Wanted: Live Rattlesnake To Eat
- June 18th, 2008 9:58 pm
A week or two ago,Adam was perusing the classifieds of one of the newspapers we subscribe to when he laughed hilariously and decided that I had to see an item. When I first saw it, I thought I had read it incorrectly; so I quickly reread it, and it remained the same. I scanned it for your viewing pleasure:
Since I’m a nice person, I colored over the person’s last name and part of their phone number. But yes, you read that correctly.
This person, calling himself Perry, is indeed looking for a LIVE (specfically) Rattlesnake to eat. AND, he will pay $75 for said snake.
$75 for a live rattlesnake, WHAT?
I laughed for a while, and I wish I was surprised. But I’m not. To ensure that some sort of vexation ensued, I informed my younger, mischievous brother of the ad. And he agreed to call Perry. But unfortunately, we only got Perry’s voicemail. Should he call back and speak to Perry, I will ensure that we get audio. Because I’d love to hear from a guy interested in eating live rattlesnakes.
I understand that in certain cultures eating snakes is not odd. And I’m not necessarily hating on the idea of eating snakes (thought I wouldn’t do it). After all, who am I to question the culinary escapades of Perry?
I’m just thinking that it’s quite strange to put such an ad in the paper. $75 for a live rattlesnake…to eat.
I’ve officially seen it all.
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
Wha?
Where in the world do you find these things? Seriously, sister. This is hysterical.
Perhaps I should read our local paper more. AWESOME!
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
Call him back! Call him back!
I’m too chicken to eat sushi. Let me live vicariously through Perry will ya?
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:16 pm
Actually, I’ve eaten rattle snake at a restaurant outside Charleston, SC. It was fine, nothing really remarkable. I thought it tasted a bit like peppery chicken. It was a pretty expensive entree – probably $40 in 1995.
In retrospect, I wish I had taken notes about what it tasted like. If only blogs were around back then, I might even have pictures.
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:19 pm
I HAVE to hear what this redneck sounds like.
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
I guess he wanted alive so it would be fresh? Never had snake and don’t want to. I really need to hear what this man sounds like. Deep south I guess.
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
You need to send that in to Jay Leno’s Headlines!
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
Wow. All I can say to that is WTF????
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June 18th, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Rattlesnake is good eat’in. had it.
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June 18th, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
omg send that into jay leno headlines!! i always stay up to watch them!! http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/Mercedes-Benz_Concert_Series/headlines/
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June 18th, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
I’ve heard of eating rattlesnake (gag), but I can honestly say that it never occurred to me that one would attempt to procure said rattlesnake for consumption in the newspaper. I mean, who would just happen to have one? I don’t even like thinking about places that would have them slithering arou… Ew. Doing the girl shiver thing.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:32 am
Now I’m hooked! Let your brother call him again! LOL! The plot thickens indeed. This Perry guy is interesting, reminds me of some dude from Discovery Channel.
P.S. We have a delicacy here in our country—in some chinese restaurant, they do eat snakes. According to my hubby it’s delicious lol!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 5:16 am
Aren’t rattlesnakes poisoness?
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June 19th, 2008 @ 5:32 am
That is just weird on so many levels.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 5:50 am
He says it’s to eat, but I think he’s planning an “accident” for his wife.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 6:08 am
Yeek!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 7:22 am
i wonder if he’s been playing around with the whole drunken tampon thing. just sayin’.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 8:11 am
Somewhere in the swamp…
From the Waterboy…
“Mmm, that snake looks delicious. What part do you think I’m about to eat?”
Mama: “Uh, basically a snake don’t have parts. But, uh, if I had to call it anything, uh, I would say it’s his knee.”
It probably tastes like chicken!
