Paddy's Happy Day

So the whole of Ireland as well as much of Europe, Australia, Canada and the US are celebrating St. Patrick's Day today. And why is that? St. Patrick's claim to fame is that he rid the Emerald Isle of snakes.

Am I the only one that thinks this was a bad idea?

The Irish Times reported in November, 2004 that the Health Board has determined that there are some 6,000,000 - yes, that's six MILLION rats in Dublin. It is believed that in the city, one is never more than twelve feet from a rat. Ewwwwwww!

Yes snakes are gross. Yes, many people are phobic. But your garden variety snake will do everything in its power to stay out of your way. It can't hurt you. It can't even give you Weil's disease (a potentially fatal bacterial infection contracted by humans who come into contact with rat urine). But it will eat a rodent. In fact, it will hunt them down and kill them. That, in my opinion is a good thing. And I'm sure that anyone else who has had one of those nasty little bastards look you in the eye before going back to its dinner would agree with me.

Oh yeah, and have you seen the size of the spiders in this country??? JAYSIS KROIST! In the name of all that's holy, bring back the snakes Paddy!