🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:16:30 GMT, "DoD" <thecats@ss.mil> wrote:

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>"The Re'vr''ddd" <reniggade@anglikkkoon.com.za> wrote in message 
>news:45384f0a.1970533@news.onetel.net.uk...
>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:07:29 -0500, "DoD" <thecats@ss.mil> wrote:
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>>>"The Re'vr''ddd" <reniggade@anglikkkoon.com.za> wrote in message
>>>news:45372105.15552112@news.onetel.net.uk...
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>>>> >If you were adventerous to go into the country, might as well have gone
>>>all
>>>> >the way...
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes discretion is the better part of valour.
>>>
>>>You are absolutely correct. No need to put yourself in any unnecessary
>>>danger.
>>
>> Some places just don't justify it.
>
>I know what you mean. There are neighborhoods here in KC that I have to have 
>eaten my wheaties to go into...

Wheaties wouldn't have helped in darkest Uganda.  

>> The phrase "bird brain" comes to mind.
>
>Hey! I just used that phrase the other day... LOL!

It's usually aimed at the female of the species.

>>>> Oh yes, it's their primary habitat.
>>>
>>>Hmmm.... for some reason, I thought that they liked to hide under leaves.
>>
>> You may be right.  But I know they can climb trees and eat birds.
>> A nasty piece of work.
>
>The only reason why I was thinking that is because its color pattern 
>resembles leaves... Evolution and all that...

Apparently they're attracted to areas of human habitation because
that's where they're most likely to find rodents.

>>>> >but as far as a
>>>> >night pest... they are pretty gnarly.....
>>>>
>>>> If you ever get to visit the Mayan ruins in Tikal, Guatemala, watch
>>>> out for them!   (the locals thought I was a Contra).
>>>
>>>Why in the world would you be mistaken for a Contra?
>>
>> Beats me.  So much for blending in.  LOL
>
>So what did they do with you? Question you and let you go about your 
>business? 

Oh no, nothing like that.  I just happened to overhear some locals in
a restaurant.   

I did have a lucky escape, though.  I'd just come up from El Salvador
where the shit had started to hit the fan bigtime.  LOL