02-26-2012, 08:16 PM
Sometimes, you get lucky enough to "see it happen"....
So...Craig, Rick and myself are standing behind the vendor table, having a great time looking at all the interesting sights of the Hamburg "Tax Refund" Reptile show when we were lucky enough to almost "see it happen".
Prior to this...Craig spotted a large rattlesnake coiled in it's clear plastic display tub - buzzing angrily for hours and hours. Craig remarked to me - "Man, I can't believe there isn't a regulation or law that prohibits just anyone from coming along and paying a few bucks for a venomous snake".
and then after a few hours..."IT" almost happened.
Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a typical "Reptile show attendee" - loose, oversize heavily worn grey sweatshirt with some possible fraying on the sleeves or even cut off sleeves...eyeballing the 'rattler. He then proceeded to pick up the tub (and snake) and hold it over his head - Frisbee style, so he could get 'a better look at the underside of the angry snake. Quickly I exclaimed "Craig..looklooklook", and Craig knew instantly what I meant. The guy was handling the snake tub like a hubcap - both hands, in a rough manner as he OBVIOUSLY was an expert with such dangerous animals and had done this many many times before (insert yet another fine mental image at this point, now).
I just kept saying "It's going to happen, it's going to happen".....but it didn't. He put the snake tub down and meandered down the aisle.
Oh well...one day....you too, just may get to "See It Happen".
So...Craig, Rick and myself are standing behind the vendor table, having a great time looking at all the interesting sights of the Hamburg "Tax Refund" Reptile show when we were lucky enough to almost "see it happen".
Prior to this...Craig spotted a large rattlesnake coiled in it's clear plastic display tub - buzzing angrily for hours and hours. Craig remarked to me - "Man, I can't believe there isn't a regulation or law that prohibits just anyone from coming along and paying a few bucks for a venomous snake".
and then after a few hours..."IT" almost happened.
Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a typical "Reptile show attendee" - loose, oversize heavily worn grey sweatshirt with some possible fraying on the sleeves or even cut off sleeves...eyeballing the 'rattler. He then proceeded to pick up the tub (and snake) and hold it over his head - Frisbee style, so he could get 'a better look at the underside of the angry snake. Quickly I exclaimed "Craig..looklooklook", and Craig knew instantly what I meant. The guy was handling the snake tub like a hubcap - both hands, in a rough manner as he OBVIOUSLY was an expert with such dangerous animals and had done this many many times before (insert yet another fine mental image at this point, now).
I just kept saying "It's going to happen, it's going to happen".....but it didn't. He put the snake tub down and meandered down the aisle.
Oh well...one day....you too, just may get to "See It Happen".
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