs are embarrassed by potato bugs and pretend like they don't notice them when they crawl by.
ReplyDeleteOne more thing-
ReplyDeleteSilverfish- or at least the thought of seeing an army of them- have been one of the reasons I've never wanted to try hallucinogens.
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs30/i/2008/103/7/3/Sammy_the_silverfish_2_by_WeirdBugLady.jpg
ReplyDeletePlush one: still creepy. I like that they gave it beady red eyes...
I agree the plush one is still kinda creepy! :)
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