Posted on 05/19/2017 8:41:31 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
Authorities say a Florida man leaned in to kiss a rattlesnake — but got bitten instead.
News outlets report the unidentified man was bitten on the tongue Tuesday in the Bostwick area and had to be airlifted to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.
WTLV in Jacksonville quoted a friend of the victim as saying that he had been drinking while handling the seemingly calm eastern diamondback. But when he moved toward the reptile as if to kiss it, the snake bit him.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
“Y’all hold muh beer and watch this....”
Campaigning for the Darwin Award, are you?
YAHOO! FR IS BACK!
On her way to work one morning, down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
“Oh well”, she cried, “I’ll take you in and I’ll take care of you”
“Take me in oh tender woman, take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman”, sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a curvature of silk
And then laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk
Now she hurried home from work that night as soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she’d taking in had been revived
“Take me in, oh tender woman, take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman”, sighed the snake
Now she clutched him to her bosom, “You’re so beautiful”, she cried
“But if I hadn’t brought you in by now you might have died”
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks, that snake gave her a vicious bite
“Take me in, oh tender woman, take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman”, sighed the snake
“I saved you”, cried that woman “And you’ve bit me even, why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die”
“Oh shut up, silly woman” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
“Take me in, oh tender woman, take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in oh tender woman”, sighed the snake
Some people are a real special kind of stupid...................
One really shouldn’t tempt fate.
Gotta worry about dudes who like kissing snakes.
Only in Flori-duh. I’m surrounded by losers.
“Man was bitten on the tongue”
He was trying to French Kiss a rattlesnake? On the first date? Cad.
There’s a strange fascination these days about kissing all sorts of animals. Bambi syndrome to the nth.
The campaign is all but wrapped up. This guy has the Darwin Award nailed.
Immediate removal from the gene pool is almost mandatory.
Must have been a French Kiss....................
That had to be awful, but what an idiot.
Florida + Alcohol = Bad Things Happen
I had a PHYSICAL reaction of loathing and horror reading that.
Seriesly.
And if he lives, the snake will sue him for sexual harassment.
Is that a bear that they are eating?
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