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Oregon red sided garters (thamnophis sirtalis) are poisonous if they have been eating rough skinned newts. They are the only known species able to ingest that specific toxin without dying. It is stored in their tissues and makes them poisonous to eat in turn. So I used to keep poisonous snakes. 
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Doing living history, I would get asked the most inane questions:
*Me cooking some eggs on a skillet over a camp fire*
"Is that a real fire?" Touch it and find out or Yes, but they were black and white back then.
"Is that real food?" I'm cooking fake food. Didn't you know that?
"Do you really eat that?" no, I spend 2 hours cooking a nice breakfast and then throw it away so I can drive 10 miles to go to McDonalds Then I spend another hour heating up water to wash my pans in.
*Me rocking a baby, a real live baby*
"did they really have babies back then?" *facepalm*
"What a cute doll! Can I buy it?" Um, no she's not a doll, she's a living child and she's not for sale. *pulls out a checkbook* "Just tell me how much and I'll write you a check" lady, this child is not for sale. She's a human being and that's illegal! *lady huffing* "I'm willing to pay you a LOT of money". LEAVE NOW BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!
*after one of our mock battles*
"Wow! Do you guys shoot real bullets?
linky
Doing living history, I would get asked the most inane questions:
*Me cooking some eggs on a skillet over a camp fire*
"Is that a real fire?" Touch it and find out or Yes, but they were black and white back then.
"Is that real food?" I'm cooking fake food. Didn't you know that?
"Do you really eat that?" no, I spend 2 hours cooking a nice breakfast and then throw it away so I can drive 10 miles to go to McDonalds
Then I spend another hour heating up water to wash my pans in.*Me rocking a baby, a real live baby*
"did they really have babies back then?" *facepalm*
"What a cute doll! Can I buy it?" Um, no she's not a doll, she's a living child and she's not for sale. *pulls out a checkbook* "Just tell me how much and I'll write you a check" lady, this child is not for sale. She's a human being and that's illegal! *lady huffing* "I'm willing to pay you a LOT of money". LEAVE NOW BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!
*after one of our mock battles*
"Wow! Do you guys shoot real bullets?
Errggghhh we have this same problem in the ER. People come in and have NO clue what they take. "Well, I take a white pill for my blood pressure, a blue triangle pill for... I don't know what, and a multivitamin."
I had a seizure patient yesterday that said "I'm due to take my red pill and my white pill!" Ok which are those? "Well you're the doctors, aren't you? You tell me!" (btw, I'm not a doctor, I'm a PA, but people get it confused a lot.)
I had a seizure patient yesterday that said "I'm due to take my red pill and my white pill!" Ok which are those? "Well you're the doctors, aren't you? You tell me!" (btw, I'm not a doctor, I'm a PA, but people get it confused a lot.)
LMAO.... I see that all the time, I work as a Weigh Scale Attendant, fancy words for the fact I weigh cars in and out a the dump.. LOL I will compliment someone on a car/truck and sometimes they don't even know what make it is let alone the year or model!!! This lady came in with one of the newer Kia's and it was a pretty neat looking car... I missed the front so I said, nice looking car, is that a Kia? She said " uhhhhhhh I think it's a Honda?" nope... as she drove away it was a Kia
The flip side of your story though, was one day I have to go to Canadian Tire for a part, it was a Sunday so our usual supplier was closed, and the guy asked me all the normal questions.... and then... "What color is it?" HUH???? I just need brake pads..... LOL
The flip side of your story though, was one day I have to go to Canadian Tire for a part, it was a Sunday so our usual supplier was closed, and the guy asked me all the normal questions.... and then... "What color is it?" HUH???? I just need brake pads..... LOL
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Oregon red sided garters (thamnophis sirtalis) are poisonous if they have been eating rough skinned newts. They are the only known species able to ingest that specific toxin without dying. It is stored in their tissues and makes them poisonous to eat in turn. So I used to keep poisonous snakes.
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I don't really work, but none the less get asked stupid questions from time to time about my pets due to the random people who are always visiting our house. Of course my mom always has to show them my room, which is like a mini zoo..and a lot of the questions are people mistaking my pets for..well..something else
About my Snake:
"Is that a rattlesnake?!?!?" No joke. Somone asked me if my 5 foot boa was a rattlesnake, as he's wrapped around my arm and his face about a foot from mine. *sigh*
"Do you feed it?" Uh, No. He just kinda filter feeds through the air. OF COURSE I FEED IT! >.<
About my fish:
"Wow! I like your koi!" umm..actually..that's a fantail goldfish ._. doesn't even LOOK like a koi!
