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Florida Man Sues Wal-Mart Over In-Store Snake Attack
Fox ^ | Feb 15, 2009

Posted on 02/16/2009 10:40:11 AM PST by RDTF

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 42-year-old man bitten by a snake in a Pembroke Pines Wal-Mart garden center is suing the company for negligence.

Jay Richitelli says he is the third Floridian in three years to be attacked in a Wal-Mart by a pygmy rattler.

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TOPICS: US: Florida
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; walmart
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To: driftdiver

I am not so sure that pygmy rattlers do avoid people. I killed one around 3 years ago in my garage. Only around 15 inches long but big enough to make you real sick.


41 posted on 02/16/2009 3:55:58 PM PST by yarddog
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

If this is the same guy as a while back the snake had been dead a while before it bit him.


42 posted on 02/16/2009 4:35:03 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dalereed
What does your dumb supposed to say.

Could you re-state your question?

43 posted on 02/17/2009 4:53:06 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

What does your sign supposed to say.


44 posted on 02/17/2009 7:01:27 AM PST by dalereed
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To: dalereed; Cletus.D.Yokel

Well, Cletus.D.Yokel replied to a comment about “don’t pet the snakes” by asking about “spanking the monkey.”

The sign contains three different euphemisms (including spanking the monkey) for, well, you know (nudge nudge, wink wink), which apparently was frowned upon in the showers.


45 posted on 02/17/2009 11:30:09 AM PST by Disambiguator
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