[Xchange] Rattlesnake rattles snake of a husband!

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Rattlesnake rattles snake of a husband!

To pay the bills, Ronald Lacker, a post-graduate student at Arizona State
University, spent his evenings driving a taxicab around Phoenix. His wife of
6 months contributed to the couple's coffers by collecting snake venom and
bottling it for a local laboratory.

Working out of their apartment in Tempe Arizona, Angela Lacker spent late
nights scouring the desert catching rattlers, which she would take home,
squeezing the venom from the vipers to sell to the lab.

On November 22nd 2002 Angela let a particularly large rattler slip off the
"jaw-breaker"- the stand used to force the venom from the snakes' fangs. The
rattlesnake bit her on the hand, so she called a cab to go to the emergency
room, then gave herself an antidote, and waited. The cab that showed up was
her husband's, but with a substitute driver. When she asked the relief
cabbie for the whereabouts of dear husband Ronald she was told he had been
dropped off at an address across town, allegedly feeling ill.

Angela left the hospital at 3:00 am, dropped by her apartment, picked up the
violent viper, traveled to the address, walked in, verified her suspicions,
and threw the rattled reptile onto dear husband Ronald's bare buttocks while
he was sharing his own venom in places he should never have been.

Phoenix District Court Judge KC Dedinger let Angela off with time served and
probation. Mr.. Lacker reached a hospital in time to save his life but
rattlesnake poison invariably causes the surrounding skin to peel away
during the inflammation stage. Ronald lost his taxi job because for 2 months
he could not sit down in the driver's seat. He has not signed up for the
Spring semester.




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