DB in NJ Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Look at this story. I think I'd die... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fshinkevich Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 That would certainly give me a shock! But I would have felt terrible if I didn't notice it there and started my wash :( Although I guess it would be pretty hard to miss 8 feet! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think I would pee my pants if that happened here. I would never ever ever do laundry again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Makes the whole HP thing of basilisk in the pipes a little too real, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I would have to throw out everything that was in that load of laundry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm just...I'm just :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Makes the whole HP thing of basilisk in the pipes a little too real, no? Yes it does! Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Oh my goodness, I think I would have passed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Oh my gosh! we would never have clean clothes again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think I would pee my pants if that happened here. I would never ever ever do laundry again! I think I would have done a little bit more than pee!:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 This happened in the town next to the town dh's sister lives in. I just emailed her the article! What a hoot. I wonder if she will have to peer in her dryer before using it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Oh my gosh! we would never have clean clothes again! ROFL I think I'd be taking it all to the laundromat. I remember a few years ago, there were a number of people who found snakes in their toilets (here in Jersey). I STILL don't just sit down without looking first! CREEPY!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It would have startled me...no doubt! But I would have removed the snake myself....and we would probably have kept the little darling...:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 This happened in the town next to the town dh's sister lives in. I just emailed her the article! What a hoot. I wonder if she will have to peer in her dryer before using it now. Don't know about her, but *I* sure will!!!! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Now why did you have to post that, Donna? I'll never be able to do laundry again! Aw, that's okay, I don't really like doing laundry anyway... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Look at this story. I think I'd die... It's kinda cool that they were able to remove the snake without killing it. I'm also thinking how awful it would be to have a large animal dead in the washing machine. Gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Now why did you have to post that, Donna? I'll never be able to do laundry again! Aw, that's okay, I don't really like doing laundry anyway... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I once reached into a basement laundry hamper to get out the last wadded up sock left in there. Hm. It didn't feel right. I looked at what I was doing and saw that I was attempted to unroll a MOUSE! It was dead. It must have fallen into the laundry hamper and gotten buried somehow. I screamed. I dropped the mouse, I did a gross-out dance all over the basement, screaming like a loon. Then I washed my hands several times in succession. Then I had to sit down and NOT go in the basement for a while. Dh dealt with the mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 I once reached into a basement laundry hamper to get out the last wadded up sock left in there. Hm. It didn't feel right. I looked at what I was doing and saw that I was attempted to unroll a MOUSE! It was dead. It must have fallen into the laundry hamper and gotten buried somehow. I screamed. I dropped the mouse, I did a gross-out dance all over the basement, screaming like a loon. Then I washed my hands several times in succession. Then I had to sit down and NOT go in the basement for a while. Dh dealt with the mouse. Gross-out dance!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: I would've soaked my hands in bleach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I once reached into a basement laundry hamper to get out the last wadded up sock left in there. Hm. It didn't feel right. I looked at what I was doing and saw that I was attempted to unroll a MOUSE! It was dead. It must have fallen into the laundry hamper and gotten buried somehow. I screamed. I dropped the mouse, I did a gross-out dance all over the basement, screaming like a loon. Then I washed my hands several times in succession. Then I had to sit down and NOT go in the basement for a while. Dh dealt with the mouse. This is just way too funny! I don't think I could ever return to that laundry again.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Maybe this is why I instinctively detest doing laundry.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I opened the washing machine once and found a mouse running around along the top of the tub - I screamed real loud.:) Our w/d are in the garage so I often pitch old dishtowels and dishrags on the floor in front of them. Several times I have reached down, picked up part of the pile and found snakes underneath (itty bitty guys). If I ever see one that is 8 feet long, this house is going on the market! