DeAnne
Mike CrowlLanded in my lap
January 11th 2007 02:46
Philip tells me he's got a new job, and this blog may have to be maintained by me. Wasn't quite the way I intended things to be, but let's think about this in terms of Public Journalist's future.
I'd still like to see quirky news items on here, like the one I came across yesterday about the couple in Idaho who had 300 snakes in their house, mostly living in tupperware containers (the snakes, not the couple). There were also umpteen mice and rats - for the snakes to feed on, of course. What puzzled me about the story was why it took the neighbours so long to complain. You don't acquire 300 snakes overnight, and these ones were being well cared for. Nor do you go out and by 300 tupperware containers at the drop of a hat. So how come the neighbours have been living with these rather uncomfortable denizens for so long?
Imagine caring for 300 snakes. You'd need to make it a full-time job. And how would you sleep? "Darling, did you hear that rustle just beneath the bed?"
And apart from the quirky items, what about some provocative ones? Items that people can discuss and argue over and come to blows about? Well, maybe not the latter, but you know what I mean.
I'd still like to see quirky news items on here, like the one I came across yesterday about the couple in Idaho who had 300 snakes in their house, mostly living in tupperware containers (the snakes, not the couple). There were also umpteen mice and rats - for the snakes to feed on, of course. What puzzled me about the story was why it took the neighbours so long to complain. You don't acquire 300 snakes overnight, and these ones were being well cared for. Nor do you go out and by 300 tupperware containers at the drop of a hat. So how come the neighbours have been living with these rather uncomfortable denizens for so long?
Imagine caring for 300 snakes. You'd need to make it a full-time job. And how would you sleep? "Darling, did you hear that rustle just beneath the bed?"
And apart from the quirky items, what about some provocative ones? Items that people can discuss and argue over and come to blows about? Well, maybe not the latter, but you know what I mean.
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