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Python missing for over a month found in garden of £700,000 house destroyed by fire
(Thanks to W. von Papineau)
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September 18, 2012
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A 700,000-pound house? Must've been a stone house. That's a 50,000-stone house.
But a fire wouldn't destroy a stone house. I'm confused.
Posted by: Just Some Guy | September 18, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Jake the Snake puts an end to the myth of the quaint English house and garden.
Posted by: Clankie | September 18, 2012 at 12:36 PM
It may be insensitive, but I couldn't help but think of Arthur Dent when I saw the pic of the poor guy sitting on the fence in his PJs. He should have been wearing a bathrobe.
Posted by: DesertAl | September 18, 2012 at 01:24 PM
Why does it always have to be snakes??
-- Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire Jones
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | September 18, 2012 at 02:02 PM
Having been in a house fire: it isn't so much the damage to the building as the fact that it is more or less permanently impregnated with carbon from the smoke. The smell doesn't go away and the stone is stained and carbon leaches out every time it rains and stains everything that touches the walls. Best advice is to tear everything down and start with new materials...if you can afford it now.
Posted by: Digger | September 18, 2012 at 02:34 PM
DesertAl: at the very least, he should have hung on to his towel.
Posted by: DrPat | September 18, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Why in the world would you have a pet python and not call it Monty?
Posted by: Jan in Grimsby | September 18, 2012 at 04:09 PM
Jan: Because it's way too common a name for a snake. Mine was named Rover in case I ever had to call for it if it escaped. It didn't survive my house fire.
Posted by: Ralph | September 18, 2012 at 04:39 PM
Was the snake smoking in bed or what?
Posted by: HogsAteMySister | September 18, 2012 at 06:12 PM
'Red touches yellow, dangerous fellow.
Red touches black, friend to Jack....'
Snake at man - hissed
Man at snake - p!ssed...
Man strikes a match (lost his nicotine patch...)
Match lights a pipe
'Eff that Snake!' he did gripe
Match touches roof
Thatch ablaze with a POOF!
'Burn in HeLL you D@mn @sp!'
The man cursed with a gasp...
Came the firemen, brave,
Jake the Snake they did save!
Now, Jake waits, til he sees
His owner to squeeeeeeeeeeeeze....
Posted by: ligirl | September 18, 2012 at 07:30 PM
ligirl, that's very...that is to say...well, it's really...it's way better than I could do.
Posted by: Dmentd | September 19, 2012 at 10:44 AM