"::darkshadows::" <bloody@mary.org> wrote in
news:1ct4j3l6eco6ojmljfgua04cuo7ifgg3kk@4ax.com:
> On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:22:19 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"::darkshadows::" <bloody@mary.org> wrote in
>>news:0v71j397djemrc8dv5h0sauo8hg5sof14k@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> Texan sets record with 87 snakes in tub
>>>
>>> Mon Nov 5, 7:53 PM ET
>>>
>>> DUBLIN, Texas - Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie
>>> Bibby, the "Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a
>>> see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, fully clothed,
>>> shattering his own record by 12 snakes just in time for Guinness
World
>>> Records Day, which is Thursday. A Guinness official certified the
>>> record.
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>>>
>>> The snakes crawled under his arms, between his legs and anywhere else
>>> they could slither, Bibby said. None bit him.
>>>
>>> "They can go wherever they want as long as they don't start biting,"
>>> Bibby said. "The key to not biting is for me to stay still. Rapid
>>> movement scares a rattlesnake. If you move real slow and gentle, that
>>> doesn't seem to bother them."
>>>
>>> Bibby sat in the dry tub with a pillow behind him, wearing regular
>>> clothing. The snakes were not defanged and still contained their
>>> venom, he said.
>>>
>>> The clear bathtub was specially made several years ago for Bibby by
>>> the Guinness folks for a televised segment. He has used it for
>>> subsequent attempts at the record for sitting in a tub with snakes.
>>>
>>> "I have set several world records in that bathtub," Bibby said.
>>>
>>> The record was Bibby's latest grab at glory. Last year he set a
>>> Guinness-certified record by holding 10 rattlesnakes by their tails
in
>>> his mouth at once. He said he hopes to break that record Tuesday by
>>> squeezing in an 11th.
>>>
>>> The Texas Snake Man also claims to hold non-sanctioned records for
>>> climbing into a sleeping bag head first with 20 rattlesnakes and
going
>>> in feet first with 112.
>>>
>>> Dublin is about 120 miles southwest of Dallas.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Pity you people have nothing better to occupy your time with LOL.
>>
>>Mercury.
>
>
> Don't start with me you tea-toter.
>
>
> lol,
> darkshadows
>
Long Live Tea.
Mercury.
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