tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post3542301564339934382..comments2023-11-05T01:32:28.975-06:00Comments on Observations from an Ozark Life: Year of the SnakeWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115002505324651653noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-89941173210700702672010-05-07T11:21:46.531-05:002010-05-07T11:21:46.531-05:00We found a snake in our chicken house the other da...We found a snake in our chicken house the other day. I was there with the door open, putting up the hardware cloth and opening their windows to give them some air. The chickens were all at the door talking to me, when all of a sudden, half of them were over by the back door. <br /><br />"what the... OH MY GOD SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE..." I'm screaming at my husband. He comes running, bare-handed. "NO. Go back and get the shovel!"<br /><br />I get banished to the truck and Man of the Hour bashes all heck out of the snake while the nasty thing is trying to strangle a chicken. Right there in front of us! No fear, just all business. "'scuse me... got chickens to kill."<br /><br />That sucker was four and a half feet long and had already strangled two chickens. Obviously had tried to eat them, but had no luck, so was just killin' chickens...<br /><br />Since then, we've deliberately run over two more chicken snakes in the road. Bought moth balls to repel them, and golf balls to distract them from the chickens... and to hopefully kill them! The only good snake is a DEAD snake.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183928953765458393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-76163188364850308622010-05-03T16:02:55.760-05:002010-05-03T16:02:55.760-05:00Hahaha! Your Mom sounds great!! I know, it's ...Hahaha! Your Mom sounds great!! I know, it's OK for me to laugh, sitting over here in snakeless England, isn't it? Well, virtually snakeless, anyway. Actually I did see a black adder only a mile or so away from our house a few years back, and I've seen two or three grass snakes, but they're harmless.<br /><br />I loved this sentence:<br /><br />"It's a nice change because I don't have to worry about ticks and snakes and people playing banjos."<br /><br />LOL! Perfect!jayhttp://www.thedeppeffect.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-77229987848716500482010-05-03T15:16:07.988-05:002010-05-03T15:16:07.988-05:00Bwahhahahahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh!Bwahhahahahahahaha! Thanks for the laugh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385830198416356412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-35002391801856292392010-05-03T15:08:05.999-05:002010-05-03T15:08:05.999-05:00Days of the Snake ;)Days of the Snake ;)Skunkfeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563552997319253167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-30829751940803174362010-05-01T06:47:29.027-05:002010-05-01T06:47:29.027-05:00Love your stories about your mom. She sounds like...Love your stories about your mom. She sounds like one interesting lady.KBeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02749986838867446338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-14391859855522689072010-05-01T06:01:48.566-05:002010-05-01T06:01:48.566-05:00Hi!--I just happened across your blog when browsin...Hi!--I just happened across your blog when browsing recent blogs of note on blogger! I am adding it to follow! This post is hilarious--great writing. Kudos!Pondering and Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437376090965305185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-59500819704984541862010-04-30T21:33:22.040-05:002010-04-30T21:33:22.040-05:00Yikes! I do NOT like snakes. Nope. I don't car...Yikes! I do NOT like snakes. Nope. I don't care if they are harmless or not. I don't want to see one. I don't want to hold one. And I don't want to pet one. Amen.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756564685282866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-85889567906261327642010-04-30T16:51:20.094-05:002010-04-30T16:51:20.094-05:00Hilarious!
The snake in the garage would have bee...Hilarious!<br /><br />The snake in the garage would have been too much for me!<br /><br />As for that copperhead, I NEVER want to see one up close and personal.<br /><br />I have little tiny snakes in my rock garden. I wish they would slither somewhere else. ;-)ReformingGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990465686765948682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-50933464432854205932010-04-30T09:55:08.898-05:002010-04-30T09:55:08.898-05:00So funny, I love the line
.......and people playin...So funny, I love the line<br />.......and people playing banjos.<br /><br />The theme from Deliverence is in my head.Analisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572966946453192369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-67113558682813521542010-04-30T02:32:03.708-05:002010-04-30T02:32:03.708-05:00Dang, that Copperhead thing is wicked looking. Ima...Dang, that Copperhead thing is wicked looking. Imagine if a bunch of tigers kept popping out. That would be scarier than the snakes.Jasminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040882375218261683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-19529384302592805072010-04-30T00:08:55.383-05:002010-04-30T00:08:55.383-05:00Tonight I attended an event featuring readings by ...Tonight I attended an event featuring readings by different authors, and the first one was by a woman who had been in the Peace Corps in Gabon, and was about - guess what? Her experience of killing a snake with a machete.<br /><br />Also, my 2 and 1/2 year old keeps talking about snakes, and I have no idea why.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-72043173873866443172010-04-29T22:16:59.071-05:002010-04-29T22:16:59.071-05:00Yep, sounds like it's definitely the year of t...Yep, sounds like it's definitely the year of the snake!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803472040500529682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571590790949407117.post-7370004451823999182010-04-29T21:24:09.300-05:002010-04-29T21:24:09.300-05:00OMG I laughed so hard at this whole post!! 1st, wh...OMG I laughed so hard at this whole post!! 1st, what's the deal with daycare? Is the snake gone? Why was it there?? That's scary to me.. 2nd, I assume you didn't sell the house? Maybe you could sell it to a rock band...you know, they kinda dig snakes... and 4th... ok, 3rd, I was just seeing if you were paying attention ;) I hope the snake is still there when she goes back too. Did you know that you could run over a snakes head and he'll live? Unless you lock the brakes up while directly on it's head it doesn't kill it. Crazy huh?♥ Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591559212770014981noreply@blogger.com