Jon Goodman
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Yessirree, friends and neighbors...that's what I said, and I'm as serious as a heart attack or a poisonous snakebite. Do you want to cover your camera in stylish and genuine snake skin? Do you want to get that skin for nothing? Do you want to have some fun and possibly some beer in the process? Well, I can make all three of those dreams come true and possibly scare the *&^% out of you...all at the same time.
I know, it sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? However, this weekend and this weekend only, you can live your dreams by becoming a rattlesnake cowboy. That is because this weekend, the largest rattlesnake roundup in the world is held in Sweetwater, Texas. No kidding. You can come down here and participate in the roundup, pull sleepy snakes out of their hibernating places, take them back into town to be put into a giant pit where they'll be milked of their venom and either released back into the wild or killed and eaten. Oh, gee. I forgot about that part. Make that four dreams. I can make all four of your dreams come true this weekend. Now, those snakes that are killed to be eaten will be skinned, naturally, and the quick studies out there have already figured out this is the part where your Retina becomes a Rattler.
Is this dangerous? Well, you'll be handling live poisonous snakes with your bare hands, but no...I don't think it is too dangerous. Besides, there is a doctor in Sweetwater. Or is he a veterinarian? Who cares...I am fairly sure he would know how to treat a snakebite.
If you need directions to Sweetwater, please let me know. On another totally honest note, one of Richard Avedon's most memorable pictures was taken at this event about 10 years ago.
Purple snakes? No. I don't think very many reptiles come in the color purple, but you can take your snakehides out to Napa Valley and drop them down into the barrel where they stomp the chianti grapes, and you'll have a purple snake in no time at all.
Let's start a sign-up list.
Jon
I know, it sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? However, this weekend and this weekend only, you can live your dreams by becoming a rattlesnake cowboy. That is because this weekend, the largest rattlesnake roundup in the world is held in Sweetwater, Texas. No kidding. You can come down here and participate in the roundup, pull sleepy snakes out of their hibernating places, take them back into town to be put into a giant pit where they'll be milked of their venom and either released back into the wild or killed and eaten. Oh, gee. I forgot about that part. Make that four dreams. I can make all four of your dreams come true this weekend. Now, those snakes that are killed to be eaten will be skinned, naturally, and the quick studies out there have already figured out this is the part where your Retina becomes a Rattler.
Is this dangerous? Well, you'll be handling live poisonous snakes with your bare hands, but no...I don't think it is too dangerous. Besides, there is a doctor in Sweetwater. Or is he a veterinarian? Who cares...I am fairly sure he would know how to treat a snakebite.
If you need directions to Sweetwater, please let me know. On another totally honest note, one of Richard Avedon's most memorable pictures was taken at this event about 10 years ago.
Purple snakes? No. I don't think very many reptiles come in the color purple, but you can take your snakehides out to Napa Valley and drop them down into the barrel where they stomp the chianti grapes, and you'll have a purple snake in no time at all.
Let's start a sign-up list.
Jon
