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Post by bountiful on Jun 14, 2019 13:03:22 GMT -5
Foghorns haiku!
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Post by acttwo on Jun 14, 2019 13:15:43 GMT -5
Oh, now I have to decide which I find more repugnant, gators or gender reveals [prior to birth, that is]. A question between being lunch for a reptile or having my head explode from trying to suppress the urge to tell folks to get over themselves.
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Post by Pixie on Jun 14, 2019 14:00:34 GMT -5
Now that is scary. Pixie
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Post by foghorn on Jun 14, 2019 14:18:05 GMT -5
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Post by uboat on Jun 14, 2019 14:40:09 GMT -5
I read a story last week where a child got attacked by an alligator while swimming in a North Florida lake. Of course I immediately thought of Pixie.
But what makes the story truly memorable, and illustrates my general view of the matter, is that it occurred when the child and his father went swimming in the lake AFTER having seen an alligator swimming in the lake!!!!
The parent said essentially "we saw a gator swimming in the lake. We kept our eyes open, and after not seeing the gator for 30 minutes, we decided to go back in the water." Unbelievable!
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Post by Pixie on Jun 14, 2019 16:43:03 GMT -5
There are some sick people in this world; the videos posted by FH above prove that. And one of them is in York, PA where people are supposed to have good sense.
The story told by U-Boat confirms my suspicions that not many in the State of Florida are so endowed. Pixie
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Post by mamaru on Jun 18, 2019 17:29:40 GMT -5
I read a story last week where a child got attacked by an alligator while swimming in a North Florida lake. Of course I immediately thought of Pixie.
But what makes the story truly memorable, and illustrates my general view of the matter, is that it occurred when the child and his father went swimming in the lake AFTER having seen an alligator swimming in the lake!!!!
The parent said essentially "we saw a gator swimming in the lake. We kept our eyes open, and after not seeing the gator for 30 minutes, we decided to go back in the water." Unbelievable! One word - Darwin.
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Post by acttwo on Jun 19, 2019 12:06:40 GMT -5
I read a story last week where a child got attacked by an alligator while swimming in a North Florida lake. Of course I immediately thought of Pixie.
But what makes the story truly memorable, and illustrates my general view of the matter, is that it occurred when the child and his father went swimming in the lake AFTER having seen an alligator swimming in the lake!!!!
The parent said essentially "we saw a gator swimming in the lake. We kept our eyes open, and after not seeing the gator for 30 minutes, we decided to go back in the water." Unbelievable! One word - Darwin. Or three: thinning the herd
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Post by arkstfan on Jun 19, 2019 14:36:42 GMT -5
To be fair. Florida is the third largest state so if nutty people were allocated equally they should have the third most nutty people.
The one and two (California and Texas) have more parts of their state where the climate is not conducive to year round outside activity.
Away from the coasts you lose the cooling breeze and keep the insane humidity thus broiling brains which doesn't help the situation at all
Now imagine your brain being boiled while under full on insect attack.
Nothing surprising there.
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Post by uboat on Jun 19, 2019 14:47:32 GMT -5
To be fair. Florida is the third largest state so if nutty people were allocated equally they should have the third most nutty people. The one and two (California and Texas) have more parts of their state where the climate is not conducive to year round outside activity. Away from the coasts you lose the cooling breeze and keep the insane humidity thus broiling brains which doesn't help the situation at all Now imagine your brain being boiled while under full on insect attack. Nothing surprising there. This is spot on.
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Post by acttwo on Jun 22, 2019 23:40:04 GMT -5
To be fair. Florida is the third largest state so if nutty people were allocated equally they should have the third most nutty people. The one and two (California and Texas) have more parts of their state where the climate is not conducive to year round outside activity. Away from the coasts you lose the cooling breeze and keep the insane humidity thus broiling brains which doesn't help the situation at all Now imagine your brain being boiled while under full on insect attack. Nothing surprising there. This is spot on. Makes sense. Striking Florida from the "retire to" list. Gators, snakes, biting bugs AND a boiled brain? No tbanks! But a co worker who LOVES Disney tells me if you are a Florida resident, you can get cheaper tix. Somehow that just doesn't do it for me. And I thought snakes ate mice...
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Post by Pixie on Jun 23, 2019 7:19:44 GMT -5
While on the subject of Florida, a friend of mine sent me this photograph. She said she didn't know if it was the largest rattlesnake ever captured, but it was captured (and hopefully killed) in Florida. She was there on vacation when this thing was caught, and she says she is never going back. Pixie.
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Post by JudgeKnot on Jun 23, 2019 18:47:14 GMT -5
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Post by Pixie on Jun 23, 2019 20:19:02 GMT -5
Well, it looks like a rattlesnake to my friend and me. It has markings on its back and has a big mouth with teeth. Close enough for me. Pixie
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Post by Prrple on Jun 24, 2019 12:04:03 GMT -5
Well, it looks like a rattlesnake to my friend and me. It has markings on its back and has a big mouth with teeth. Close enough for me. Pixie No rattle to warn you. This one just wants to give you a big hug until it loves you to death.
Death by constriction seems like a worse way to die that being bitten by a venomous snake
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Post by Pixie on Jun 24, 2019 12:20:08 GMT -5
Well, it looks like a rattlesnake to my friend and me. It has markings on its back and has a big mouth with teeth. Close enough for me. Pixie No rattle to warn you. This one just wants to give you a big hug until it loves you to death.
Death by constriction seems like a worse way to die that being bitten by a venomous snake I think the rattles are at the end of the tail, don't know for sure as I have never seen one. We can't see the end of this guy's tail to know whether he has them. Whatever it is, I want no part of it, or the state it was captured in. Look how wide his mouth is open; he is really trying to bite that guy. Pixie.
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Post by nylawyer on Jun 24, 2019 12:45:41 GMT -5
Really, when you are debating the merits of death by constriction or by venomous bite, can't we all agree we'd prefer to be licked by puppies?
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Post by JudgeKnot on Jun 24, 2019 13:50:37 GMT -5
The link I shared above has the original picture of the snake, and gives some details. It really is a python, and their mouths open quite wide. They need to if they want to swallow a deer. Or a human.
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Post by Pixie on Jun 24, 2019 14:21:08 GMT -5
The link I shared above has the original picture of the snake, and gives some details. It really is a python, and their mouths open quite wide. They need to if they want to swallow a deer. Or a human. I opened the link, but that huge snake creeped me out, and I closed it immediately. You mean human swallowing snakes live in Florida? It keeps getting worse. Pixie
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Post by JudgeKnot on Jun 24, 2019 14:23:47 GMT -5
Pixie you needn't worry. The article made it clear that pythons don't eat Pixies - they're too small to make a real meal out of it.
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