potoroo palace python poo…what is it good for you?

…perusing through today's sydney morning herald (I buy only the monday issue just for the tv guide's funny movie reviews by doug anderson) i come across the headline "rodents put beppi's on 'name and shame' list"… the east sydney eatery, the oldest in the city with the same owners since 1956, has been fined $2640 after health inspectors observed rat activity on the premises…

…which reminds me about a well-known tip around here on how to deal with rat infestation… if you have already tried a mousetrap, blue cake poison, or even the hi-tech sonic repellant… you might want to try something different… my neighbour and many like him, takes in a carpet snake as boarder in his ceiling… the reptile is not venomous and the rodents merely get their lives clinically squeezed the bejeezuss out of 'em…

if you, like me, can't stand these slithering serpentines, however non-poisonous and cute they're according to friends who  incessantly try  to convert you to snakism (like trying to cure you of your fear of height)… you could try this fool-proof rat remedy - python poo

apparently those vermins couldn't stand the sight of these snake shits let alone the smell, which is, to put it mildly, phenomenal… the nice people at the potoroo palace animal sanctuary 9km  outside merimbula will let you have some python poo for free… they will be made available in spring when the pythons wake out of their hibernation - if you like you could donate a couple of dollars towards the animal charity while you're there… if you're unfamiliar with this snake do-dats, you will be informed that it stinks to high heaven… some even say they prefer the rats…

did you not know that...there are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee; of these, only 26 have been tested, and half of them caused cancer in rats...