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  1. Arthur Eld says:

    Dear newbies,

    please ignore the troll henceforth, it’s the only chance it might get bored and disappear. It has spoiled the fun more than once with its extreme ignorance, stupidity and lack of wit, humo(u)r and manners. Replying to it only encourages it – the troll gets the attention it wants and therefore feels as if its life has a meaning.

    Just don’t reply to it. Not at all, no matter what the troll says. If a thread is at the point that you can’t reply to other people around the troll, you can start your comment with the name of the person the troll has replied to.

    It takes some discipline, I know.

    Thanks!

  2. Poor guy; left his fly open and no one’s noticed.

  3. Netboyz says:

    2nd!

  4. kraut says:

    Has anybody seen Sam? I miss him so much…

  5. Jeremy says:

    epic fail.

  6. dman says:

    I dont understand this picture

    Does anybody understand it? If you do please tell me!!!

  7. Jeremy says:

    dragnet!

  8. Mark says:

    the inside of a flytrap looks a lot like bum cheeks.

  9. Merm says:

    I think that’s a win for flies…

  10. Mafiosi says:

    Nature fail

    • Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

      And now for the first time on the radio!!! ogloc! OWDJE LOAK!
      Right…

      Punch you in the face, gun in my waist.
      Can’t remember any other lyrics from it.

  11. Adrian says:

    4th :D poor flower

  12. Hairy says:

    Maybe they work together and maybe it is working. This could be the best invention since Failblog itself!

  13. Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

    Education is the strongest weapon ~ Itsy bitsy.

  14. 5 eagles says:

    Hello all . Hey where is my morning squeeze?.
    Thanks Rigel for staying on topic again some of the
    riddlen kids forgot their meds.lol.
    Hello Sam, being picked on again and why.? It sounds
    like you are a fly in the ointment. Don’t get
    trapped.

  15. The Moomin says:

    Why did the fly fly?
    Because the spider spied her.

  16. 5 eagles says:

    the picture is actually poison ivy on steroids.

  17. Aja says:

    What, not cute car designs today?

  18. sofaking says:

    What I think nobody has realized is that the spider would have had to make that web while on the venus fly trap; therefore the fly trap failed to catch the spider.

    • Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

      It’s a FLY trap not a spider-trap.

      • sofaking says:

        Im sure it eats spiders too.

      • Noghri says:

        Well…technically it doesn’t matter what falls into the Fly trap’s “mouth” as long as it is able to stimulate the hairs inside the fly trap’s “mouth.” If it stimulates those hairs then the mouth will close. Of course we don’t actually see the spider here, so it might have fallen into the trap and was eaten after releasing some of its webbing.

        <–I’ve taken way too many biology classes where this has been explained…

        • Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

          I had the same lessons. But if the mouth would have closed. The web would be broken right? so maybe the spiders just left for a afternoon walk.

          • Squiggly says:

            Spiderman did it. No part of him touched the inside of the mouth. Therefore the web stayed in place.

          • Noghri says:

            I’m not necessarily sure they would have broken. They would likely have gotten tangled (though these look fairly tangled as it as) because they were not as taut as they were before but in my experience it is remarkably hard to actually break the webbing. You can rip it off its grounding point but I don’t think I’ve seen it broken.

        • StarTaco says:

          I’ve taken the liberty to decide to make this one reply to this one comment today. :D

          Mostly on the basis that your right, but also on the basis that your name is ‘Noghri’ . ;)

          If spiders can be precise enough to avoid (after memorizing where they are) the sticky patches on their webs, then surely they could avoid the hairs long enough to place their web (considering they knew to do so, or were able to distinguish the placement of the hairs.)

          Ofcourse the latter is also a posibility. :)

  19. Outcast6 says:

    Hey guys, I’m a long time reader, first time poster. Leave the troll alone and pay attention to me instead ;)

    • czuhc in Dire Need of a Cool Epithet says:

      Okay, can do.
      Welcome!
      Ehm…wait a moment: “outcast6″? You haven’t been banned elsewhere, have you? ( ;-) )

      • Outcast6 says:

        Ahaha no, Its my Gamer tag from Xbox live. “Outcast” was taken, and 6 is my fav number so i tried it and it worked. Just stuck by me as a staple now and its kinda iconic too (To my clan mates and friends)

    • SrrslySrry says:

      *Pays attention in small denominations.*
      Srry, all I have is loose change.

