Posted on 05/10/2005 7:11:28 AM PDT by dead
A FEMALE university security guard who decided to defecate in a bushy area because toilets were too far, got more than she had bargained for when she was bitten by a snake on her buttocks.
The 29-year-old woman who is employed by a private security company contracted to the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo gave out a scream when the snake struck her bottom, alerting her colleagues who rushed to her aid.
A university spokesman said the woman who declines to be named was to blame, charging: "She knows where the toilets are."
According to the Bulawayo Chronicle, the woman chose to relieve herself in the bush because there were no toilets near the main entrance where she was manning the gate.
Recounting her ordeal, she said: "I felt a painful sting and I ran screaming for help towards my colleagues. However, that is all I can remember because when I woke up I found myself in a hospital bed."
Other guards who came to her aid say they saw a snake escaping into the thick bush on an adjacent piece of land to the university and immediately summoned for an ambulence. She was admitted for two nights at the nearby United Bulawayo Hospitals.
Another guard told the Chronicle: “The situation is really pathetic as we are exposed to danger because we are forced to use the bush as a toilet. We have tried to ask the university to build some toilets for us on several occasions, but up to now they have not done anything about it."
Felix Moyo, the university's director of public relations had no sympathy for the guard.
“I heard that there was a female security guard who was bitten by a snake, but I am not sure what she was doing at the time. However, if she was relieving her self in the bushes then that is not the university’s fault as they know where the nearest toilets are if they need to relieve themselves,” he said.
That's always worked for me too.
Good heavens, crapping in public. And to think that these Africans think that colonialism was such a bad thing.
Snakes are cool. Judging from your name I assume you like reptiles too.
There's a snake........For me to POOP ON!!"
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Pulled on 05/09/2005 10:51:09 PM CDT by Jim Robinson, reason:
taking out the garbage
Okay
I'll admit my first thought upon hearing of the woman bitten by the snake in the bush was, "What was Hillary doing in New Zealand?"
When I was in Djibouti back in the mid 80s, the locals would politely squat down next to a building and proceed to defecate, with no concern whatsoever that they were doing so in public.
Sounds like downtown l.a. or any downtown u.s.a.
Beat the bush first...
Ping....this should be fun.
None at all. True story. In Djibouti they aren't all that concerned who sees their Djibouti.
A sad case of poopus interruptus
LOL!!
One wonders how she ran before passing out..
what is this supposed to mean?
Note to self: Try not to poop in bushes in Zimbabwe.
I saw some people have their children squat down to take a leak on the edge of the boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ. Guess they didn't wanna lose their place in line for one of the rides. No, the lines were not long.
911 Operator: Help is on the way, but to help your friend survive, you will need to suck the venom out.
Guard 2: Say what?
911 Operator: You need to make a little cut on the bite, and suck the venom out. This will give the victim more time to survive until help arrives. (Guard 2 hangs up the phone and turns to console Guard 1)
Guard 1: What did the operator say?
Guard 2: He say you gonna die.
Ever hear of night soil?
Who was more surprised during both of those instances, you or the ones who tripped over you?
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