My Dad says if people are afraid of snakes ,
snakes are afraid of us.  We have a skeleton of a
dead's snake's body in our basement.

Kathy






--- Salkin Kathleen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Actually, I don't totally dislike snakes, they
> can be beautiful creatures,
> but I have a healthy respect for them.  My
> Texan grandfather used to say,
> "He's as to be trusted as a rattlesnake in
> August," which I never did figure
> out.   I've been close to snakes in the wild
> when camping and/or hiking but
> of course didn't step on them or anything like
> that.  Closest I ever came
> was almost stepping on a water moccasin in the
> trail at Hilton Head Island
> preserve one summer.  Fortunately my friend saw
> it and pulled me away, fast.
> Those are the fastest, meanest snakes I know of
> in the Southeast.
>
> I've got an old friend who's deathly afraid of
> snakes; he won't even watch a
> television show if it has a snake in it.  My
> niece is the same about
> spiders.
>
> Kat
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: peter singer again
>
>
> > I'd let the snakes go, they are less
> dangerous, ha ha. Actually snakes
> scare
> > me a bit. I can handle it if they do not
> supprise me. As long as I kmow
> were
> > they are at, it is okay.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Salkin Kathleen
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:59 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: peter singer again
> >
> > And I was joking back at you. ;-)  The
> picture in my mind was too funny -
> > which to eat - snake or PETA?  Which tastes
> more like chicken?
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: peter singer again
> >
> >
> > > Well, I was thinking of PETA. Joking with
> bobby.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Salkin Kathleen
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:26 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: peter singer again
> > >
> > > What tastes like chicken, the snakes or the
> PETA people?  An inquiring
> > mind
> > > wants to know.
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: peter singer again
> > >
> > >
> > > > They taste like chicken, bobby.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: BG Greer, PhD
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 11:54 AM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: peter singer again
> > > >
> > > > I agree that many species need to be
> protected. However, I draw the
> line
> > > at
> > > > putting animal rights above human life.
> PETA seem to hate or despise
> > > humans
> > > > and love animals. And what if those lab
> rats Kat mentioned had been
> > > infected
> > > > with some infectious disease. I,
> personally, find hunting distasteful.
> I
> > > > cannot shoot an animal with the possible
> exception of a snake. But,
> > > calling
> > > > pet owners slavers is a bit much and the
> bit about honey bees is like
> > > > something out of a Saturday Night Live
> skit. I would be in favor of,
> > say,
> > > a
> > > > three month hunting season on PETA
> people. I might want to bag one
> > myself!
> > > > <just kidding>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Bobby


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