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February 16th, 2007

Did I say a snake ate him? I meant he’s working on a ranch!

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

Quick quiz: Your husband has gone away and you are embarrassed. You explain his absence by saying:

a) He is in India, helping build houses for Tsunami victims
b) He is in Los Angeles to host the Oscars 
c) He is a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle, but had nothing to do with that diaper woman.
d) A snake ate him

Unfortunately, a woman in Paraguay tried d), describing in detail how a giant boa grabbed her husband from a boat and swallowed him. The excuse worked, until  her husband was found in perfect health, working on a ranch. Here is the story:                                     

http://blogs.reuters.com/category/themes  /oddly-enough/
    snake.jpg 

 

Baseball player holds a boa constrictor in 2001 file photo. REUTERS/Tami Chappell

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