ALWAYS CARRY ONE
California Man Bitten By Rattlesnake, Strikes Back With Golf Club
(Thanks to Mark Buckley)
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April 13, 2012
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"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that anyone bitten by a snack should first call 9-1-1..."
Good advice. Those snack attacks can be deadly.
Posted by: Emmett Flatus | April 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I carry one with me at all times. Just in case.
Posted by: MikeyVA | April 13, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Was that scored as an extra stroke?...
Posted by: Allen at Division | April 13, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Al'@Div' ... nope ... it wuz a casual snake attack ... free drop ...
(I question the wisdom of printing the emergency number as "9-1-1" ... rather than "911" ... sum folks would try to put those dashes into their dialing process ... I don't think that'll werk, merely sayin' ... )
(Yeah, I'm picky about stuff like that. So?)
Posted by: O the Umanity | April 13, 2012 at 11:32 AM
So what about yelling "Fore!" when you swing that golf club? Have we learned nothing since the days of
Gerald Ford?
Posted by: funny man | April 13, 2012 at 11:35 AM
'calling for help right away is crucial because "time is tissue."
words to live by - don't blow it
Posted by: ligirl | April 13, 2012 at 12:13 PM
The ethnocentrist who wrote this failed to point out that those bite and fatality stats are for the US. Worldwide, snakebite kills more people than your average war.
Posted by: Omniskeptic | April 13, 2012 at 12:34 PM
He was so lucky to have his caddy right in his kitchen.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | April 13, 2012 at 02:22 PM
Most baby rattlers wouldn't be that toxic where in 3 minutes your speech is slurred. I'm guessing the mojave rattlesnake. Has a neurotoxin as well as the "soup making" hemotoxins. Is on some lists as a top ten most deadly sna,e.
Posted by: LeDud | April 13, 2012 at 04:16 PM
Yeah, that occurred to me. The mojave is a bad customer. And it was in the right part of the country, wasn't it?
Posted by: Omniskeptic | April 13, 2012 at 09:39 PM
W.C. Fields used to say he always carried a small bottle of whiskey with him in case of snake bite. He also carried a small snake with him at all times.
Posted by: billinbossier | April 14, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Always carry a golf club, or a snake? Or both? The header isn't clear.
Posted by: Dmentd | April 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM