Grass Snakes (also known as Garter Snakes...Thamnophis sirtalis) can
be
dangerous... Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes.


Here's why...


A couple in Swee****er, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a
recent cold
spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them
from a
possible freeze.


It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one
of the
plants and when it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it
go under
the sofa. She let out a very loud scream.


The husband (who was taking a shower) ran out into the living room
naked to see
what the problem was.


She told him there was a snake under the sofa. He got down on the
floor on his
hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came
and
cold-nosed him on the behind. He thought the snake had bitten him, so
he
screamed and fell over on the floor.


His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told
him to lie
still and called an ambulance .. The attendants rushed in, wouldn't
listen to
his protests and loaded him on the stretcher and started carrying him
out.


About that time the snake came out from under the sofa and the
Emergency Medical
Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher.


That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.


The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she
called on a
neighbor man. He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself
with a
rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch.


Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the
sofa in
relief.


But while relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where
she felt the
snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed
back under
the sofa.


The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out, tried to use CPR
to revive
her. The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the
grocery
store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her
husband in
the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and
cutting
his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.


The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor
lying on
the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed he had been
bitten by
the snake. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey,
and began
pouring it down the man's throat.


By now the police had arrived. They saw the unconscious man, smelled
the
whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were
about to
arrest them all, when the women tried to explain how it all happened
over a
little green snake.


The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his
sobbing
wife.


The little snake again crawled out from under the sofa. One of the
policemen
drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg of
the end
table. The table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and as the
bulb broke it
started a fire in the drapes.


The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the
window
into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and
raced into
the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into
the
parked police car.


Meanwhile, the burning drapes were seen by the neighbors who called
the fire
department. The firemen had started raising the fire truck ladder when
they were
halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires
and put
out the electricity and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square
city block
area (but they did get the house fire out).


Time passed.


Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was repaired,
the dog came
home, the police acquired a new car, and all was right with their
world.


A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a
cold snap for
that night.


The husband asked his wife if she thought they should bring in their
plants for
the night.


That's when she shot him.

Grass Snakes (also known as Garter Snakes...Thamnophis sirtalis) can
be
dangerous... Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes.


Here's why...


A couple in Swee****er, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a
recent cold
spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them
from a
possible freeze.


It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one
of the
plants and when it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it
go under
the sofa. She let out a very loud scream.


The husband (who was taking a shower) ran out into the living room
naked to see
what the problem was.


She told him there was a snake under the sofa. He got down on the
floor on his
hands and knees to look for it. About that time the family dog came
and
cold-nosed him on the behind. He thought the snake had bitten him, so
he
screamed and fell over on the floor.


His wife thought he had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told
him to lie
still and called an ambulance .. The attendants rushed in, wouldn't
listen to
his protests and loaded him on the stretcher and started carrying him
out.


About that time the snake came out from under the sofa and the
Emergency Medical
Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher.


That's when the man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.


The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she
called on a
neighbor man. He volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself
with a
rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch.


Soon he decided it was gone and told the woman, who sat down on the
sofa in
relief.


But while relaxing, her hand dangled in between the cushions, where
she felt the
snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed
back under
the sofa.


The neighbor man, seeing her lying there passed out, tried to use CPR
to revive
her. The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the
grocery
store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her
husband in
the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and
cutting
his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.


The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor
lying on
the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed he had been
bitten by
the snake. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey,
and began
pouring it down the man's throat.


By now the police had arrived. They saw the unconscious man, smelled
the
whiskey, and assumed that a drunken fight had occurred. They were
about to
arrest them all, when the women tried to explain how it all happened
over a
little green snake.


The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his
sobbing
wife.


The little snake again crawled out from under the sofa. One of the
policemen
drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg of
the end
table. The table fell over and the lamp on it shattered and as the
bulb broke it
started a fire in the drapes.


The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the
window
into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and
raced into
the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed into
the
parked police car.


Meanwhile, the burning drapes were seen by the neighbors who called
the fire
department. The firemen had started raising the fire truck ladder when
they were
halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires
and put
out the electricity and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square
city block
area (but they did get the house fire out).


Time passed.


Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was repaired,
the dog came
home, the police acquired a new car, and all was right with their
world.


A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a
cold snap for
that night.


The husband asked his wife if she thought they should bring in their
plants for
the night.


That's when she shot him.


roflmaoooo thats to funny. thanks for sharing. tc sockiescat.