Jackie
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June 19th, 2008 @ 8:54 am
While perusing my own classifieds one Sunday, there was a man who was asking for a guinea pig and a car. In the same ad. And he didn’t want to pay anything for either of them. Was the guinea pig or the car the afterthought? “Oh, I’m already placing an ad, I have a few more words left, let me just throw in ‘and a car’ after guinea pig.” I wonder if he got either item.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 8:56 am
Um, wow. That’s incredible.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:09 am
Been there, eaten that. Wasn’t all that spectacular. LOL I wouldn’t advertise it though. LOL Poor guy…I guess he’s desperate.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:10 am
How odd . . . where I’m from, he could easily save himself the $75 and go catch one. Heh.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:11 am
I’ve had rattlesnake before. It’s pretty good actually. Not so good that I think I would ever place an ad looking for one but good.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:26 am
Fresh meat, that you kill yourself, ah, so satisfying. I have actually eaten snake, and it wasn’t terrible but no way would I go out of my way to eat it again!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:50 am
huh.
seriously.
that’s all I got.
(scratches head in perplexnessment)
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:58 am
That is a head scratcher that is for sure. HMMMMMMMMMM.
I cannot even dig deep enough in my brain to remotely comprehend. Trying – Still Trying – Not a chance….
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June 19th, 2008 @ 11:10 am
Woah, that is CRAZY.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 11:22 am
Interesting…I just don’t even know what to think about Mr. Perry!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
When I lived in Colorado and Florida, Rattlesnake appeared on menus regularly. Yum. Rattlesnake. Creepy that he seems to want to check out the living thing.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
There has got to be a good story behind that ad. I hope we get to hear it someday. Hilarious.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
I’ve been told (by people who eat bizarre animals they’ve hunted) snake is actually good. However, I’m not sure I’m ever going to partake of the vittles. This man spent real money to take out an add…and then will spend that much just to try snake? That’s extreme. And, creepy.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
YO! That shit is whack!!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Between this and the tampons you have seen it all!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
I’ve eaten rattlesnake before..dipped in butter, it was good. I can’t imagine wanting to kill, skin and cook one yourself. Why not just search out a place to buy rattle snake meat?
What state are you in?
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
What!?!? Doesn’t eveveryone advirtise to for snakes to eat!?!? Hehehehe.
You MUST get audio of that!!
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
That must be a heckuva bet.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:33 pm
I love small town newspapers! They’re usually always a treasure trove of weird.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:39 pm
Shh…don’t tell anyone but i secretly placed that ad under the name of “Perry”;)
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
Perry should travel this fall to Opp, AL where they hold the Rattlesnake Rodeo.
Not kidding.
He can eat all the rattlesnakes he wants there. They cook them up all sorts of ways.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
Totally wondering if Perry will kill it before eating it.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
Maybe their delicious. Probably wants to videotape himself or something?
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June 19th, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
Ymmmm… rattlesnake… tastes like chicken. (But there are not legs to fight over.)
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June 19th, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Hmm, how very odd. And I thought the husband had found a strange ad on Craigslist that asked for people giving away free meat. Any kind of meat. The live rattlesnake beats that, I think.
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June 19th, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
I’m hungry…
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June 20th, 2008 @ 4:05 am
I am seeing a future YouTube video.
And where do you start? The head or the tail, cause that tail would be rather tough what with the rattley things.
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June 20th, 2008 @ 8:44 am
Interview him for the blog! I suspect that you could do justice to subject matter like that.
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June 20th, 2008 @ 9:44 am
I would love to be at a table of snakes….why? cos’ I’m the queen of snakes! *wink* its the year I was born in. LOL
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June 20th, 2008 @ 11:30 am
hahah, i could see this in our newspaper. i wasn’t that surprised. lol. but, i have to know, did your brother ever get a hold of this dude?
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June 20th, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
people are just weird.
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June 20th, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
all I can see is the scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom when they slice open the snake and allt he baby snakes come out… *shudders*
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June 21st, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
who would eat rattlesnake..especially be so desperate to put an ad in the paper for one?!?! yuck-o!
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June 22nd, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
People still place newspaper classifieds? I thought that’s what EBay and Craigslist were for.
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