Silly People

[Quickone4u]

Yeah I love when I can introduce someone to snakes!

HAHA Judy that is so funny.

Once at my DH's work, we were yacking with a guy he works with. The snakes came up and I mentioned (or DH did, I can't recall) that we were going to breed them. This guy says something like, "How do they breed??" and I looked at blankly and said, "Boys have a penis; girls have a vagina" haha and he was like, "They do it?" and I was like, "Well, yeah!" hahaha It was so funny

Haha! freaking hilarious Yeh, I have friends and people i work with tell me alot that my Bp and tarantulas are going to all escape and eat me one day They always think I'm crazy when I tell them that I have tarantulas that can eat mice as well as my snake who does too! I love the expressions from that one.

[Krista]

My roommate refuses to step foot in my room for any reason, and my door has to remain closed at all times.

My family however, they love my snake. Everytime my mom/dad/brother calls, I always get the '..And how's your snake doing?' Though, they think I'm insane because I plan to get more (snakes).

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

I actually was showing my mom pics of my snakes yesterday- she thought they looked cool! She told me to BRING my pieds next time I visit!

[Krista]

She told me to BRING my pieds next time I visit!

That would make for an interesting family dinner

[cinderbird]

i get "you're crazy!" a lot. like, a lot-a lot. but mostly people just laugh.

No one in my family gets it, but they know i've liked snakes for years and it was only a matter of time until i got one (or more.)

my dad is okay with them, my mom is terrified. i'm hoping she'll get past it but if she doesnt its okay with me.

i also get "omg won't they eat you!" or "omg won't they eat your cats?!" or "omg is it POISONOUS???!!!eleventy"

lol. i try to educate people about them. thats my goal

[Argentra]

Oh, I love the stupid things people say when snakes are mentioned.

My family have mixed reactions. My partner likes them (but doesn't love them), my mother thinks they're interesting, my father (ex-navy) thinks I'm insane, and my ex-husband and 10yr old daughter think they are awesome and ask about them all the time.
My friends also vary, from 'Wow, that's so neat', to 'Oh my God they'll kill you.'

My favorite comments include:

'They're in your BEDROOM???'
'How do they all get along?' (thinking they were all in the same enclosure)
'Have they ever squeezed You?'
'Why would you have SNAKES as pets??'
'What do you do with them?'

[JeffJ]

Probably the funniest thing ive had with people like this is, My girlfriends best friend is a big animal rights person and she went on a 45 min verbal diarrhea about how it was cruel to feed mice and rats to my snakes. after she was done it took me 2 sentences to have her excuse her self so she could remove her foot from her mouth.

"well, is it not cruel to let these animals that i have taken the obligation to care for properly starve to death? Its the circle of life." she has not said anything about them again.

otherwise ive never had any one suggest a 2.5' 3' or 1.2' snake could eat my cats or ferrets.

[TheOtherLeadingBrand]

I get that too!!!

"What do you DO with them?" (uhh??)

"Do they all get along?"

[JeffJ]

I get that too!!!

"What do you DO with them?" (uhh??)

"Do they all get along?"

the adorable lil girl my girlfriend watches on occasion asked if they do any tricks but you cant blame her

[pavlovk1025]

the adorable lil girl my girlfriend watches on occasion asked if they do any tricks but you cant blame her

Haha.
"Yeah watch this...I call it the squish and gulp(tosses mouse in)."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!"