To put people's minds at ease, this was way out in the country with the snake entering their wastewater pipe from a septic tank that must have had a hole somewhere. I doubt anyone living in a city needs to worry about anything worse than a rat coming up via toilet.
You're nice, and you're funny and you don't smoke, and okay, werewolf, but that's not all the time. I mean, three days out of the month, I'm not much fun to be around, either.
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 10, 2017 7:14:47 pm PDT #13705 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2017 7:32:39 pm PDT #13706 of 30002
brillig
needs to worry about anything worse than a rat coming up via toilet.
You're such a comfort.
WindSparrow - Jul 10, 2017 7:44:01 pm PDT #13707 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
It is my considered opinion that shotgun blasts are a perfectly reasonable reaction to sudden snakes regardless of setting or context.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2017 8:01:44 pm PDT #13708 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I almost sat on a toilet that had a bat sleeping under the rim.
Sometimes I think about how it would have felt to have a bat flying up into my tender bits and...well, it's not a good thought.
WindSparrow - Jul 10, 2017 8:02:51 pm PDT #13709 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Not a restful thought.
Atropa - Jul 10, 2017 8:33:02 pm PDT #13710 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
My default reaction of awww, bats! Yay bats! got derailed real quick while reading Hec's post.
Laura - Jul 11, 2017 2:19:48 am PDT #13711 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Snakes or rats in my toilet might require moving. Living in Florida we do encounter critters in the house from time to time. One of my paranoid habits is always lift the seat and make sure there isn't a critter lurking before I sit. In 37 years I have never encountered this theoretical critter, and yet I shall continue this preventive measure. The security of my tender bits is worth this effort.
sarameg - Jul 11, 2017 2:49:03 am PDT #13712 of 30002
I love logging into dead file systems in the morning.
billytea - Jul 11, 2017 3:10:14 am PDT #13713 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Australia's contribution to the toilet critters conversation: [link]
Edit: it may be no great surprise that this warrants a Jillifont warning.
Laura - Jul 11, 2017 3:41:28 am PDT #13714 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Thank a lot, bt! I shall continue to check. (also relieved it wasn't an ita link, although a Jilli warning might be in order)