I need new glasses in THE worst way.. I’m exhausting myself with freak-outs over stick snakes in the yard, leaf dog poops on the floor and dirt stain moles on my husband.
A life time ago my grandfather had planted his garden. I thought it a bright idea to put a fake snake in the upcoming corn to try and prevent birds from pulling it up. A neighbor drove down the dirt road, his grand kids saw the snake and started yelling. He jumps out of his truck, grabs a stick and tears across the garden to kill the snake. Not seeing it to be rubber until he was on top of it. I also once ran from someone chasing me with a snake that turned out to be a big stick.
And who hasn’t, in the middle of the night, mistaken clothes thrown over a chair for someone sneaking into the room? Yes, it can happen to adults as well as kids.
As someone who is creeped out by snakes, this makes perfect sense to me. One time I was baling hay and lifting heavy bales onto the back of a large truck bed. As I gripped the bale and lifted it over my head, I came face to face with a wriggling snake trapped inside. Ahhhh!
That is better than the other way around. Why is it that “rush in” and “king cobra” just don’t seem right in the same sentence?
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I could not agree more – not a lot of logical reasoning when you’re 3 or 4, all impulse!
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I agree; I would be running the other way if I thought it was a snake. When people make fun of me later becuase it was a stick, I could care less 🙂
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So worth it!
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It will be easy to find me, Jim. I am the guy passing you on the left!
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hahaha
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Run, brad, run!!
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leave the old guy to fend for himself…
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It’s crazy the way our minds play tricks on us sometimes. Seeing what was not there but reacting none the less☺️
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right –
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Hahaha 😆😂
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yes )
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Lol! Should like me!
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I can see you doing this, sadje! fearless and happy for the find )
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And getting embarrassed later.
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Yes!
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🤣
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Even sticks can be dangerous!
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and so exciting!
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“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” Mahatma Gandhi
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he is a brave soul for sure
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Mahatma Ghandi was truly a brave man too ..
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Indeed he was
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I freaked out at a ball of lint on my shirt recently – thought it was a spider. LOL
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Ha!I so get that!
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we’ve all been outmaneuvered by misperceptions 🙂
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We have! It’s a universal experience
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I need new glasses in THE worst way.. I’m exhausting myself with freak-outs over stick snakes in the yard, leaf dog poops on the floor and dirt stain moles on my husband.
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Hahaha
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A life time ago my grandfather had planted his garden. I thought it a bright idea to put a fake snake in the upcoming corn to try and prevent birds from pulling it up. A neighbor drove down the dirt road, his grand kids saw the snake and started yelling. He jumps out of his truck, grabs a stick and tears across the garden to kill the snake. Not seeing it to be rubber until he was on top of it. I also once ran from someone chasing me with a snake that turned out to be a big stick.
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Oh, my!
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We would have never known about the neighbor but he told on himself. But I grew up with his kids so we had known each other a life time.
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No wonder
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I’m not sure I would have told on myself, but then again, I do tell just about everything in my writing so I probably would.
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Same!
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Glad it was a stick. Cobras have a place, but at a distance.
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Agreed
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Oh the adrenaline…!
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Pumping!
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You are a brilliantly brave Grand.
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Ah, a brave kinder in my class )
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Bravery has no age limit!
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Right!
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But you don’t usually put your eye out running with a King Cobra, Beth.
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A great point
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And who hasn’t, in the middle of the night, mistaken clothes thrown over a chair for someone sneaking into the room? Yes, it can happen to adults as well as kids.
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Oh, no one is immune
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oh dear…. me too – jumping up with a racing heart-beat! 🙂
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Yes!!
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Sometimes you never really know…
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This is very teue
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True
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It is thrilling to see more than what might be.
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It really is –
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As someone who is creeped out by snakes, this makes perfect sense to me. One time I was baling hay and lifting heavy bales onto the back of a large truck bed. As I gripped the bale and lifted it over my head, I came face to face with a wriggling snake trapped inside. Ahhhh!
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omg
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ah, yes, vulnerability and courage, hand in hand…love it…
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they so clearly meet at times
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indeed, they do…
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That would be birth then, the last moment when you are coming out no matter what…
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Right! I hadn’t thought of that )
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Many times :))
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All of us
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Ha!
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Right?
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OMG that really does look like a snake! We have a snake living in our front step so I’m super tuned into spotting them right now. 😬
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oh no!
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I agree 😊👍👍
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Like that lady who protected her dogs from a bear last week ….
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that was so wild
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