A woman called in the Scottish SPCA after finding what she thought was a 5ft snake in her loft - but it turned out to be a lookalike draught excluder.
Animal rescue officer Karen Hogg arrived at the rented home in Kingswells, near Aberdeen, to find the lady "very distressed".
It turned out to be a large green and black snake-shaped draught excluder with a red felt tongue.
Officer Hogg said: "The poor lady was still very shaken."
She added: "We've rescued hundreds of snakes from properties in all sorts of unusual circumstances, so we had no reason to believe this might not be the real thing.
"I'd brought gloves and a pillow case to enable us to handle and contain the snake safely, but as soon as we spotted it we realised the equipment wouldn't be necessary.
"This call-out really made us smile and given that we deal with cruelty and neglect day in day out, it was refreshing to go to a job where the 'animal' was completely unharmed."
The draught excluder - named Sid - is now at the Scottish SPCA's Aberdeen Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-n ... d-17596214
Snakes in the attic.
Snakes in the attic.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Dear god, they're all at it.
Police in Nottinghamshire have said they will be discussing compensation for a car window smashed after officers tried to "save" a toy, stuffed dog.
Officers received a call from a concerned passer-by who reported seeing a dog left on the back seat of car parked on Church Lane in Mansfield.
The police officers smashed a window in the Mercedes and discovered it was, in fact, a toy dog.
The toy's owner, Gordon Williams, 80, said police had done the right thing.
"I know Little Willy is quite realistic and if they weren't sure about it, they did a good thing as we don't want any more dogs dying in the heat of a car," said Mr Williams.
Gordon Williams Mr Williams said Little Willy would be staying at home from now on
He said it cost £180 to repair the driver's side window and Nottinghamshire Police said they were discussing the costs with Mr Williams.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-17590000
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Snakes in the attic.
Okay, what is a "draught excluder"?
And please don't tell me it's something that excludes draughts....
And please don't tell me it's something that excludes draughts....
Re: Snakes in the attic.
I think it's one of those socks that fit on the end of a drainpipe
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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it's one of those things you lay actroos the bottom of a door to block a draft from coming in.
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actroos...now there's a word ya don't here every day.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
Re: Snakes in the attic.
Like this:
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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Yes that's it the doggie is actroos the draught.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Actroos is across when said with a Scottish accent.
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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It's people hopping when said in Australian.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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I was going to say its across when said after a couple of glasses of wine, but I guess it amounts to the same thing.Sean wrote:Actroos is across when said with a Scottish accent.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
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I thought he sneezed
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Snakes on a plane, that rings a bell...
A pilot in the Northern Territory has been forced to turn his plane around after a snake slithered from his dashboard.
Braden Blennerhassett with Air Frontier was flying freight to the remote town of Peppimenarti in the Northern Territory when he spotted the snake coming out of his dashboard.
Air Frontier director Geoffrey Hunt said Mr Blennerhassett called air traffic controllers on Tuesday to alert them to the snake.
"He said, 'We've got a snake on board,'" Mr Hunt said.
Mr Hunt said the pilot had trouble communicating with the control tower.
"The snake popped its head out near the transmit button that he needed to press to talk to the tower," he said.
He was told to return to Darwin and a snake handler was organised to meet Mr Blennerhassett, but the reptile was not found.
"We have got another chap here who is an aircraft engineer and a snake handler and he had a look and he couldn't find it," Mr Hunt said.
He said the plan now was to try to trap the snake, using a live mouse in a cage as bait.
"You put it into a box with a hole in it, and the snake goes into the box to get the mouse and it stays in there trying to get it," he said.
The aircraft has been grounded until the snake is found.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/pilot-sh ... z1r8m1qpqz
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Snakes in the attic.
Imagine the pilot's surprise when he realized the snake was actually a draught excluder.
They eventually trapped the draught excluder by leaving the cockpit door slightly ajar.
They eventually trapped the draught excluder by leaving the cockpit door slightly ajar.
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SNARK! Fuck You Joe! I just spit coffee through my nose! Rat Bastard! That was funny! I don't care who you are... 
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer-
Arthur Schopenhauer-
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x2
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: Snakes in the attic.
Gold Joe, absolute gold!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”