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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

I read about this happening decades ago and TO THIS DAY never reach into a box of bananas without thinking about it.

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

You have always been ahead of the curve! SMART!!! I would peek carefully around those yogurt containers...could be a Siberian spider crouching behind that Chobani :)

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

Also, after hearing horror stories about rats and snakes in toilets, I began turning on the lights at night. Paid off when there actually was a mouse in there!

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

EEEEP! I might have just moved :)

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Untrickled by Michelle Teheux's avatar

My son was still living at home. He instructed me to go into my room and close the door.

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Beth Lisogorsky's avatar

I love the Demoulas. Let me clarify - I know nothing of the family apart from their ownership of Market Basket grocery stores but I like their name. A snake was also the main character in a recent episode of “All Creatures Great and Small” It was not venomous but this did not stop Tristan from nearly fainting and getting weak in the knees at the sight of this unwelcome visitor.

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

I think this just goes to show that snakes may think it's okay to hang out on planes, but wrapped around a box of Kashi? No. Be like Tristan. Faint away!

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Sharron Bassano's avatar

Darned funny, if you ask me! But venomous or not, no thank you.

( Your title made me snicker. I wonder how many of your readers know the inspiration for it. ha. ha ha )

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

I am with you! I don't mind paying more for my groceries, but exotic reptiles, please stay out of it!! That supermarket employee is a rock star. I would have fainted :)

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Michael Maupin 🄾🄵 🅂🅃🄾🅁🅈🅂🄷🄴🄳's avatar

Next up: Snakes On A Plane...the snakes, venomous they may be, ACTUALLY LAND THE PLANE. Story at 11.

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

You know what? They could not to a worse job in our aviation sector at the moment....:)

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Michael Maupin 🄾🄵 🅂🅃🄾🅁🅈🅂🄷🄴🄳's avatar

Lol. Air Traffic Control Snakes!

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

Sounds like someone was just hired on the PR team!!!! 😉

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

I bet they work real cheap, too

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Michael Maupin 🄾🄵 🅂🅃🄾🅁🅈🅂🄷🄴🄳's avatar

They have a motto: “Hissing and missin’ we keep the flights from dissin’!”

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

Thank you for my Wednesday morning giggle. A little venomous? Is that like a little pregnant? I hope he doesn’t miss his family down south.

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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

RIGHT?! Just a teeny bit murderous?

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Kris Keppeler's avatar

Wow, fantastic story! I'd love to narrate for my podcast, https://www.youtube.com/@KrisKeppelerNarrates. You're fully credited as writer and I send a link so you can share, share, share.

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