  20. draiksith says:

    Thank you.

  21. nirvana says:

    Uh, guys? I think it’s an aphid web, not a spider web. Aphids are itsy bitsy even for insects and as such wouldn’t weigh enough to activate the trapping mechanism. That makes it a non-fail. Sorry.

  22. Draik Sith says:

    Well, thanks for trying to make this not funny. Maybe now you can say it’s photoshopped.

  23. Synth says:

    Can any1 else not see Sams posts? Maybe my pc installed its own anti-retard troll system

  24. iamsofakingreadtoddit says:

    Just checking to see if my new name and Gravitar work.

  25. andrewbay says:

    *tests avatar*

  26. hawkeye says:

    Third!

    Man thats some sweet victory.

    Also, arent Venus fly traps all about eating people?

    Serious answers plz.

  27. LEILA Against Marketing BaconLube™ and FOR the Humane Treatment of Poor Little Pigs says:

    I think I may need to amend my name. I must add AND Poor Little Spiders even though I am deathly afraid of them.

  28. Overlord Urobourus (Five Star General of Failblog Trolling Division 1) says:

    Reporting for duty.

    • Noghri says:

      Hmm…if his name is to be believed it means the trolls are organizing…is that even possible?

      • Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

        Scroll down just a little bit my dear Noghri.

        • Noghri says:

          Well…we have a few options here.
          1.) We can start killing them off one by one
          2.) We can abandon this thread and hope it gets nuked before the trolls multiply too much and spread to other threads.
          3.) We can ignore them and hope the lack of attention causes them to whither and die.
          4.) We can kill their leader and hope they dissolve into a bunch of squabbling mini trolls (This of course would require us to move to a safe distance while the thread got nuked.)

          • LEILA Against Marketing BaconLube™ and FOR the Humane Treatment of *insert most relevant failblog creature here* says:

            ALL of the above.

    • andrewbay says:

      ۞۞۞۞۞۞ Star General
      ——————————
      And what are you doing here on your day off!

      Well.. sigh..
      As you are here, get rid of all failing trolls.. this is a direct order!

  29. Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

    I was watching a ‘little Britain’ DVD yesterday..
    Then i saw in the subtitles when vicky pollard says: or something or nothing. Really quick the subtitles say: sumlethefan.
    No idea why i am saying this.

    • czuhc in Dire Need of a Cool Epithet says:

      I once saw an early Cronenberg film (forgot which) in which a man says “Can I use the phone?”. This was subtitled “Ben jij Defoe?” (“Are you Defoe?”)

  30. gaynorvader says:

    Oh My God! they’re multiplying!!!!

  31. gilmarx says:

    Actually, that is a leaf on the venus fly trap plant, not a “mouth”. so this really was a background research fail.

  32. gaynorvader says:

    Are there vegetarian venus fly traps?

  33. Overlord Urobourus (Five Star General of Failblog Trolling Division 1) says:

    Someone prepare the chainsaws.

  34. JobforJake says:

    *Starts chainsaw*
    *Promptly Cuts off Foot*

  35. Gothixemo says:

    WAIT! Wait wait wait!
    This is called a Venus FLY trap, not an Venus Spider Trap!
    It all makes sense now!

  36. my name is llama says:

    if you scroll through these quickly the left side makes a wave. :)

  37. Blog Ninja (blogmonster) says:

    This site is getting out of control! Too many people are here now. I just came to this fail and it's already close to 400 comments. Fail Blog admin, please extend the limit! :(

    • Gothixemo says:

      The Sam clones dont help anyone.

      Question. Why dont trolls just get banned rather than deleted posts?

