I've been promising my kid this would NEVER HAPPEN....

berkeley. My eldest has two borking Boa's. I keep telling her one day I'll be the guy who gets a knock on the door from the Police to tell me 'Sorry your daughters snake ate her' Now I'm more worried that the message will be 'Sorry, your daughters snake ate your grandson'

Never met a sewer rat, but domestic rats are cute little critters and unlike Ferrets which are also incredible fun to have they don't stink. Super friendly, clean, fun and funk free. You will frequently find one of us in the household with Philomena our blue rat perched on our shoulder as we do stuff.

Well I have no idea if this is plausible or not, but as far as I know the shortest distance between the dumper and the great outdoors in most homes is the 3-4" PVC 'stink pipe' that exits through your roof. So let's say curiosity got the best of your friendly neighborhood critter and he decided to find out where that pipe leads to...

Had a small snake coiled around the toilet seat at our camp on Cape Cod one summer. At first I thought it was fake and a joke from my brother. I was wrong.

JG Pasterjak wrote:

SVreX wrote: Not necessarily. Pretty much every city in the country still has sections of sanitary sewer connected to storm sewer. They can go down a storm inlet or open manhole. More likely, the snake was flushed by a neighbor. Critters would never have to go through the treatment plant.

Dude, stop. Are you TRYING to get banned? Just say it's nearly impossible and let me get some sleep again.

In reply to JG Pasterjak:

I WORK on sewer lines.

I've BEEN inside them.

Trust me, I'm being kind and holding my tongue very tightly.

The worst thing that has happened to me was a cockroach decided to crawl out of the tub drain. And on to my foot. As I was taking a shower. Yes, grown men do scream .

You guys are amazing.

I think I figured out a winning "Worst Bribe"

SVreX wrote: You guys are amazing. I think I figured out a winning "Worst Bribe"

I thought that category got axed after Karl gave Per or someone a whole pig head?

stanger_missle wrote: The worst thing that has happened to me was a cockroach decided to crawl out of the tub drain. And on to my foot. As I was taking a shower. Yes, grown men do scream .

I was sitting on the toilet (Reading GRM) when an green anole fell out of the exhaust fan onto my shoulder. I screamed so loud my wife came running in thinking I was dying.

makes me glad my toilet is below the sewer level and requires a macerator to chop it up and pump it uphill.

You guys are a bunch of pansy asses. What's worse is SWMBO called y'all that before I did. We had a pet tree frog that showed up in the bathroom one day and stayed for 2 years before he disappeared one day. We routinely have snakes, and other critters show up at/in our house. Sub sonic .22 rounds are fantastic for them when a broom and a gtfo out don't work. Heaven forbid they get outside and deside they're going to bow up then... Then I just channel Smithers and release the pack of rat terriers. Game on boys...game on.

Spinout007 wrote: You guys are a bunch of pansy asses.

I was gonna say that, but I already got threatened with the ban hammer.

Most enjoyable thread in a long time.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: berkeley. My eldest has two borking Boa's.

Borking Boas??

Does that mean you will soon also have a bunch of bitty Boas??

Pfffft, I'm from Australia

aussiesmg wrote: Pfffft, I'm from Australia

I'd be willing to bet you'd scream like a girl(with an Aussie accent) if you found a 5 foot snake in the bowl while you were copping a squat. Giant spiders or not, that E36 M3 is scary.

Well, if I could of shot the roaches, I would of

Snakes, well they don't bother me too much. Well they don't if they are outside. But hiding in the throne?

NOPE

See, that's the thing. I'm.cool with snakes as pets, for holding etc. They're good eatin' too. (Seriously, rattlesnake is good, aside from the bones) but my reptilian friends do not belong where I poo.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: berkeley. My eldest has two borking Boa's. I keep telling her one day I'll be the guy who gets a knock on the door from the Police to tell me 'Sorry your daughters snake ate her' Now I'm more worried that the message will be 'Sorry, your daughters snake ate your grandson' Never met a sewer rat, but domestic rats are cute little critters and unlike Ferrets which are also incredible fun to have they don't stink. Super friendly, clean, fun and funk free. You will frequently find one of us in the household with Philomena our blue rat perched on our shoulder as we do stuff.

Best reason to wear a hoody evar - pet rat neck hammock. Enjoy your rats hands free! I had two sweet rattie girls and they would have the best time chillin' in da hood.

Kenny_McCormic wrote: In reply to novaderrik: Most older sewer installations have the storm drains on the same lines.

NYC and DC (and I think Philly) all have two tiered sewers. The lower level is carries storm run off and the upper levels carry the waste matter. During periods of heavy rain, both levels intermingle and wind up in the rivers as "run off"

So yes, in the older cities, the sewers are quite connected to the outside world and any manner of critters can work their way "up stream" to come visit

ultraclyde wrote: One fine day after using the facilities and flushing the toilet, he noticed it didn't fill correctly. Thinking the tank float had come unhooked he leaned over and pulled the lid off the tank, only to be greeted by a tank full of pissed off rattlesnake. His reflex was to drop the tank lid and empty his .38 revolver into the tank while backing away.. He was never sure if he killed the snake, but damn sure killed the toilet.

makes mental note: carry firearm when using toilets

I am reminded of a JPIII quote. He was describing driving a Sprint car for the very first time. Paraphrased: "He told me to squeeze the throttle down all the way on the straight. I do not do this, for the same reason I do not use a Mossberg shotgun to flush the toilet"

That's a cute snake, It would have scared the crap out of me (literally)to find it in the crapper, but I probably could have re-cooped and caught the "little" bugger.

I'd rather have a snake come through than a rat.

Fun fact: If a rat is in your toilet, hold the lid down, have somebody run to get some dish soap, squirt a bunch in there to break the surface tension and flush it. It might just go back down by itself.

At least that is what I've heard.

Appleseed wrote: My nadz sucked so far up into my body reading that bit, they're now in my throat. Berk that nightmare, man.

one less thing for the snake to bite at... or i guess 2 things