“Good afternoon, madam. I’m your local representative from the Tree of Knowledge Encyclopedia Company, and I’d like to ask you if you’ve ever considered the many advantages of owning a truly comprehensive reference of good and evil…”
He seems nice enough, Arne.
Hilarious. Though I would have run screaming from the door.
Interestingly enough–well, to geeks anyway–in Gnostic traditions, the snake is the good guy in the Garden of Eden. Gnosticism was all about gaining knowledge, and the snake allowed Adam and Eve to do so.
I’d buy some encyclopedias from this guy…
I encountered a Mcsnakerson on my walk the other day– I am 50/50 with the squee/squeal reaction.
Seems like a cute enough little snek, but I’m no expert. On the whole I think I’d still prefer little snekkie on the outside looking in rather than t’other way round.
Definitely prefer slithering and lizardy creatures to be on the outside looking in. I know they’re usually more scared of us than us of them but still, ick. This is a very apropos post considering my adventure yesterday afternoon.
If anyone heard screaming from SoCal yesterday, that was me. A 6-8 inch lizard (probably a rock lizard) somehow found my way into my home office and took up residence. After several attempts to corral him and get him out, I decamped to the dining room table for the rest of the day. As my co-worked texted me, isn’t there a “we remove lizards” company to call. I said it’s called a hubby and he was busy delivering a desk to a friend. Once he got home (several hours later, urg), he finally was able to get it into a bucket and out the door it went. Even hubby remarked it was on the large side. So I don’t feel so bad about being freaked out by my temporary roommate. I usually don’t mind handling bugs or creepy crawlers and will just trap em and dump em outside. But this guy was quick and I just had visions of it crawling up my leg. Full body shudder with that thought. But he’s gone and I have my home office back! Small victories get me through the day right now.
In Northern Virginia, Fairfax County police caught a 65 pound alligator snapping turtle yesterday. It was just wandering around doin turtle stuff. They figure it was probably an escaped pet or something because those critters sure aren’t native.
BFB, is that a turtle that snaps alligators or the unholy product of an aligator and a turtle?
Yes.
OMG BFB, I would have run the opposite direction. And I thought my guy was big, lol.
I share your reaction. Since I don’t have a husband or roommate, I have been known to ask neighbors to deal with unwanted reptilian visitors. I stand on a chair, trying not to scream, in these situations.
My own reptilian encounter from many years ago: http://daseinist.blogspot.com/2009/10/night-of-gecko.html?m=0
Awww. This guy/gal has a surprisingly lovely face – looks a bit like a mouse / ferret head on a very, very, VERY long neck 🙂
Its neck goes up to HERE.
Looks pretty much like all neck to me.
But perhaps it’s the snek version of …
DebG – Your comment made me think of this scene from Hot Shots! (just the first 12 seconds)
I’m not sure if I would buy an apple from this guy.
Especially as there’s this really nice hag with a weirdly large mirror compact who comes by with shiny red apples.
whole paycheck? I can’t afford those.