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSMP Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Snakes don't bother me nearly as much as spiders.....:001_huh: In fact a few summers ago, you would have found me hanging out of my bay window beating on a 6 foot black snake that managed to get into the eaves of our house. There I was hanging out the window beating this snake with my broom handle. Some birds had built a nest up there and he had one of them. I heard the cacophony of birds in the back yard and looked...... I cannot tell you how surprised I was to see that snake squeezing that bird while parts of his body was hanging from this hole in the eaves....... Give me a broom and I get'em for ya........:lol: That or a .38 Let me see a spider....and you will see the smoke coming off my shoes from where I high tailed it out of there...... By the way....that hole has been permanently sealed...apparently my husband doesn't like heights and would prefer that I not make him climb a 20ft ladder to make sure there is no snake in the hole....I was looking out for the birds....really I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheWhoWaits Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I had a frog jump out of the washer once when I was doing laundry. Startled me, alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It would have startled me...no doubt! But I would have removed the snake myself....and we would probably have kept the little darling...:lol: Same here LOL :D Never found a snake in the house, but we have mice here all the time - despite having six cats. :tongue_smilie: ...Last winter, I went to put my snowboots on and felt something in the toe of the right one - I reached in, felt something soft that I couldn't quite grab (tall boots, bad angle), and assumed it was a cat toy or something (one of the cats does often stog things in the footwear)...I tapped the boot on it's heel to dislodge the 'toy' and then tipped it upside down - out fell one very startled looking mouse. He'd been napping in the toe of the boot and I'd woken the poor little guy with quite a jolt! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It would have startled me...no doubt! But I would have removed the snake myself....and we would probably have kept the little darling...:lol: Same here!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I never had a snake but shortly after we got our new washer and dryer (this was when we lived in WI near a swampy state park) we just put the old ones on the other side of the basement since my brother wanted them. As I was doing laundry one night I saw something fuzzy moving out from under the old dryer. I assumed it was another field mouse like the one that got stuck in my kids bedroom window (it was trying to escape but my kids thought it was a new pet and he got stuck between the inside window and the storm window) Anyway I looked again and thought,"Boy that mouse is moving awfully slow" I got a dish and went to scoop it up to put it outside (yes I must deal with this as dh is somewhere in the Persian Gulf during the incident) and when I look a little closer I realize it is a Mud Puppy salamandar[/url that had crawled up under the dryer and become coated with old lint:lol: I took him up and rinsed him off. Then the kids and I took him back to the state park and released him near the lake. I guess I've gotten used to odd things because in florida the geckos and little green tree frogs were always getting into the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I once reached into a basement laundry hamper to get out the last wadded up sock left in there. Hm. It didn't feel right. I looked at what I was doing and saw that I was attempted to unroll a MOUSE! It was dead. It must have fallen into the laundry hamper and gotten buried somehow. I screamed. I dropped the mouse, I did a gross-out dance all over the basement, screaming like a loon. Then I washed my hands several times in succession. Then I had to sit down and NOT go in the basement for a while. Dh dealt with the mouse. Strider, I picture you as so calm and collected - I am LOL at the image of you doing a gross-out dance and screaming! Too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It is clearly time for dh to take over doing the laundry!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 :w00t:I'm just going to keep telling myself there is a magical snake barrier screen on my washer pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 Makes the whole HP thing of basilisk in the pipes a little too real, no? :lol: :lol: :lol: I just got to that part of the 2nd book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 OMG!!!!! Yech!!!!!! Because of this board, I cannot sit down on the toilet without checking for snakes and other rodents. Now, I cannot do laundry either????? I guess I'm glad I taught the kids to do laundry. It's much better that they find the snake than I! ACK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 OMG!!!!! Yech!!!!!! Because of this board, I cannot sit down on the toilet without checking for snakes and other rodents. Now, I cannot do laundry either????? I guess I'm glad I taught the kids to do laundry. It's much better that they find the snake than I! ACK! :lol: This is why we all need an Alice (think Brady Bunch)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Quick! tell dad to go to the corner pet shop and buy some feeder mice! Quick, get the largest cooler out of the garage for now! Ohhhhh.... oldest ds - do a google search for what kind of python it is and where it is from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It would have startled me...no doubt! But I would have removed the snake myself....and we would probably have kept the little darling...:lol: I had the same thought! But I love snakes. I don't know if I would have kept one that large as a pet. He'd probably eat my mini dachshunds for lunch. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretchen in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 :w00t:I'm just going to keep telling myself there is a magical snake barrier screen on my washer pipes. Can I buy one of those magical snake screen barriers? :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 How could a thing that thick get in through the small water pipes hooked to washers? Toilet pipes, yes. Washers, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 How could a thing that thick get in through the small water pipes hooked to washers? Toilet pipes, yes. Washers, no. Good question! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 :w00t:I'm just going to keep telling myself there is a magical snake barrier screen on my washer pipes. Yes, I have that barrier as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 :eek: WOW!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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