Guest hitoallusa Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 I need a husband for a task like this. I ruined my new shoes getting rid of two snakes in front of the house.. I hope they don't come back. Ugh.. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 How did you get rid of them? Did you kill them? Or did you put them in a burlap bag and transport them out in the country to gently release them into the wild? Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Yikes I hate snakes... I didn't kill them just sent them away... I hope they don't come back.. Jesse is very brave... Quote
AdamSmith Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Only one way to make sure they don't come back -- give 'em the Marie Antoinette treatment. I dispatched one the other day. Next time call me and I will trot over and do the dirty work. Technical note: one strike with the sharp edge of a shovel is more decisive than using a garden hoe, which usually takes an unseemly number of small chops to disabuse the critter's head of its affection for the body. Especially important when the nuisance is a big copperhead, whose flailings if the first blow is inadequate can be somewhat dangerous. (Rather like a divorce proceeding, come to think!) Of course moccasins are to be dealt with only at a distance, with firearms. Quote
caeron Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 I like snakes! We pulled up the burlap in the community garden and found two very cute grass snakes. Of course, I don't like spiders, so I do have some sympathy. These kind of fears really aren't rational (well, at least unless you live in a place with some serious poisonous ones.). If I were there, i would have chased 'em off for you! Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 Wow I love your writing..so poetic(?).. " Disabuse ..it's affection for the body..." I just had an orgasm... You can come over any time Only one way to make sure they don't come back -- give 'em the Marie Antoinette treatment. I dispatched one the other day. Next time call me and I will trot over and do the dirty work. Technical note: one strike with the sharp edge of a shovel is more decisive than using a garden hoe, which usually takes an unseemly number of small chops to disabuse the critter's head of its affection for the body. Especially important when the nuisance is a big copperhead, whose flailings if the first blow is inadequate can be somewhat dangerous. (Rather like a divorce proceeding, come to think!) Of course moccasins are to be dealt with only at a distance, with firearms. Quote
