A Snake to Bring on a Plane


Apparently, there are twenty-two species of snake found in New Jersey . . . and if you grab most of these critters, they'll probably bite you or leave some smelly oil on your hands (or both) but my son Ian caught a Northern ringneck snake yesterday and this is the snake for me-- the scales are totally smooth, the head is small, the colors are bright and beautiful, and this snake made no attempt to chomp any fingers . . . Ian let it go in the underbrush in our yard and I hope it hangs around (if these were the kind of snakes on the plane, the film would have been rated G and Samuel Jackson wouldn't have had to do all that swearing).

4 comments:

  1. 'i am happy and blooming thrilled with all these mothercharmin' snakes on this mothercharmin' plane.'

    /scene

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  2. alternate script:

    'i'm sick and fucking tired of all these motherfucking hairs on these motherfucking knuckles.'

    /scene

    /oscar

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  3. This is blatant one-upsmanship after my seven-salamanders-in-one-day outing.

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  4. ring necked snakes EAT salamanders, zman.

    and those knuckle hairs are the secret ingredient in all my cooking.

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