      • LEILA Against Marketing BaconLube™ and FOR the Humane Treatment of *insert most relevant failblog creature here* says:

        Deletion/ban could be based on the IP address. Who is to say the trolls won’t attempt to log from a different computer though? Hmmmm…. *planning destruction of trolls and their clones*

        • Gothixemo says:

          Yeha but eventually they’ll run out of PCs to troll from.
          And they probably live under a bridge so there wont be many PCs.

    • LEILA Against Marketing BaconLube™ and FOR the Humane Treatment of *insert most relevant failblog creature here* says:

      HI NINJA!!!
      If you extend it then more trolls will show up. :(

      • JobforJake says:

        Behead the Troll in question, then seal the wounds with a torch. It stops there Regenerative powers

      • Gothixemo says:

        I have this theory that there are no trollS, but one single troll in charge of many computers living in his mothers basement in secret. More secret than area 51.

        • JobforJake says:

          That single troll must have a bad case of multiple personality syndrome, and Degenerative spelling disorder

      • oblivious says:

        HI LEILA!!!
        this is true ninja, more people will come on just to say the obvious instead of the random.
        it wont be aany fun anymore.

  38. A Noun says:

    The pessimist sees it as Fly Trap Fail

    The optimist as Lightfooted Spider Win

  39. Grrz says:

    Actually, the Sam clones were me impersonating Sam. I seem to have done a good job. Also, the original seems to have disappeared. Maybe I left him on the copier.

  40. Emperor says:

    It seems to have failed to seal the deal.

  41. Anthony says:

    It looks like the Venus flytrap won, but the spider failed…

  42. Mike says:

    That is wrong on many levels.

  43. .ISO says:

    THAT VENUS FLYTRAP IS AN IDIOT!

  44. Kristen Doyle says:

    I do not believe this is a fail! And here is why.

    The way that venus fly traps work is they have three trigger hair on each side of the trap. You can see them here on each modified leaflet (Yes, believe it or not, the trap is considered a modified leaf).

    While the spider may elude the venus fly trap for a bit of time, when the spider web catches a insect, that insect is likely to struggle. As the insect struggles and the spider moves out to retrieve it’s meal, it is very likely they will touch one of the “trigger hairs”. The trigger hairs trigger a change in turgor pressure (the pressure of water inside cells) and cause the plant to close!

    This is why, it seems to me, that this venus fly trap is not a fail. It is likely it will get double the meal!

    Of course though, fly traps don’t really “eat” insects or need to. Carnivorous plants usually only trap insects because they grow in nitrogen depleted soils. They still carry out photosynthesis.

  45. KsbjA says:

    This is likely the most beautiful fail I’ve ever seen.

  46. ofcourse says:

    i think this is a win on the spiders behalf

  47. Taksudaaaa says:

    i think the first guy needs some social skills. HOW CAN HE CONTROL THE CUTE AND INSANE?!

  48. Catt of the Garage says:

    Caption fail. Opportunistic spider Win.

  49. bananna says:

    I think it is a spider win!

  50. Sariah says:

    If it’s so fail, where’s the spider? :P

  51. The Chesire Cat, goddess of weirdness, lolcatiness,and gaurdian of Alice. says:

    how do u get an avatar?
    (im kinda new here)

  52. The Chesire Cat, goddess of weirdness, lolcatiness,and gaurdian of Alice. says:

    How do you GET an avatar?

  53. Adam says:

    Flytrap fail, spider web win.

  54. Fexs says:

    Spyder Win!!! lol

  55. Blade says:

    Looks like Spider Mites to me… they’re physically small enough to not trigger the hairs of the Flytrap…
    (actual spider webbing would be more silk-like in appearance and shine in the sun that’s there)
    So… a clever photo, but it’s not technically a fail… more an inconvenience… like trolls in these forums. =)

  56. NM Gyrl says:

    I don’t think this is Photoshopped. The webbing is incredibly detailed, weaving between the leaf spines and also slightly out of focus in the foreground. That would be *very* tricky to fake. And as for shadows, not only are the threads so fine that shadows would be pretty much invisible, but the parts of the leaf we can actually see are either already in shadow or reflecting light, making any web shadows there might be impossible to detect anyway.

