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oi! Things not to say about snakes in public!

NonVenomous

NonVenomous

Bronny
I just found myself saying this aloud (with my bf and some neighbors in earshot) to my Ball...

"It's not going to get off unless you rub it against something!" :uhoh: :shrugs:

The looks I just received. I was talking about a bad shed people!

What have you said about snakes that have gotten some weird looks/comments from non-herpers?
 
I talk to my snakes. I tell them how beautiful they are and ask them how their day was. Even my herper friends think thats weird.
 
My roommate thought that I was calling him "so naughty" today when my corn got out...
 
Don't discuss hatchling feeding techniques at a restaurant while having dinner with your friends. Right in the middle of the discussion, we suddenly realized the people at the next table had stopped talking and were staring at us. We had to choose a new topic.
 
that sounds familiar kathy... one time my mom or dad was asking me how one gets non-feeders to eat when I was having trouble getting my ball to eat f/t, I started explaining in the middle of a restraunt during dinner. By the time I got around to braining, the people in the next table over were just sitting there staring at us...
 
-insert multiple innuendos about "girth" here-

I remember being faced with a gigantic pub meal once and saying something relating to it being more than 1.5x my girth... that got some strange looks.

:)
 
Tracee said:
-insert multiple innuendos about "girth" here-

I remember being faced with a gigantic pub meal once and saying something relating to it being more than 1.5x my girth... that got some strange looks.

:)
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P.S. I'm female and I meant my stomach... I just read that back and winced!!
 
The other day my GF and I went to see Pineapple Express...during the previews she asked how to sex a snake. That alone got the pothead in front of us to take a look over his shoulder...and by the end of my explanation at least 8 people were looking over like WTF is he talking about. Good times!
 
Sometimes, it's what other people say...

Years ago, I had a summer job at the local reptile exhibition, running a "Meet And Greet" session where the public could get hands-on with a Royal Python.

I'd finished work for the day and was standing at the front of the bus stop queue, reading a book.

Suddenly I heard this little boy say - in a very loud whisper - "Mummy Mummy! It's the snake lady!"

When I looked up, he was pointing at me with eyes like saucers, and there was nobody wihin a ten foot radius of me!
 
Tula_Montage said:
I talk to my snakes. I tell them how beautiful they are and ask them how their day was. Even my herper friends think thats weird.
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Cerberus has developed the slightly unsettling habit of staring at me with his head sticking out of his hide while I play Warcraft on my computer (It's right beside the cool end of his viv). So I've started throwing him attitude, such as, "Whatchya want, Punk?"
 
I got really excited at the beginning of breeding season this year. Being my first year breeding corns...that's quite understandable...

Until you walk in to work and the people working, and the customers standing there and you blurt out, "I had a successful copulation this morning!" with your hands in the air and a HUGE grin on your face...and than you realize NOBODY knows you're talking about snakes...they all think you're talking about yourself.

Let me tell you...very little could have been said that would have gotten more laughs and strange looks and return comments. It was really funny...
 
All I have to say is, never ever bring it up at a job interview. Next time someone asks me what my hobbies are I will not be saying herpetology. People just don't like that!
Needless to say I have received the 'thin letter' from that prospective employer. I think maybe subconsciously I didn't want to work there THAT bad.
 
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