Morgan's Boy DVDs ready

The Morgan's Boy DVDs are now done. pinkdormouse send me a fiver.
snowgrouse and kerravonsen send me six quid to allow for
overseas postage. (the easiest way may be to buy a gift certificate on
Knightwriter and donate it to me)

grumpoldusenaut pick yours up on Saturday.

I did one spare copy for good luck, so anyone wanting to claim it should wave
their hand in the air as quickly as possible.

Thanks go to Count Zero for doing the copying.

Is arachnophobia rational?

There are thousands of species of spider and hardly any of them are deadly to humans. So, why do many people have such a strong fear of spiders?

Could this be related in any way to the region in which humans originally evolved?

Does anyone happen to know if there are lethal species of spider in the apropriate parts of Africa?

The same question also applies to snakes. In England at least, you're more likely to die from a lightening strike than a snake bite (I think snakes killed about one person in the last centuary) - so again, why do people have such strong
snake phobias?

Why not a phobia for lions or mosquitoes?