Snakes are still about!

RickF64


Joined: 07/01/2009
Posts: 173

Message Posted:
22/11/2009 18:02

There is a lady in Girne hospital today (Sunday) who was bitten on her foot by a "brown coloured snake". Apparently she was walking in the hills above Lapta and entered a sunny glade and accidently trod on the snake.

So be aware and watch where you tread folks. The warm weather has kept the snakes active.

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
22/11/2009 18:22

Please dont scare us, I am more scared of snakes than any other creature agh

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
22/11/2009 18:33

If you go down to the offices near the Girne Court House you'll see many snakes wandering around in black gowns!



Richard

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
22/11/2009 18:33

If you are walking in the foothills/mountains do what the goat herders do and wear wellington boots and take a long stick with you to prod the undergrowth as you walk.

smithy


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Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
22/11/2009 18:34

Could count on you Richard to say something )

minertor



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Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 07:38

Welsh shepherds wear wellington boots too, but I hear they are for a different purpose.



Tony

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 07:50

Yesterdays Cyprus Today gave an emergency number for people to call if they find a snake in their villa or shed! And urged people not to kill them.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 08:23

To quote that famous Kiwi bard - Fred Dagg - 'The Gumboot Song'



'If it weren't for your gumboots, where would ya be?



You'd be in the hospital or infirmary, 'coz you would have a dose of the 'flu, or even pleurisy



If ya didn't have yer feet in yer gumboots.



Now there's rugby boots and racing boots, and boots for drinkin' rum. But the only boots I'm never without, are the ones that start with "gum". I've got short ones and long ones, and some up to me belt. I'm never dressed 'till I've got on me gumboots.



Whenever I sing at the opera, my gumboots are a must. They help me hit the high notes, and protect me feet from dust.



They keep the water well away, so me voice won't get no rust. You will not never see me without me gumboots.



Now (names of current unpopular politicians), they haven't made a hit. They're ruining the country, more than just a bit. If they keep on how they're going, we'll all be in the shit. So you'd better get yer feet up yer gumboots!'



Cheers!

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 08:27

Tenakoutou,

Stolen from Billy Connolly me thinks!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 08:50

Sorry, Nursey - the other way round, methinks!



Maybe BC did a song about jolly, old Pommie 'Wellingtons'!

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 09:15

Tenakoutou,



Billy Connolly 1974



Fred Dagg 1976.

Bowman


Joined: 02/05/2007
Posts: 256

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 11:20

Nurseawful.....Totally agree, stolen from The Big Yin....Not that it matters, NZ is as beautiful as Scotland with the added bonus that is has a summer!!!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 11:24

From Snakes to Scottish Summers in one thread. I can't help laughing - sorry guys. Don't you just love it )

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 12:41

Message 12,

What is a Scottish summer???????????

And to get back on thread yes Scotland has snakes as well !

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 13:46

I suppose Billy Connelly did this one, too, Nursey!



'I was speaking to a mate of mine just the other day

A guy called Bruce Bayliss actually who lives up our way

He's been living in Europe for the year, more or less

I said "How was Europe, Bruce?" He says "Fred, it's a mess"



We don't-know how-lucky we are mate

We don't-know how-lucky we are



Me stock agent's got a beach place where he spends most of his days

His wife bit the dust down there last year, got ate by a couple of crays

And his two littlest daughters got killed by a whale



I said "Are you goin' down there this year mate?"

He says "Fred, right on the nail"



"We don't know how fortunate we are to have that place We don't know how propitious are the circumstances Frederick"



So if things are looking really bad and you're thinking of givin' it away

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 13:49

Cont'd:



'Remember New Zealin's a cracker place and I reckon that come what may

If things get appallingly bad and we all get atrociously poor

If we stand in the queue with our hats out one can borrow a few million more.



We don't know how lucky we are, mate

We don't know how lucky we are

We don't know how lucky we are, mate

We don't know how lucky we are.

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 14:09

message 15 / 16

Never heard it before so really don't know but Billy Connolly definately did the wellie song first!!

So as they say in Glesga gees a breck!

Navek



Joined: 01/06/2008
Posts: 2656

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 14:09

Another snake spotted...

We came across a brown diamond head shaped snake on Monday, 23rd Nov.

Near our house in Esentepe.

The snake was motionless, and looked dead.

So got a long stick and gave it a few prods, nothing.

Then it woke up :-0

and just slithered off into the bush.

If you see a snake out there,

give it a wide berth,

we were lucky!!!

Navek

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 18:12

It's a good job she didn't get bitten by the one I nearly ran over outside my house, a blunt nosed viper about 7 foot long maybe more and the diameter of an Effes pint mug base, it was easily big enough to eat a small dog, My missus nearly sh*t herself, I bet she would have fainted if we weren't

in the jeep.

rowlo



Joined: 12/10/2008
Posts: 4796

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 19:03

thats a fishermans tale tattlad ,ie the one that got away lol.

gemma


Joined: 10/08/2008
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 19:55

Actualy Tattlad thats just what got the lady and she was very lucky as they have a slow venom. She was on a hill path above Lapta and it took them neary 2 hours to get down and into hospital. She is home now and doing ok.

CarrieRBag



Joined: 23/12/2008
Posts: 1374

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 21:47

Sorry, I know many will disagree with me but I think should be killed on sight. I am petrified of them so it's a gut raeaction. If I could be sure Eire had none then I would settle there for sure!!!!

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
26/11/2009 22:43

Most snakes will not strike humans unless they feel threatened. They also do a good job in keeping vermin down. ie. rats and mice. The best advice I got from a young lady in Corfu (sorry bout bad word) was if you find one in the garden stay away from the area for a day or so and they will go away.

Carrie, thought ST Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland. (no offence intended).

Just hope I don't meet one on a dark night!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 07:34

Ireland and New Zealand are 'snakeless' - that's a fact!

niftyduo


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 230

Message Posted:
27/11/2009 10:26

The lady said she did not hear it counting so it can't have been an adder! At least the snake was happy, it went away singing Fangs for the Memory.... I know I was there.

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 01:57

I have never thought twice about snakes and I fear them not. They will be more afraid of you than you of them. Tread carefully though, They only bite if threatened. (Wouldn't you?)

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 13:05

Msg 20 that was no tale, me and the wife were witness to that sighting, and it was no exaggeration either.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 13:13

Where we lived in Devon we saw on more than one occasion snakes that were 5 or 6 foot long and as thick as your arm. If they get that big in UK I would believe anything here.

Paulie


Joined: 12/07/2008
Posts: 23

Message Posted:
28/11/2009 22:58

Tattlad, last year we saw a snake as large as the one you saw. About 6 foot long and about 4-5inches round. The poor (?) thing had been run over on the road between Tatlisu and Girne. We all had a good look at it and had the creeps for days! So far we have never bought our wellies with us, perhaps we should travel in them to save luggage space!