Author Topic: Single Head Over Four (Read 2169 times)

keiths · « **on:** August 13, 2007, 06:09:32 PM »

I opened my garage door tonight and a snake slithered in. I moved my bike out and proceed to push the snake out with a broom. I had him past the bike but he doubled back on me and went up the rear tire and stuck the head out by the horn. Now what do I do?
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edbikerii · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2007, 06:26:38 PM »

Just make a noise like a girl snake and lure him out.

Pinhead · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2007, 06:36:49 PM »

Start it up and let it get good and warm. I'll bet he'll get out pretty quickly.

mark · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2007, 06:55:36 PM »

Take your new buddy for a ride.

boatsdickson · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2007, 06:59:29 PM »

Honk that horn... That would be the first real reason for having one that I can think of...

keiths · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2007, 07:11:15 PM »

Thanks for the replys guys. I liked the one about the ride, but it looks like he is gone now.

Rocking-M · « **Reply #6 on:** August 13, 2007, 07:21:33 PM »

He's coiled up under your tank, he'll pop out once you hit about 50mph.
Don't worry Snakes are not very grouchy when awaken from a slumber,
he shouldn't be to pissed. But if he is just remember you have the holy handgranade
Oh crap, the holy handgranade is only for rabbits.
Ok, if he is really mad you may have to give him the bike, in other words bail off.
Once the dust clears I bet he'll slither on off. At least you probably made it
far enough down the road so that maybe he won't come back to your garage.

DammitDan · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2007, 07:26:26 PM »

Quote from: boatsdickson on August 13, 2007, 06:59:29 PM

Honk that horn... That would be the first real reason for having one that I can think of...

Silly rabbit... Snakes can't hear the horn, they're deaf!

bill440cars · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2007, 07:28:01 PM »

Quote from: Pinhead on August 13, 2007, 06:36:49 PM

Start it up and let it get good and warm. I'll bet he'll get out pretty quickly.

Quote from: boatsdickson on August 13, 2007, 06:59:29 PM

Honk that horn... That would be the first real reason for having one that I can think of...

I see that your problem is solved, but I's have done what BOTH these guys said and give him 2 reasons to leave.

My wife, on the other hand, would have said "Burn The Bike!" That's her "Blanket Answer"

Let me tell you a quick story:

Went out to my storage building out back one day and I suddenly found myself looking at a snake in a wall locker in there. I closed the locker door and went to find something to take care of it with (there were cans of WD40 and such, in that wall locker). Only thing I could find was a new can of WASP spray.

I took that sucker out there, opened the door slightly, emptied the can, closed the door, left it for a bit and returned to find that snake gone! I have no idea where he went, when he went or how! Found another one last year and I ought to tell that one in a separate thread.

Later on, Bill

333 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 13, 2007, 07:30:06 PM »

If the bike is still outside, start it up. He'll feel that.

And I think we all know that the Holy Handgrenade of Antioch doesn't work well with rabbits either.

bill440cars · « **Reply #10 on:** August 13, 2007, 08:05:17 PM »

Forgot to include in my post here and the thread I mad about the snake in my building, that my wife was ready to burn the building. She keeps harping that they run in pairs! I told her that if they run in pairs, then these must be some mighty Stupid snakes because there were several years between the sightings!

The 2nd one must have gotten lost!

Later on, Bill

HITMAN · « **Reply #11 on:** August 13, 2007, 09:41:41 PM »

You should consider yourself lucky, most of us have to PAY for alarms and security systems

. My best advice for snake visits would be to grab your neibors cat, throw it in and close the door

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DammitDan · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2007, 10:26:17 PM »

Bah, my parents have a 6' black racer that lives down in the chicken coop. Doesn't do any harm, eats mice and rats and the occasional egg. Her name is Ezmeralda

Snakes are kinda like spiders... There's very few poisonous varieties in the US, and they do more good than harm. And yet people still make an effort to kill them whenever they see them (spiders and snakes both), largely because they're misunderstood and villainized by the media.

cben750f0 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 13, 2007, 10:49:03 PM »

if you cant use the holy handgrenade, you could always haggle!!!!

Peace

Ingrid · « **Reply #14 on:** August 13, 2007, 11:27:59 PM »

Damn,
Best paint job I've seen done in a long time

Grtz.
Ingrid

oldbiker · « **Reply #15 on:** August 14, 2007, 02:06:51 AM »

Some one said- 'Take it for a ride' Are they mad?

Theres no way I would open my legs astride my bike with that thing in a perfect position to make a meal of my 'meat and two vegetables'

Gordon · « **Reply #16 on:** August 14, 2007, 06:03:41 AM »

Step one: Ride bike until engine is good and hot.

Step two: Enjoy your tasty snack!

boatsdickson · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2007, 07:24:40 AM »

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Some one said- 'Take it for a ride' Are they mad?
Theres no way I would open my legs astride my bike with that thing in a perfect position to make a meal of my 'meat and two vegetables'

Are you saying his snake is bigger than your snake?

Rushoid · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2007, 07:34:51 AM »

Quote from: DammitDan on August 13, 2007, 07:26:26 PM

Snakes can't hear the horn, they're deaf!

What? Huh?

boatsdickson · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2007, 09:15:28 AM »

I prefer to be deaf around my four too...

Usually in the sense of ; can you take out the trash?, did you pay the mortgage?, have you been trying to dirty dance with my mom again?, are you ignoring me?

Ill fire it up then, and she'll go back in...

keiths · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2007, 05:51:42 PM »

My daughter mentioned the custom paint job.

This is the second snake in the last two weeks. The other was a 4' black snake that got caught in my raspberry bird netting. I cut him loose but he ended up caught in another place. The second time he didn't make it. Too bad, they are useful.

This one was brown almost 5' long and very mean. I don't think it was a copper head but I don't know. When I was young I had many pet snakes but one was always snapping at me. We cut his head off and when we opened his mouth we found it had fangs.

tsp37 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2007, 08:11:02 PM »

It's not a copper head. They don't get that long and they are, well, copper. I have heard of many sightings of copper-headed rattle moccasins as long as 10 feet, but I never found one in the World Book encyclopedia. I suspect that the vision of witnesses is blurred by lower branches and leaves.

Ask yourself, what would Steve Erwin (RIP) do?

boatsdickson · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2007, 08:16:01 PM »

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Ask yourself, what would Steve Erwin (RIP) do?

Note to self. Stop petting stingrays! ---- Signed Steve $:-\$

dustyc · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2007, 01:19:45 PM »

My thoughts...

Don't wear shorts on your next ride.

Print that picture and put it on your bike. You have a new theft deterrent.

Be glad you saw him and didn't get that surprise at 70 mph.

keiths · « **Reply #24 on:** August 19, 2007, 05:42:56 PM »

It would make a good theft deterrent.
I've been trying to figure out what kind of snake it was and I think it might be a North American Water Snake. It seems to match for size, color and aggression but my house is pretty far from any water.

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Author Topic: Single Head Over Four (Read 2169 times)

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