you know you are a herper when

[fish21]

You know your a herper if....

• <LI type=disc>Every time you walk past your bearded dragon cage, they open their mouths looking for food. <LI type=disc>You don't mind the occasional fly in your soup. <LI type=disc>You sleep on your couch, but you have a nice rainforest set-up in your bedroom. <LI type=disc>You have more dead mice than ice-cubes in your freezer. <LI type=disc>Your friends yell "there's a mouse on your counter!!!". You say, oh, he's not quite thawed out yet.
  <LI type=disc>our idea of a good investment is a trio of Bearded Dragons. <LI type=disc>You have 3 freezers (only one of which you use for food). <LI type=disc>Your tortoises eat better than you do. <LI type=disc>Your idea of a day trip, is going to a herp show. <LI type=disc>Friends come to your house, and you invite them in. They decline and give the excuse that they would rather talk <LI type=disc>outside, because it is lovely weather (when it is 10 degrees F, and sleeting). <LI type=disc>You yell at people who start to drink your bottled spring water. "Don't drink that, it is for the frogs!!" <LI type=disc>Your mother has never been to your house. <LI type=disc>You call a pregnant woman gravid. <LI type=disc>The pictures of "loved ones" in you wallet are your first Bearded Dragon, a Tegu, and a Redfoot tort. <LI type=disc>People that know or have heard of you automatically say ewwww, when they see you. <LI type=disc>You are automatically kicked out of a small rodent club, even though you want to know how to breed them <LI type=disc>You know the nutritional content of most bugs by heart. <LI type=disc>You put your kids in a in the 6x5x4 cage, and give the iguana their room. <LI type=disc>You yell at people when they squish bugs, saying that they are a valuable resource to some people. <LI type=disc>You go to a herp show and when you come back, you have to explain to your spouse why there are $2500 worth or charges on the next credit card bill. <LI type=disc>Whether or not a garage sale has possible herp enclosures determines if you stop or not. <LI type=disc>You iguana has seen more sun than you have. <LI type=disc>Everytime you go to a zoo, somehow, you are accidentally locked in the herp exhibits. <LI type=disc>You have been bitten more times by snakes, than you have had birthdays. <LI type=disc>You are herp hunting along a road, and a funeral procession passes. You take off your cap, and bow your head. <LI type=disc>Your friend says, "geez, I have never seen you this solemn." And you say, "Well, I have been married to her for 40 years, that's the least I could do." <LI type=disc>You laugh when you hear yet another person has named their green iguana "Iggy". <LI type=disc>Someone flips you off, and you bob your head in retaliation. <LI type=disc>You consider getting out the scissors and giving yourself one of those cool forked tounges. <LI type=disc>You see an ad in the paper for a 26 in monitor, and think to yourself "Well, that isn't that big of a lizard". <LI type=disc>You get a tear in you eye when you see an egg eating snake eat a huge chicken egg and say, "Beautiful, that was just beautiful". <LI type=disc>You don't mind mice invading your home. <LI type=disc>When trying to intimidate someone, you puff out your throat and hiss. <LI type=disc>There is no such thing as a pillowcase in your house. <LI type=disc>When you see a cricket, you lick your lips. <LI type=disc>You get a tan by laying on a boulder and you bob your head if someone gets too close. <LI type=disc>You have more dead mice than ice cubes in your freezer. <LI type=disc>You act like a little kid in a candy shop when you walk into the herp show. <LI type=disc>You have an in-curable form of the empty cage syndrome. <LI type=disc>Your local power plant knows the exact moment your timers go off! <LI type=disc>You've bred rabbits for 15 years, yet have no idea what their average life span is. <LI type=disc>You hear someone describing their new high-resolution 20" monitor and wonder if it's Australian or Indonesian. <LI type=disc>The neighborhood animals start disappearing as your Green 'Conda passes the 200-lb mark. <LI type=disc>You answer the door holding a big fat snake & wonder why the Jehovah's Witnesses won't talk with you. <LI type=disc>Your snakes spend more time in your bathtub than you do! <LI type=disc>You check the "free to good home" ads daily, yet have no desire to own a mammal. <LI type=disc>Your house was raided by the police after a tipoff from the electric company suspecting you of growing pot. <LI type=disc>You and a friend are overheard talking about your babies & someone asks about them, and you reply "yeah, my 'baby' is 15' long & weighs around 125 pounds!!!" <LI type=disc>You have a special drawer to keep perfect sheds in. <LI type=disc>Your friends ask you when the last time you scored was & you reply "Man, it was great! This guy sold me an 8' female Colombian & the 125 L for dirt just in time for breeding season," and they look at you like "WHAT THE HELL are you talking about?!?!"

[jknudson]

How about a link? Too difficult to read the jumble.

[fish21]

http://www.beardiedragon.com/pages/M...hs&gigles.html


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