Yesterday I was walking on the path between buildings and a lady walking nearby stopped me.

"Watch out for the spider!"

Yikes. Yes, I do want to watch out. Where is it?

"Look right there, you can see the web..."

Yes. I see a web. Thanks for letting me know. Little did I know that I was now hopelessly caught in her web.

"It's one of those Asian spiders ... jibber jabber ... they were responsible for the burning of 7 million witches in the middle ages ... jibber jabber ... of course the Catholic church knew what was really going on ... jibber jabber ... Carl Sagan warned about what would happen if the DNA sequence was leaked ... jibber jabber ... Now the aliens have our DNA and they're using it to ... jibber jabber ... Prime Minister Rudd  met secretly with the church and they're ... jibber jabber ... You're an American, aren't you? Bush has had secret meetings with the aliens ... jibber jabber ..."

Finally I could take it no more and politely told the lady that it was fascinating listening to her talk non-stop, but I really had work to be doing.

"Oh, I understand. I hope you learned something and it sunk into your sub-concious... jibber jabber ..."

No. I've really got to go. Yes, I learned something. Bush has secret meetings with aliens who stole our DNA from the catholic church and it was all because of those darn spiders and the witches.

Thanks.

"Don't mention it."

How can I not mention it? This is all fascinating. It explains a whole lot of things.