"I am so tired of these m-----f----ing snakes in this m-----f----ing restuarant!"

[KamaAina]

http://news.yahoo.com/tennessee-restaurant-infested-snakes-164900863.html

It's disgusting, sure, but not exactly a surprise when restaurants find critters like cockroaches and mice and rats infesting an eatery's kitchen or walls. One animal you certainly don't expect to see: snakes.

That's just what TV show host Ben Vaughn saw at the Pig-N-Whistle in Millington, Tennessee, the Huffington Post tells us. Vaughn, a restaurant consultant, was filming the Food Network show "Health Inspectors" when he spotted a garden snake in the corner of the restaurant.

The serpents wasn't a very new resident, either: A layer of skin sat right next to the snake, meaning the animal had been hanging out long enough to shed at least once.

On the show, which hasn't aired yet, Vaughn will try to help the restaurant exterminate its pests and pass its next inspection.

Moral: When in Millington, Tenn., avoid unagi.

[HopeHoops]

1. ("garter" snake) They eat mice and cockroaches. What's the problem here?

I'd look at that as a positive.

[KamaAina]

2. "Snakes On A Plane" is a Lounge meme similar to Olive Garden, etc.

It would have been really hilarious if the snake had been found in an Olive Garden!

[HopeHoops]

3. Especially if it was breast feeding!

[geardaddy]

4. And serving alcohol in sippy cups to kids. n/t

[HopeHoops]

5. I thought that was Applebee's.

[geardaddy]

6. Same difference to me. n/t

[HopeHoops]

8. Good point. Applebee's charges too much for beer anyway.

[csziggy]

12. A snake found in a Pig-N-Whistle isn't near as good?

I'm not sure I'd want to eat at a Pig-N-Whistle, unless I was going to order Toad in the Hole. But the snake probably already ate the toad, so what'd the point?

[glacierbay]

7. They're really great for pest control

they're harmless to humans and really quite amazing reptiles.
Here's a pic of the Eastern Garter Snake.

[HopeHoops]

9. Yes, they are. So are toads. We have a predator-friendly garden.

We put out cracked or chipped clay pots for toads and have a lot of snake hideout spots in the garden. I rarely see a snake, but I do find their turds. I used to own a boa so I know a snake turd when I see it. He got to be almost 5' in length (and a good 4" in diameter) and was looking at the cat funny. I gave him to my biology teacher's daughter.

We move any praying mantis "nut sacks" we find into the shrubs in the garden. Bluebirds flock to our overhead power lines to search for food (mostly in our garden) and the two bird baths don't hurt. Even the flickers (only woodpecker to ground hunt) use the bird baths.

Nature has it's own form of pest control. We don't use the chemical kind.

[glacierbay]

10. Best way to go on pest control

all natural, nature has her own way of dealing with pests.

[HopeHoops]

11. We're totally organic. Our yard had more bumbles and honey bees than...

... the entire rest of the neighborhood combined. We don't poison our lawn. Dandylions and clover are welcome. We also produced so much fruit (I count veggies in that category since most are actually fruits - the squash and nightshades at least) than I can remember ever doing before.

We were giving produce away. It was a good year, but our border collie did get stung twice by stepping on a bee and the sheltie ate one and got stung in her mouth. Also, my eldest's boyfriend (in the Army) got stung when I yelled "DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY!" That's one of the hazards of having bees. I prefer having the bees.

I've got pictures (on ONE of the memory cards) of a bumble on my finger. It stayed there for about 15 minutes. I didn't get stung and I'm not afraid of them anyway. I've been stabbed with damn near everything in the hospital and give myself a daily injection. A bee sting is nothing after that.

[glacierbay]

13. These are the types of snakes we have on our small farm here in

Missouri.



I've also seen eastern diamondback rattlers, water moccasins, gopher snakes, and copperheads.