What is the dumbest thing you have ever heard?

[LBoz]

Oh nooooo.....ROFL!

 

[diamondlil]

This is not snake related, but is just proof that some people really shouldn't be allowed to roam free.

I work at a vet's office and there was a senior couple that had just come in with their new puppy. When asked what the visit was for, they said that they were concerned about 2 tumors their puppy had between his hind legs. I saved them the expense of the office visit, but unfortunately, there was nothing I could do to save them the embarrassment when I explained to them what those 2 "tumors" actually were.

That's so funny! I remember at the ageof 13, one of my friends adopted a rat. Her mother knew I bred gerbils and guinea pigs and asked me, in tears, to check the tumours under the rat's tail.......:grin01:

 

[Roy Munson]

Tim, this post is useless.

The issue is being taken care of via Susan and Rich. :shrugs:
How are you involved again? Just wondering.

Hah! You think I'm out of this? I was just forced to review 10, that's TEN, PMs concerning you. I need a break from you and the negative impact you seem to have had on this discussion board. I'm giving you a 7-day vacation. To quote one of my PM warnings to you: Enough is Enough.

If you decide to come back, you'd better do so *quietly*.

 

[Pal-O-Mine]

Seriously now, I like this thread. I DO believe there are stupid people out there. ( Did anyone catch that news clip last week with the 2 prisoners who were handcuffed together trying to avoid the police, captured by a telephone pole? ) There ARE dumb people out there! And sometimes they SPAWN! But
I refuse to believe, like my ex, that ALL people are stupid! Some people's brains kick in later after the stupid comment has been made. ( Guilty here! )
Some people only remember the info for 5 minutes. And others really want to learn and really retain the knowledge. ( I hope I fall into this last category. )

I also refuse to acknowledge cutting remarks. I believe that sometimes the internet is to blame for some things being taken the wrong way. EVERY LIST ENCOUNTERS THIS! ( You should see the egos I've encountered on the re-enactment forums! Hoo Boy! ) The drama just isn't worth my time and not what I'm here for. So pardon me but I'm not getting involved. I prefer squabbling with someone whose face I can actually see! ( Poor Hubby! )

Let's remember what's really important in life.

SCALES!

Devon::sobstory::sidestep:












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[JustineNYC]

This is not snake related, but is just proof that some people really shouldn't be allowed to roam free.

I work at a vet's office and there was a senior couple that had just come in with their new puppy. When asked what the visit was for, they said that they were concerned about 2 tumors their puppy had between his hind legs. I saved them the expense of the office visit, but unfortunately, there was nothing I could do to save them the embarrassment when I explained to them what those 2 "tumors" actually were.

Are you serious? Were they under the impression the puppy was a female?

 

[Pal-O-Mine]

Hey, how's about this? The last small animal vet I worked for, some guy brought his dog in to be neutered but he was concerned that the other dogs would 'make fun of him if he was missing something.' So he paid to get rubber knobs put into the sacks so that he still looked like an intact male! He also had to inspect the job afterwards to see if they 'looked right'!oke: And this was a little breed like a shi-tzu or something!

( Okay now this is just turning into a big fish story thread! )

Devon

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Proof that anyone over 85 shouldn't drive. They plow into PARKED objects when they forget to turn.

(This wasn't my car, it was my neighbors. I took the photographs for their insurance purposes)

 

[Epi_Les_Paul]

Seriously now, I like this thread. I DO believe there are stupid people out there. ( Did anyone catch that news clip last week with the 2 prisoners who were handcuffed together trying to avoid the police, captured by a telephone pole? ) There ARE dumb people out there! And sometimes they SPAWN! But
I refuse to believe, like my ex, that ALL people are stupid! Some people's brains kick in later after the stupid comment has been made. ( Guilty here! )
Some people only remember the info for 5 minutes. And others really want to learn and really retain the knowledge. ( I hope I fall into this last category. )

I also refuse to acknowledge cutting remarks. I believe that sometimes the internet is to blame for some things being taken the wrong way. EVERY LIST ENCOUNTERS THIS! ( You should see the egos I've encountered on the re-enactment forums! Hoo Boy! ) The drama just isn't worth my time and not what I'm here for. So pardon me but I'm not getting involved. I prefer squabbling with someone whose face I can actually see! ( Poor Hubby! )

Let's remember what's really important in life.

SCALES!

Devon::sobstory::sidestep:












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That was freakin hilarious! I watched that for literally 10 minutes over again cuz I just thought to myself. They were smart enough to think of a way to get out of the guards view but then forget they were handcuffed and smack into a pole... People these days. Thats why they are locked up behind bars lol!

 

[v_various]

do you believe in hog islands?

I got another one today, does it count as stupid if you know *nothing* about snakes and think you know better than the person who does?

Rob: So, what are you getting then?
Me: A Boa Constrictor! : D
Rob: Well, just you wait until it gets 7 feet!
Me: Oh, No, it's a small kind. A Hog Island.
Rob: Ya, that's what you think. Just wait, seven feet *makes strangling motion*
Me: No...really. It's a small kind.
Rob: Suuure.

Well, I guess it's better than "they only grow to the size of their cage"
On the other hand, I do love it when customers ask about my snakes.

 

[cornzilla]

hahahahaha :roflmao:
this is THE funniest thing I've heard in a loooong while!!! :rofl:
along with the frozen mice coming back to life and the invisible cameleon!

 

[Ssthisto]

Rob: Well, just you wait until it gets 7 feet!
Me: Oh, No, it's a small kind. A Hog Island.

To be fair... I have seen a six-and-a-half-foot pure Hog Island female personally, and I've heard of them getting up to seven.

The male I saw was considerably smaller.

