Wow...took me a while to get to the end here. I wanted to post a bunch of times, but needed to finish the thread first. Now we lost Vicky and it's degraded into some kind of twisted Fast Times flashback.:laugh:
I will make a couple of comments, though.
First, ditto on the "lid" reference. I haven't heard that since the '70's
More on topic. I don't think it matters how dangerous "you" think something might be, and I don't even care if the majority agrees with you. If I'm not endangering anyone else, then it's my business and the Gov't can stay out of it. The majority of the country think snakes are dangerous and unnecessary pets. Wanna give them up? It also goes to living life. I enjoy good beer. Even if it isn't necessary. I also like to shoot, and I ride motorcycles. I used to race motorcycles, and to me tossing a bike into a corner at 120 mph and touching my knee to the ground as I get on the gas and sliding the back tire is FUN! I bet almost everyone has something that they like to do, that someone thinks is dangerous and unnecessary. Doesn't mean it should be banned.
And I thought I was going to be talking about Corn Snakes here.