4 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/418/thumb/sevenlegspider.jpg?1246311861 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/418/square/sevenlegspider.jpg?1246311861 2009-06-29T13:32:21-06:00 David Thorne 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active funny prank, e-mail, spider, drawing 13 <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4510/original/spiders.jpg" alt="" /><br /> Original &amp; Known Variations of Seven Legged Spider</p> <h2>About</h2> <p>In general, Seven Legged Spider (a.k.a Paying Bills with Drawing of Spider) refers to the e-mail conversations that took place in October, 2008 between David Thorne and Jane Gilles. More specifically, Seven Legged Spider is a comical drawing made by David, who offered his stick-figure artwork as a payment for his overdue utility bills. Needless to say, his drawing was rejected by Jane (the company&#8217;s representative), but the playful/cutesy e-mail exchange between them lived on to become internet famous.</p> <h2>E-mail Exchanges</h2> <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4425/original/Picture-1.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>In October 2008, David Thorne received a payment notice via e-mail, stating that his utility bills were overdue by $233.95. Unable to make the ends meet at the time, David responded to the payment request with a pathetic drawing of a seven-legged spider:</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4426/original/Picture-2.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Interestingly enough, this seemingly impossible exchange went on between David and Jane (company&#8217;s representative) for some time, during which his offer of payment with spider drawings was rejected by the representative not just once, but twice:</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4427/original/Picture-3.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Shortly after their exchange, David <a href="http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html">posted the original conversation on his website</a>, 27bslash6.com, which was then picked up by Digg and subsequently disseminated throughout the web. People&#8217;s reactions after reading David&#8217;s e-mails were astonishing and the site&#8217;s server crashed after being hit by hundreds of thousands of people.</p> <p>A self-proclaimed internet prankster, David has posted a series of other &#8220;internet jokes&#8221; on his website, including:</p> <h2>eBay Auction of Seven-legged Spider</h2> <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4423/original/seven-legged-spider-ebay-oddness.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>In November 2008, David took his joke to another level by auctioning off his drawing of the seven-legged spider. The classic eBay joke caught on quickly, after a user known as Patrick made the winning bid of US$ 10,000 for the drawing while others put up customized/accessorized versions of David&#8217;s spider, such as Santa&#8217;s hat and Buddhist&#8217;s robe.</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://knowyourmeme.com/i/4424/original/spider-accessories.jpg" alt="" /></p> 2009-08-28T18:58:31-06:00 418 14 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/418/original/sevenlegspider.jpg?1246311861