About my betta, "Do you ever fight him?" ...GET OUT..*points to door* I actually think that seriously is what I told that person ._. I really don't like them, but am forced to be nice because she's my step-dad's niece >.<;
About Sammy:
The number one question I get about Samm is, "How old is she?" everyone ALWAYS thinks she's a puppy!
And the most annoying, "Is she mean?" Humm..I don't think dogs know how to be mean, so I'd have to say no!
And this one wasn't so much of a question as it was a statement I overheard at a park. I use to take Samm to a park everyday for 2 hours before I moved and one day there was this lady there that I never seen there before. She must have been scared to death of dogs or something cuz at some point Samm came within 5 feet of the lady and I swear I've never heard someone scream so loud! So about 30 minutes or so after this happening I was beginning to leave the park. I had to pass by the lady who had freaked out earlier and right as I had my back to her I could hear her(quite loudly) saying to the girl next to her, "They shouldn't allow rottweilers out in public, expecually where there are kids around!" I wasn't sure if I should turn around and give this lady a lesson in dog breeds or if I should pee my pants laughing. Sammy a rottie..lol! I still to this day have no idea how someone could have made such a mistake!
About my Snake:
"Is that a rattlesnake?!?!?" No joke. Somone asked me if my 5 foot boa was a rattlesnake, as he's wrapped around my arm and his face about a foot from mine. *sigh*
"Do you feed it?" Uh, No. He just kinda filter feeds through the air. OF COURSE I FEED IT! >.<
About my fish:
"Wow! I like your koi!" umm..actually..that's a fantail goldfish ._. doesn't even LOOK like a koi!
About my betta, "Do you ever fight him?" ...GET OUT..*points to door* I actually think that seriously is what I told that person ._. I really don't like them, but am forced to be nice because she's my step-dad's niece >.<;
About Sammy:
The number one question I get about Samm is, "How old is she?" everyone ALWAYS thinks she's a puppy!
And the most annoying, "Is she mean?" Humm..I don't think dogs know how to be mean, so I'd have to say no!
And this one wasn't so much of a question as it was a statement I overheard at a park. I use to take Samm to a park everyday for 2 hours before I moved and one day there was this lady there that I never seen there before. She must have been scared to death of dogs or something cuz at some point Samm came within 5 feet of the lady and I swear I've never heard someone scream so loud! So about 30 minutes or so after this happening I was beginning to leave the park. I had to pass by the lady who had freaked out earlier and right as I had my back to her I could hear her(quite loudly) saying to the girl next to her, "They shouldn't allow rottweilers out in public, expecually where there are kids around!" I wasn't sure if I should turn around and give this lady a lesson in dog breeds or if I should pee my pants laughing. Sammy a rottie..lol! I still to this day have no idea how someone could have made such a mistake!
I work in an infertility office in which guys have to "collect" semen samples for analysis and IVF/IUI preps. Because of the delicate nature of the collection, we get ALL KINDS of fun questions/comments.
A few:
I had one guy who took quite a while to collect, and brought his sample to me. He looked me in the eye and said "I would've been faster if you had brought in midgets on rollerskates." I was speechless. Whatever floats his boat!
We had a deaf couple who needed a semen analysis done. I showed them where the instructions for collection were and left the room. About 3 minutes later they came into the hallway and grabbed me on my way by. The guy pointed at number 3 on the instruction sheet and shrugged his shoulders. I read the line. "No intercourse or oral stimulation is allowed". How much clearer can that be?? So, I had to write down on a pad of paper that only "manual" stimulation can be used. That seemed to clear things up a bit.
We have forms that must be filled out with the collection information on it. It includes the time of collection. Meaning, the time that you actually "collected". The guy wrote on the line: 4 minutes.
We've also had a woman ask us "If I excercise after I ovulate, will my eggs break?"
LOL - I love my job!
A few:
I had one guy who took quite a while to collect, and brought his sample to me. He looked me in the eye and said "I would've been faster if you had brought in midgets on rollerskates." I was speechless. Whatever floats his boat!
We had a deaf couple who needed a semen analysis done. I showed them where the instructions for collection were and left the room. About 3 minutes later they came into the hallway and grabbed me on my way by. The guy pointed at number 3 on the instruction sheet and shrugged his shoulders. I read the line. "No intercourse or oral stimulation is allowed". How much clearer can that be?? So, I had to write down on a pad of paper that only "manual" stimulation can be used. That seemed to clear things up a bit.
