The School Snake Prank
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by Luke McKinney  11,088  110
07/08/2010 09:26 AM 1684 views
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Ed Reardon, a custodian cleaning out high school lockers at the end of the school year, was:
a) attacked by a hidden snake;
b) clearly the secret identity of a superhero.
Opening up a locker, instead of the usual garbage and old notes, he found a three-foot snake.
Funny!
He thought it was fake until it coiled into attack position. Unfazed, he quickly grabbed it behind the head, saying he'd seen how to do it on nature TV programs. We can only pity any muggers who attack Ed -- he's bound to have seen a Van Damme movie too. After work, he took the giant reptile to a pet store, where they agreed to look after it.
Think about that: he still finished his shift, after dealing with a meter of snake. In his line of work, you're allowed to quit early -- it's not like he was performing heart surgery or putting out a fire. But in his manly mind, a python simply wasn't sufficient excuse to slack off work. This man should be a teacher.
He reported the student to the principal, and upped his toughness quotient by complaining on behalf of the snake, saying his only concern was how the poor snake had been left without any food or water to keep its strength before attacking him.
And now the link:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100707school_custodian_finds_snake_in_a_locker
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Funny
7 votes
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John Hargrave 128,123  71
07/13/2010 02:33 PM
How the hell did a teenager get access to a three-foot long snake? In my high school, it was a three-month process just to get hold of a decent porno tape.
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KChikita - OMG Bananas! 124,281 89
07/13/2010 02:36 PM
Meh. I've been known to "rescue" snakes trapped in patios, etc. A broom handle or a piece of PVC pipe with a cord looped through it does the trick if you're not sure whether it's poisonous or not. Kudos to that guy for taking care of the snake and not immediately wanting to kill it or something.
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Moonshae 3 6
07/13/2010 03:28 PM
It's a ball python, one of the most docile snakes you can readily obtain, and are usually considered a "starter snake" for that very reason. It likely wasn't recoiling to strike, but in surprise, they ball up (hence the name) to protect themselves. It was cold, for sure, since they like an ambient temp in the mid-80s. They're readily available on Craigslist from people who don't want them anymore.
I second the kudos to the janitor who didn't kill the snake outright. I'm sure it has a good home now.
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Bill the Squirrel 53,130 53
07/13/2010 03:31 PM
Did the snake have a mustache? I'll bet it did.
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Chuckleworthy
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PacificPhi 1,860 6
07/13/2010 03:36 PM
How the hell did a teenager get access to a three-foot long snake? In my high school, it was a three-month process just to get hold of a decent porno tape.
John, let's all sit down in a big circle and you can tell us what it was like before the internets that Al Gore created!
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Robb Posch 1,375 13
07/13/2010 03:38 PM
These kind of things would never be allowed to happen at Marshall College.
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Hilarious
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Dogs Akimbo 205,285 31
07/13/2010 03:42 PM
How the hell did a teenager get access to a three-foot long snake?
What kind of Bahstahn urban Poe are you? You go out into the woods and ravines and you snatch them from their mamas. Every heterosexual male teenager knows that using snakes and insects to scare girls is the best way to get sex.
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Robb Posch 1,375 13
07/13/2010 04:11 PM
John, let's all sit down in a big circle and you can tell us what it was like before the internets that Al Gore created!
I guess it's no surprise that in an article about snakes, Al Gore's name immediately popped out (uh, no pun intended) at me.
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Thud 66,695 17
07/13/2010 06:29 PM
I was never at that school and you can't prove I left that snake in locker 326B.
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