Ya, I'm one of those who will never be converted, too. They look like garter snakes to me. (I wonder if someday Garters will break out in saddles and everyone will ooh and ahh over them, hehe.)
I love the gray stuff and the occasional ridiculously bright normal. When corns come in blues and greens I'll like the colorful stuff (still won't have a striped green one... talk about looking like garter snakes, LOL!)