This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

Sound's like a regionalized variety of Country song.

phalamir: This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

There is a long list of things in Florida waters that would worry more than a gator: Cottonmouths, snapping turtles, brain eating parasites (yes we have those here), hell - I'd be more worried about getting stuck by some muck-eating catfish than I'd be worried about 90% of the gators out there. I've lived here for 25 years and the only gators I've ever seen show interest in people are in cages at the Alligator Farm, and they only care if you are tossing chicken parts at them.

hubris73: phalamir: This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

There is a long list of things in Florida waters that would worry more than a gator: Cottonmouths, snapping turtles, brain eating parasites (yes we have those here), hell - I'd be more worried about getting stuck by some muck-eating catfish than I'd be worried about 90% of the gators out there. I've lived here for 25 years and the only gators I've ever seen show interest in people are in cages at the Alligator Farm, and they only care if you are tossing chicken parts at them.

hmm, I've spent an entire 2 weeks of my life in Florida, and I watched an alligator chase my grandmother. Its dead now. well, truthfully so is she, but she lived through that day.

phalamir: This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

This is why you left florida?

phalamir: This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

Of all the reasons to leave Florida, this would rank pretty low on my list -- well below things like "People here are idiots" and "Our governor is the villain from the Harry Potter books". I'd never live in South Florida, having grown up there, because it's so damned boring. But being in Tallahassee, it's nice. Lots to do (being a college town), cheap living, far fewer idiots (again, being a college town), etc. I was quite happy to get the hell out of the DC area.

My parents down in South Florida used to see gators come up out of the canal into their back yard every year before they put a fence up. Keep your dog inside and don't go near it. In other words, don't be a tard and you won't have a problem. I'd be more worried about the wacky foreign wildlife the Northerners, Cubans and Limeys drag in than the stuff that's native anyway.

Croc-blocked.

/farkin rain

phalamir: This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I left Florida: the hurricane/TS brings in a farkton of water; and then the alligators can swim right up to your house - I do not care to be a handbag's carry-out

Lived all around FL for 35 years and never seen an alligator in a residential neighborhood. Venomous snakes, yes. I want to leave because of the Bible beaters and the moron governor (Skeletor), but then I realized those types of people are everywhere, so I might as well stay put. If you like the outdoors and being on the water, it's a great place to live.

Haven't seen my pond gator since Thursday. :(

RickyWilliams'sBong: But being in Tallahassee, it's nice. Lots to do (being a college town), cheap living, far fewer idiots (again, being a college town), etc. I was quite happy to get the hell out of the DC area.

I grew up in Sopchoppy. Let me rephrase that: I grew up in the woods outside Sopchoppy. I got way too much exposure to Florida fauna to ever want to live there anymore. We may be in Appalachia now, but I don't have to worry about gators or hurricanes - and I actually get to experience weather beyond "God I wish it would rain" and "God, stop with the farking rain already!"