We have forms that must be filled out with the collection information on it. It includes the time of collection. Meaning, the time that you actually "collected". The guy wrote on the line: 4 minutes.
We've also had a woman ask us "If I excercise after I ovulate, will my eggs break?"
LOL - I love my job!
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I remembered this one.
"ya'll got any Minors?"
"excuse me"?
"you know, minors, yall got any?"
"a minor? Like a kid? What do you mean?"
"NO A MINOR, i can't believe ya'll don't know what a minor is...and you work here? Jeez"
im quiet for a minute while he mutters how stupid we all are over and over and im thinking WTH?"
so i ask.. "can you describe it? Whats it look like?"
"You know a MINOR... its a giant lizard."
"you mean a MON-I-TOR?"
Lightbulb goes off "oh yeah, a monitor."
Keep in mind there were monitors everywhere and he could have pointed at one at any given moment.
probably related to the lady who thought a GSD was a rottie...lol
"ya'll got any Minors?"
"excuse me"?
"you know, minors, yall got any?"
"a minor? Like a kid? What do you mean?"
"NO A MINOR, i can't believe ya'll don't know what a minor is...and you work here? Jeez"
im quiet for a minute while he mutters how stupid we all are over and over and im thinking WTH?"
so i ask.. "can you describe it? Whats it look like?"
"You know a MINOR... its a giant lizard."
"you mean a MON-I-TOR?"
Lightbulb goes off "oh yeah, a monitor."
Keep in mind there were monitors everywhere and he could have pointed at one at any given moment.
probably related to the lady who thought a GSD was a rottie...lol
How DARE you bring your "rottweiler" to a public dog park? Especially one that is well-behaved and did not eat any children at all during your visit?
People are so dumb. Why get pissy over a dog that poses NO problem at all... nevermind it's breed! (I know I'm preaching to the choir, but still!)
Also, don't most dog parks have rules against bringing children into the dog area, anyways? I know ours does.
People are so dumb. Why get pissy over a dog that poses NO problem at all... nevermind it's breed! (I know I'm preaching to the choir, but still!)
Also, don't most dog parks have rules against bringing children into the dog area, anyways? I know ours does.
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Perhaps, but there's a vast difference between being available for questions and just bugging the living HeII out of people! Also a huge difference between a hardware store and say, a gift shop or little boutique. Going into a hardware store knowing you need a particular sized allen wrench is nowhere near the same experience as going into a gift shop to browse around until something "grabs" you.
Ugghhh, not me ... sales people usually bug me, even though I never walk through a store (or anywhere else) with a "blank look".
I was reminded of this thread this past weekend. We were at a Christmas party for a charitable organization and ran into an aquaintance who is a district manager for a very large chain of department stores. I asked him why sales people bug me. He gave two reasons: a.) Many of them are on commission; and b.) When you go out you look like you have money to spend.
He actually suggested people should try their best to look frumpy when going shopping and they're likely to never be bothered by sales people. :lol-sign:
LOL!! We have a large reef aquarium in our living room that generates a lot of comments. One of the most common is people who insist the anemones are not animals but plants.
Don't know how she could mistake Sammy for A Rottie either, but it was a dumb comment on her part anyway. One of the friendliest dogs I have ever known was a Rottweiler trained as a guard dog. When Bear wasn't 'working' he was a real sweetie .... total social butterfly and a big cuddly guy who loved pets and ear rubs.
Ugghhh, not me ... sales people usually bug me, even though I never walk through a store (or anywhere else) with a "blank look".
I was reminded of this thread this past weekend. We were at a Christmas party for a charitable organization and ran into an aquaintance who is a district manager for a very large chain of department stores. I asked him why sales people bug me. He gave two reasons: a.) Many of them are on commission; and b.) When you go out you look like you have money to spend.
He actually suggested people should try their best to look frumpy when going shopping and they're likely to never be bothered by sales people. :lol-sign:
LOL!! We have a large reef aquarium in our living room that generates a lot of comments. One of the most common is people who insist the anemones are not animals but plants.
Don't know how she could mistake Sammy for A Rottie either, but it was a dumb comment on her part anyway. One of the friendliest dogs I have ever known was a Rottweiler trained as a guard dog. When Bear wasn't 'working' he was a real sweetie .... total social butterfly and a big cuddly guy who loved pets and ear rubs.