That said, even a corn can constrict around the neck of a human and cause them to pass out in just the wrong combination of circumstances.

 

[Susan]

Are you serious? Were they under the impression the puppy was a female?

No, they knew they had a male puppy, just figured his equipment was located someplace else or wasn't supposed to be visible. :shrugs:

 

[KJUN]

To be fair... I have seen a six-and-a-half-foot pure Hog Island female personally, and I've heard of them getting up to seven.

Research on the island itself usually shows individuals in excess of 7' BODY size. Add the tail, and that shows females at LEAST 7.5' and longer crawling on the island itself. Not common, but they seem to pop up often enough to show that the idea of true hogs not getting over 7' in captivity to be nothing more than a marketing MYTH.....lol. Sure, I avoid them because I want my hogs small, but ones over 7' can easily still be honest locality snakes......

 

[Eriathiel]

No, they knew they had a male puppy, just figured his equipment was located someplace else or wasn't supposed to be visible. :shrugs:

DYK you reminded me...

My very last appointment at the last vet I worked for (about 6 months ago) a woman came in with her 8 year old son, and they had just randomly stopped at a farm and gotten two puppies. The woman had NEVER had a dog before, but she was trying really hard to learn, so I liked her. She told me both dogs were female.

We went into the appointment and I lifted the first pup onto the table for the doctor to see, and noticed it was a boy. So I said so "Oh, looks like we have a little boy!" She says,
"Really?!?!?! How do you know!?"
I pointed out his little man parts, and she says "But he has nipples!"
At that point I had to bite my lip to not laugh. And I pointed out that even though they don't use them for any biological function, male humans have nipples too!

 

[Nanci]

I took a stray cat in to be spayed, and was informed that the cat had already been spayed (but had enough tissue of some sort left behind to cause her to come into heat, so that was removed, and no more screaming!!!) I also took a cat to the vet, a different stray, named Abby, and was informed that Abby was a male. I think cats are hard to sex, if you haven't had them before!

 

[Darcpixie]

Just as an aside, Male rats DO NOT have nipples, only females do

Makes itty bitty babies easier to sex, btw.

But, if the lady had been a rat/small animal person instead of a dog person... it makes more sense.

Anyone remember the Far Side cartoon with one dog in the car, talking to the other dog, saying, excitedly, "I'm going to the vets to get 'tutored!"

Haha i almost died with that one

Stupid things:

Me: "My brother and sister are twins."
Misc. Human: "Really? Are they identical?"
Me: *watches wheels turn in their heads* ...
Me: ...
Me: "My BROTHER and SISTER are twins... male and female... can't be identical, can they?"
Misc. Human: "Oh....."

or this one!

Me: "There is a 7 month age difference between me and my brothers and sisters"
Misc. Human: ... but? huh? how?
Misc. Human: ...
Me: "I'm adopted"
Misc. Human: "OH! That makes so much more sense!"

Pure, ridiculous, hysterical idiocy:
"But rats can dislocate all the joints in their bodies and get through wire cages!"

I think that's all I have, given that I'm at work, and it saps my sanity.

 

[LostNFound]

As far as the dumbest question I have gotten....
"Do you worship the devil"
"Why would you think that?"
"I heard you keep snakes."
"Uh...Yeah?"
"Don't you know snakes are evil?... Their from the devil!"

ummm .... I was thinking about this ... my mom jokes about snakes being satan, of the devil, or symbols of Evil.

just a few things to point out next time you hear this...
1. God turned the staff into a snake ... it was a sign of power as it ate the snakes the "magicians" created with theirs.
2. The medical symbol of a snake wrapped around a staff represents strength and solidarity and the unwavering ethics of medicine. (my mom's an NP this one cracks her up)
3. God used a bronze SNAKE on a stick as a tool for healing.
3b. there is reference in the new testament of the snake on a stick being like Jesus on a cross. I think it's in John ... if memory serves.
4.Jesus tells the disciples to be "wise as serpents," in the new testament.


he's a funny story ... well I think it's funny anyway ...
My parents took in a young boy for the summer he was having some problems with the law at 12 ... he was out back in mom and dads yard and he found a "black snake" (they will forever be black snakes to me sorry )
well I think he might have tried to mess with it ... it "bit" him, no one seems to remember a bite mark I think it hit him with it's mouth... he would have known if a "wild snake" bit him. Anyhow my dad took him to the hospital and they gave him a tetanus shot for the "snake bit" that didn't even leave a mark!
To be far my dad took him to the er to teach him a lesson about messing with snakes ... but to the staff ... I simply roll my eyes, shake my head, and laugh.

 

[v_various]

Research on the island itself usually shows individuals in excess of 7' BODY size. Add the tail, and that shows females at LEAST 7.5' and longer crawling on the island itself. Not common, but they seem to pop up often enough to show that the idea of true hogs not getting over 7' in captivity to be nothing more than a marketing MYTH.....lol. Sure, I avoid them because I want my hogs small, but ones over 7' can easily still be honest locality snakes......

well, maybe you had to be there but he was making it out to be some monster that would kill me in my sleep : /

Hopefully the one I'm getting will stay small, it's parents are so I really do believe I'm getting what I want in a hog. I'm going to do more research anyway, but I've always heard then stay small (smaller than normal BCI's)

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Me: "There is a 7 month age difference between me and my brothers and sisters"
Misc. Human: ... but? huh? how?
Misc. Human: ...
Me: "I'm adopted"
Misc. Human: "OH! That makes so much more sense!"

My oldest brother and sister are 3 months apart. Daddy was getting some side action.

 

[Darcpixie]

lol well, that would do it too... being adopted is another valid solution though... considering i am