what gets me even more than the questions is when i tell someone about my snakes and my interest in herps and they immediately launch into detailed stories about each and every snake that they have had to kill. the one that got into the garage, the one in their mom's backyard, the one at the lake, the one in the woods that time when they were hiking, etc, etc. why would i want to hear that when i just told them i LIKE snakes and keep them as pets? that would be like someone telling me that they like kittens--they even have 2 or 3 of their own--and me then going into full graphic detail about how i murder every kitten that crosses my path. (no, i don't kill kittens, but you get the point.)