If hailing a cab in NYC, you may want to skip this one

[ryoder 1,590]

http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/Cab-driver-scares-passengers-with-pet-snake-249955701.html

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[JohnMitchell 16]

I sure wouldn't tip the guy.

[ryoder 1,590]

When I was in my late teens, a buddy and I borrowed a boa constrictor and took it out for a night on the town. You would be amazed at the respect you get with a boa wrapped around you!
People wouldn't come within 6 feet of us.

The funniest part was when we were cruising town, with the windows down, and the heat on. The boa stretched out along the dash to take in the heat from the defroster vents. My buddy saw a girl he knew and invited her into our car as we were parked. I was in the drivers seat, and he slid into the middle to make room for her on the passengers side. We were chatting, when she suddenly noticed the snake stretched out along the windshield:

"That...isn't...a...real...snake...is it?"

As if on cue, the boa lifted it's head at stuck it's tongue out at her.

She fled the car screaming.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[wmw999 2,587]

My brother owned a boa constrictor for several years, most of which he was also managing an apartment complex (that's a great college job, BTW). He said that every now and the Bob the snake would get out, and generally they'd find him curled up around the vacuum cleaner -- for some reason it was popular.

But once, it let the apartment completely; they figured he was gone for good (it was spring in Austin, TX, so eminently survivable).

But a day or so later, there was a lot of screeching from an apartment shared by 4 guys. My brother said his first comment was "We found Bob!"

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[sfzombie13 324]

we had a ball python (3d wife and i) and one day, she said he may like to get in the bath tub with you. well, we had let him swim before and he loved it, so i said ok. well, the water must've been a little warm for him, because when she put him in the tub, he came at me with his head about 8 inches out of the water and his mouth open. me, though not afraid of him at the least, being in the tub and all, jumped out of the tub without touching the side and landing about three feet away. the wife said it was hilarious. wish i'd had a video camera on it.

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[BillyVance 35]

My wife hates snakes and is scared to death of them, no matter what kind. Well one day we were in a toy store near her hometown, which carried many of the classic toys that we would have had in the 50's, 60's and 70's, including bins full of one kind after another. I noticed one full of rubber snakes. Pulled one out and held it up to her face. When she looked up and realized what it was, she ran screaming out of the store to startled looks from other customers and store staff. All I could do was shrug and say "well, now I know she hates snakes."

I walked out to look for her and she was standing a half block away at the corner with her arms crossed and pissed off.

It was worth it. She eventually married me.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Iago

***http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/Cab-driver-scares-passengers-with-pet-snake-249955701.html

I'm only afraid of four kinds of snakes.

Big ones
Little ones
Live ones
Dead ones

So what you are saying is that you are only afraid of snakes 2 times a day, Day, and Night?

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun

[ryoder 1,590]

Iago

***http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/Cab-driver-scares-passengers-with-pet-snake-249955701.html

I'm only afraid of four kinds of snakes.

Big ones
Little ones
Live ones
Dead ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClwIj3x24Q4
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"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.