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Sean of the South

Too Many Snakes

Sean of the South

Sean Dietrich

Personal Journals, S-town, Music, Alabama, Garrison Keillor, Storytelling, Story, Garden And Gun, Southern Living, Serial, Southern Culture, S Town, Old Radio, Lake Wobegon, Stories, Prairie Home Companion, Arts, Society & Culture, Live From Here, Story Podcast

5.0546 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

What's with all the snakes??? To subscribe to Sean's daily blog, https://seandietrich.com/subscribe/ For information on events or other Sean of the South news, visit https://seandietrich.com/ To sponsor an episode, email LauraBeth@SeanDietrich.com Sean Dietrich is a columnist, humorist, multi-instrumentalist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader's Digest, Garden and Gun, and his column a...

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0:33.2

Too many snakes.

0:35.4

I just saw a snake underneath my sofa and almost made a little mess in my breeches.

0:39.9

"'The thing zigged and zagged like Lucifer himself.

0:42.9

"'Luckily, however, I know exactly what to do in these dire situations.

0:47.4

"'One, remain calm.

0:49.2

"'Two, lock yourself in the pantry and set your couch on fire.

0:53.0

"'What are we going to do?' my wife asked. "'We,', I said, you are on your own. I'm moving to Canada. Sweetie, come down from their refrigerator and get the garden hold like a real strapping man, she said. Listen here, I am a strapping man. As a matter of fact, I go strapping all the time, sometimes twice a day. But no amount of strapping can make me like snakes.

1:12.6

I hate them so much.

1:14.1

I can't even finish reading this.

1:16.0

I'm sorry.

1:16.8

You're just going to have to keep going on without me.

1:19.2

The Associated Press reported that snakes are taking over the South.

1:24.1

Those were the exact words from the article,

1:26.7

taking over as opposed to, say, migrating South, or were the exact words from the article, taking over as opposed to say

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