Recap

I had an interesting childhood being the youngest of three boys. There is a big age difference between my brothers and myself, 9 and 6 years. I was their guinea pig, when they wanted to try something new, and I assisted them with their pranks. Most of the time I was the subject of those pranks. For example, the time my brother broke a broom over my head.

My posts will be memories of my many adventures. Some tales you will shake your head at and wonder how I survived, as do I. Most of the entries will be funny, as you read about something stupid or dangerous that I did alone or with the help of my trusted partners in crime.

One such adventure happened when my family spent summer vacation in East Texas with my grandparents. My grandparents have a five acre homestead and have a small pond stalked with catfish.

When my family was fishing at the pond one evening, my brother got tired of not catching anything and started to reel in his fishing line. Unfortunately, the fish hook snagged on a cottonmouth’s tail, a cottonmouth is a poisonous snake. Family members scattered like a flock of birds when that snake was pulled up on the shore, hissing and biting. My grandfather went running to the house to get the shotgun, while my brother tried desperately to keep the snake as far away from him and anyone else as possible. The rest of my family grabbed anything they could find to use as a weapon for example: sticks, shovels, rocks, and machetes. The snake then went through a gauntlet as it tried to dodge all the instruments flung at it. Finally one of my cousins managed to hit the snake with a shovel hard enough to sever the head. My brother’s only concern is the fact that the killing blow also severed the end of his fishing pole. Ten years later my brother will randomly complain about his “favorite fishing pole getting ruined.”

As a final note I felt a disclaimer was needed for the sake of safety and to guard against legal action.

Please do not try any of the events depicted in this blog at home or anywhere else. We are trained professionals and have had years of experience to perfect our techniques. Failure to comply may result in humiliation, injury and/or death.