What does it take to put a snake down one’s throat?
Alcoholic Antic-of-the-Month
Story from "This is True" by Randy Cassingham, with his "tagline:"
"STUPID SERPENT SUCKER: Matt Wilkinson, 23, of Portland, Ore., describes himself as a 'snake collector'. Several weeks ago he found a 20-inch rattlesnake and brought it home. After drinking a six-pack of beer, he was holding the snake when his ex-girlfriend, who was over for a party, saw it. "She said, 'Get that thing out of my face'," Wilkinson said. 'I told her it was a nice snake. Nothing can happen. Watch,' he said, as he stuck the snake into his mouth. But 'it got ahold of my tongue,' he said. As his tongue swelled up from the snake's venom, nearly choking off his airway, his former girlfriend took ...
