Re: [Texascavers] snakes? (and other venomous critters)

[Rod Goke]

After seeing that, how many Mexican kids were inspired to put scorpions into their own mouths, without knowing about the stinger removal trick? Ouch, I bet that burned even more than the spicy food they eat down there! Come to think of it, I remember seeing that "scorpion on the tongue" photo in some old slide shows. Wasn't there also a photo of a scorpion on somebody's obviously female nipple? I bet that trick impressed more than just the children.  ;-) Rod -----Original Message----- From: Gill Edigar Sent: Feb 24, 2010 8:47 AM To: Rod Goke Cc: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] snakes? (and other venomous critters) On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Rod Goke <rod.g...@earthlink.net> wrote: One of the most unique techniques I ever witnessed was the way a certain farmer and cave owner dealt with scorpions on his property in Florida....  As we passed a fence post, he stopped, and with his bare hand, he calmly picked a scorpion off the fence post, holding the scorpion by the tail such that it couldn't sting him. With his other hand, he used a pocket knife to cut off the scorpion's stinger. Then he put the scorpion back on the fence post and continued walking and talking with us.... There exist a couple of photos, taken 30 years or more ago, of me with a scorpion on my tongue. It used to be a favorite trick of mine at a time when I had a long, full red beard, and a large number of Mexican kids would gathered around our caver camp, just watching the Gringos, to find a scorpion and clip off its stinger with my pocket knife, leaving the rest of the tail intact. I'd pop it into my mouth and walk back to camp then, at an appropriate time, call attention to myself and open my mouth allowing the scorpion to crawl out onto the end of my tongue. It gained me a lot of worthless and doubtful respect, especially  amongst the kids who are probably telling their grand-kids about it now; The Gringo who could summon scorpions up out of his belly.  --Ediger --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com