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Never seen frogs in the toilet, but I once lived in the desert where all the houses had septic tanks. The snakes liked to live in there as it was cool. One of my less than stellar nursing moments was having an Anderson Cooper-esque giggle fit x 10 when a woman came in with a snake bite on her derriere which she aquired while sitting on the pot.
I wasn't really thrilled about the year we had three hurricanes in a month's time. Grew up with tornadoes, and despite the hurricanes, really have very little experience with flooding. I'm more likely to fret over finding a tree on my roof, because we've had that experience a couple of times.
Tornadoes are creepier than hurricanes, though. And I never want to go through another ice storm after the one in December 2002. No electricity for days, and the only source of heat was a crappy seventies fireplace. (Though at least, unlike a hurricane, in an ice storm you don't have mosquitoes eating you alive, alligators in your yard, or frogs in your toilet.)
Be thankful for that crappy 70s fireplace! We get ice storms all the time here and have no fireplace! I keep meaning to buy a wood burning stove but never get around to it. Instead, we suffer through. Last winter, we put on our ski clothes and spent the days outside in the sun to keep warm. At dusk, we went inside, got under tons of blankets and stayed in bed until the sun came up the next day. Repeat. Repeat. Until we had electricity. I think it was three days total. Gald we're talking about this. I might find a deal on wood burning stoves this time of year.
Never seen frogs in the toilet, but I once lived in the desert where all the houses had septic tanks. The snakes liked to live in there as it was cool. One of my less than stellar nursing moments was having an Anderson Cooper-esque giggle fit x 10 when a woman came in with a snake bite on her derriere which she aquired while sitting on the pot.
Never seen frogs in the toilet, but I once lived in the desert where all the houses had septic tanks. The snakes liked to live in there as it was cool. One of my less than stellar nursing moments was having an Anderson Cooper-esque giggle fit x 10 when a woman came in with a snake bite on her derriere which she aquired while sitting on the pot.
Hahaha re: AC giggle fit!
But seriously, I literally have nightmares about snakes coming out of toilets (*shudders at thought*). I am terrified of snakes - it'd be a full-blown phobia if it impaired my daily functioning. Ugh.
In high school biology we had to dissect a lot of frogs. Which I couldn't stomach so I always gave mine to the guy (Mr. X) who sat behind me. Years later my dad told me he had interviewed Mr. X for a job. Dad said, "X told me you went to high school together."
But seriously, I literally have nightmares about snakes coming out of toilets (*shudders at thought*). I am terrified of snakes - it'd be a full-blown phobia if it impaired my daily functioning. Ugh.
I am not afraid of snakes, but I will admit that is was many months before I could sit on the toilet without looking into it continuously.
We need an emoticon that portrays "giggling like Anderson Cooper".
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We get ice storms all the time here and have no fireplace! I keep meaning to buy a wood burning stove but never get around to it. Instead, we suffer through. Last winter, we put on our ski clothes and spent the days outside in the sun to keep warm. At dusk, we went inside, got under tons of blankets and stayed in bed until the sun came up the next day. Repeat. Repeat. Until we had electricity. I think it was three days total. Gald we're talking about this. I might find a deal on wood burning stoves this time of year.
