What are some stupid things people have said you about snakes?

[Courtney281]

All these posts about what our moms think are cracking me up. I got my first bp with my mom 19 years ago. When she died almost two years ago, I took him. But reading this also made me think of this silly dream my boyfriend had about how he accidently let all my snakes out. He was chasing them down the road and he remembered being very upset and thinking "Oh no! Courtney's gonna kill me!" hehehe Just wanted to share.

The lamest thing I've had said to me personally though would be "Don't they bite you?" and "Aren't you scared of them?"

Stupid people = natural selection

[Evenstar]

Stupid people = natural selection

I love this - want to make it part of my siggy...

I've heard most weird things from my dad. It'll strangle you, Where are you going to keep it when it's 20 feet long, It's slimy and gross, etc. Oh, and my favorite - Aren't you affraid it'll eat all your dogs??? ....I have 6 large dogs - 4 German Shepherds and 2 others and they all range around 60-75 lbs. That would be one big ball python....

[LP.]

The stupidest thing(s) I've heard come from our great friend Billy the Exterminator.

I'm sure we've all heard them.

[SH1FTY]

"I dont want alot of snakes in the house! By the time we have a baby the snakes will be huge and try to strangle the baby!" -My girlfriend. Oh gawd...

Oh PS. She now wants a caramel albino and a pewter, go figure!
(But I'm all for that!! )

[Austin236]

My favorite is when people ask..Is that a real snake??? LOL I want to reply ..NO i like carrying a 5ft rubber snake around for fun. LOL

[slitheryz]

I love it when someone sees me with my snake and they yell out "omg is that a snake"? I keep trying to think of some snappy come back but haven't been able to. Let's see, it's shaped like a snake, it has scales, um......... I wanna say something like, no it's a garden hose/a really big necklace but I just become speechless.

[SH1FTY]

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Caramel albino and super cinny!

[j_h_smith]

I love it when someone sees me with my snake and they yell out "omg is that a snake"? I keep trying to think of some snappy come back but haven't been able to. Let's see, it's shaped like a snake, it has scales, um......... I wanna say something like, no it's a garden hose/a really big necklace but I just become speechless.

"omg is that a snake?"

Answer.

No, I'm just happy to see you.

Jim Smith

[ballpythonluvr]

People on facebook always have a comment for me about my snake because I have some pictures up and I always make comments about my snake in my status. People are like, don't you know that snakes are evil, and I also get the how can you have a snake for a pet. I also get comments about whether or not the snake bites or tries to attack me.

[JLC]

Funniest snake conversation I've had... Was talking with a woman in a "job interview" sort of setting.

She asked me, "Where do you see yourself in five years? What's your biggest dream?"

I answered, "Seriously, in five years, I'd like to be breeding snakes and have my own business."

She blinked hard and looked confused...then asked, "How in the world do you breed snakes?"

With a perfectly straight face, I answer, "Well, you put the boy snake with the girl snake..."

She had a very chagrined laugh at that. And then we had a pleasant conversation about why snakes make such great pets.