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re: Tiger Tales: True Confessions, Brushes With Fame & Infamous Tiger Escapades!
Posted on 11/1/12 at 11:31 pm to Bogie00
Posted on 11/1/12 at 11:31 pm to Bogie00
Part 2. Snake Phobia
The psych panel agreed that I truly had a phobia when it came to snakes. Within a two year span I had stepped on a copperhead while barefoot, shared a tube ride with another copperhead, been chased by a blue racer up a dusty road, almost been thrown by my horse when encountering a rattle snake on a trail ride, reached into a nest of baby rabbits and pulled out a black snake engorging one bunny. Who wouldn't be afraid of snakes, after those experiences?
One incident is humorous now, but not at the time it happened. For convenience sake, we had an outhouse located between stables and barns. The last time I ever used it, is quite memorable. I entered and proceeded to take the throne. Unknown to me a black snake was stretched across the top of the interior door frame. As luck would have it, the snake decided to drop across my bare thighs. With a scream like a banshee, I burst through the door, pants around my ankles, and fell to the ground. To add to my horror, my father and a couple of hired hands witnessed my bare arse. They never let me live it down.
(to be continued)
The psych panel agreed that I truly had a phobia when it came to snakes. Within a two year span I had stepped on a copperhead while barefoot, shared a tube ride with another copperhead, been chased by a blue racer up a dusty road, almost been thrown by my horse when encountering a rattle snake on a trail ride, reached into a nest of baby rabbits and pulled out a black snake engorging one bunny. Who wouldn't be afraid of snakes, after those experiences?
One incident is humorous now, but not at the time it happened. For convenience sake, we had an outhouse located between stables and barns. The last time I ever used it, is quite memorable. I entered and proceeded to take the throne. Unknown to me a black snake was stretched across the top of the interior door frame. As luck would have it, the snake decided to drop across my bare thighs. With a scream like a banshee, I burst through the door, pants around my ankles, and fell to the ground. To add to my horror, my father and a couple of hired hands witnessed my bare arse. They never let me live it down.
(to be continued)
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Posted on 11/2/12 at 12:07 am to Bogie00
I grew up with two of the University of Missouri's finest football players. (Names redacted), we were HS Class of 1994. Trust me, that '97 team that should have beaten Nebraska was a team of absolute characters. Anyway, while they decided to go to Mizzou, I went to SMS. This resulted in many road trips to CoMo to watch my boys play. I especially loved road tripping for the Black and Gold spring games. I was only at SMS for two years before joining the Navy, so I wasn't around when the the '97 team really gelled and should have beat Nebraska. (That game is a story as well).
Anyway, this story happened during the '96 spring game. Me and a couple of friends drove up from Springfield to see the game and meet up with the guys after the game. As per all my stories, we were well lubed before kickoff, and enjoyed the Black and Gold game as any Mizzou fan should. I had talked to (names redacted) before the game and they told me to bring everyone down to the training center after the game, there we would all meet up and go out afterwards. So, when the game was over we headed down to the training building. My friends were a little nervous about walking in there after drinking so I decided I'd just go in and hang out outside the locker room and wait for them to come out. As I stood in the hallway, a crowd gathered around, basically a bunch of college age dudes just like me.
Now, I'm about 6'3 210, and most of these dudes were as big as or bigger than me, which was somewhat suprising. But, eh whatever, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. Then, a bunch of Missouri coaches come around and start telling us all that they appreciate us coming out for the game. I'm still thinking, "Ok, that's cool, we're fans, and they're thanking us."
Then, after about 5 min, here comes Coach Larry Smith. He starts down at the end of the hall thanking everyone for coming and asking, "Hey, why not come to Missouri to play football?"...
Edit for names redacted...
Anyway, this story happened during the '96 spring game. Me and a couple of friends drove up from Springfield to see the game and meet up with the guys after the game. As per all my stories, we were well lubed before kickoff, and enjoyed the Black and Gold game as any Mizzou fan should. I had talked to (names redacted) before the game and they told me to bring everyone down to the training center after the game, there we would all meet up and go out afterwards. So, when the game was over we headed down to the training building. My friends were a little nervous about walking in there after drinking so I decided I'd just go in and hang out outside the locker room and wait for them to come out. As I stood in the hallway, a crowd gathered around, basically a bunch of college age dudes just like me.
Now, I'm about 6'3 210, and most of these dudes were as big as or bigger than me, which was somewhat suprising. But, eh whatever, I didn't put 2 and 2 together at the time. Then, a bunch of Missouri coaches come around and start telling us all that they appreciate us coming out for the game. I'm still thinking, "Ok, that's cool, we're fans, and they're thanking us."
Then, after about 5 min, here comes Coach Larry Smith. He starts down at the end of the hall thanking everyone for coming and asking, "Hey, why not come to Missouri to play football?"...
Edit for names redacted...
This post was edited on 11/2/12 at 3:33 pm
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