Poison and snakes
After a massive invasion of our beautiful river birch tree by June bugs, the purchase of two bottles of insecticide, and the application of one bottle, a not entirely typical email exchange.
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From: Lisa
To: Chris at work
Date: Thursday - July 7, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: POISON?????
Chris, did you use that Sevin that was sitting next to the back door at all? I walked in the kitchen a minute ago and found Will sitting there happily spinning the nozzle that attaches to the hose. Please tell me you hadn’t used that one yet.
Sad Wife
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:04:18
From: Lisa at another email address
Subject: HELP!
To: Chris
Email me back here. My groupwise email has just gone down.
There’s a snake in the birdhouse on the gum tree—the one the bluebirds use every spring? While I was checking the poison bottle at the kitchen sink to see if Will had touched anything other than the bottle, I saw something sticking out of the box and asked Laura to look at it because I can’t see squat (I have GOT to get my new glasses) and she came running back hollering about black snakes.
I can’t tell if the poison had been used or not—there wasn’t any kind of safety seal on it, which I guess is sort of obvious since the whole flipping thing is poisonous and therefore you’re not really worried about somebody slipping overdoses of Tylenol or cough syrup or whatnot in there. It looks mostly full. There doesn’t seem to have been any on the nozzle. Please write me back and say it was the second bottle.
I am bathing Will now.
Increasingly sadder wife
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From: Chris
To: Lisa at one email
Date: Thursday - July 7, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: POISON?????
No.
Did not use that one.
Put the one I used under the house.
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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:03:46 -0400
From: Chris
To: Lisa at another email address
Subject: Re: HELP!
He’ll be fine.
There shouldn’t be much, if any, there since it was unused.
Re: snake. Stay away from the sharp end.
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From: Lisa
To: Chris at work
Date: Thursday - July 7, 2005 9:51 AM
Subject: POISON?????
Chris, did you use that Sevin that was sitting next to the back door at all? I walked in the kitchen a minute ago and found Will sitting there happily spinning the nozzle that attaches to the hose. Please tell me you hadn’t used that one yet.
Sad Wife
________________________________
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:04:18
From: Lisa at another email address
Subject: HELP!
To: Chris
Email me back here. My groupwise email has just gone down.
There’s a snake in the birdhouse on the gum tree—the one the bluebirds use every spring? While I was checking the poison bottle at the kitchen sink to see if Will had touched anything other than the bottle, I saw something sticking out of the box and asked Laura to look at it because I can’t see squat (I have GOT to get my new glasses) and she came running back hollering about black snakes.
I can’t tell if the poison had been used or not—there wasn’t any kind of safety seal on it, which I guess is sort of obvious since the whole flipping thing is poisonous and therefore you’re not really worried about somebody slipping overdoses of Tylenol or cough syrup or whatnot in there. It looks mostly full. There doesn’t seem to have been any on the nozzle. Please write me back and say it was the second bottle.
I am bathing Will now.
Increasingly sadder wife
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From: Chris
To: Lisa at one email
Date: Thursday - July 7, 2005 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: POISON?????
No.
Did not use that one.
Put the one I used under the house.
________________________________
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:03:46 -0400
From: Chris
To: Lisa at another email address
Subject: Re: HELP!
He’ll be fine.
There shouldn’t be much, if any, there since it was unused.
Re: snake. Stay away from the sharp end.
posted by Lisa at 7/07/2005 10:55:00 AM
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