    I think this is real, and it’s lovely.

  57. Vader says:

    Spider WIN

  58. Brianna says:

    *TOTAL* Spider win!!!

  59. MarkFL says:

    I don’t accept this as a Venus Fly Trap Fail until I actually see the spider alive and well. Until then I’m taking it as a spider fail.

  60. John says:

    whwre you take it? I like it

  61. Carole says:

    Spider win

  62. spiderman says:

    Spider win for now.. Spider FAIL when he goes to get her bug..

  63. td0663r says:

    lulz….ks

  64. Frank says:

    Photoshop.

  65. Mick says:

    Dude, every single ‘regular’ here is a spamming troll. That is sad. Very rarely does any given comment section contain relevant comments. The failblog comment sections are actually worse than Youtube’s. Well done, trolls.

    According to my tally, Velvet and Ed are the current lead troll spammers, although every regular deserves honourable mention. It’s almost funny how so much comment is devoted to trolls, by trolling spammers.

    At any rate, it seems the spider is violating zoning laws.

  66. 57@125l4y312 says:

    Technically thats a win for the Spider!!!!!!!!

  67. jese says:

    why are the comments for this picture so irrelevant?

  68. Jazz says:

    SPIDER WIN LOL!!

  69. Syt says:

    Now…is it Flytrap fail, or spider win?

  70. dumdum says:

    animal beats plant again…

    … ha ha, stupid plant.

  71. haley says:

    fail and win at the same time, seems to me. or maybe it’s a battle that neither side has won yet? after all, venus could eat the spider…

  72. Sarah says:

    uh not really a Fail cause obviously the way the leaves of that head are bent back and under it’s towards the end of it’s life and not going to close…so yeah there’s no way it close around the spider.

  73. thephantombloggerstrikes says:

    Okay, you’re forgiven. I’m back. Maybe Mr. Flytrap is a vegetarian. Even worse, a vegan.

    #37

  74. Celina says:

    This isn’t Flytrap Fail, this is Spider Epic Success!

  75. JaNae says:

    Don’t you have to touch those prongs inside of it for it to trap you? :\\
    *stamps fail on person who posted this*

  76. chris says:

    Lol this is a first.

  77. Rag says:

    smart spider…. maybe too smart….!

  78. genesis says:

    look good

  79. dirka no babushka says:

    babushka FTW… btw this is sowfa king we tawl did…
    *reaches for new tub of bacon lube*
    the full eye would obviously have seen the sale on bake on loob at teh Porky Rhines’ Overstalked Bacon Lube Emporium..
    *points to label on tub*
    It’s obvious taht a fly couldn’t pass on these savings…
    *holds it up*
    just look at dem deelzse..
    *places finished tub in trash*
    *turns to reach for new tub*
    *finds PRO-BLE tub cerca 1923*
    *turns back*
    mmm.. gewd year. now if you’ll excuse me…

  80. 3dham says:

    That might be more of a spider fail, it will probably get eaten along with the fly!

  81. Liam says:

    This is not a venus fly trap fail. This is a spider win.

  82. Mashimaro says:

    More like spider win…

  83. Candy says:

    You guys I think it’s either a cobweb or from a certain moth. It’s too thick and together.

  84. Sammy says:

    Thanks for some other excellent article. The place else may anybody get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation subsequent week, and I’m on the search for such information.

  85. Gothixemo says:

    Epic.

  86. Hairy a.k.a. Manfred. says:

    *loads his .45*

  87. Overlord Urobourus (Five Star General of Failblog Trolling Division 1) says:

    Get a life.

  88. Overlord Urobourus (Five Star General of Failblog Trolling Division 1) says:

    Wow I see your missing a chain
    USSR > The rest of the world >Me > A bug > A prostitute > You >something > something else.

  89. Overlord Urobourus (Five Star General of Failblog Trolling Division 1) says:

    you’re*

  90. LEILA Against Marketing BaconLube™ and FOR the Humane Treatment of *insert most relevant failblog creature here* says:

    Don’t forget “PMSing OTR byotch”.


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