I bumped into trouble when I discovered that the adder bite doesn’t have an immediate reaction, which kind of kills the drama.
“SCREAM!!!!!!!”
::whistles::
:: digs toe in dirt::
::clock ticks::
::two hours later::
“Ouch! I hurt. Oh, and hey, I think I’m going to vomit, and look at that, my leg is starting to turn black….”
Bugger that.
****this is where a picture of an adder
would be if I didn’t refuse to put such a picture
on my site because it would give me nightmares****
Okay, I just gave myself nightmares looking for a picture of an adder to link to above for those of you who want to see one, and you notice there isn’t a link, right?
You’re on your own.
October 11, 2009 at 1:25 am
You went and got yourself bit by the Cleopatra snake? WTH?
October 22, 2009 at 6:22 am
Naw, she got bit by an asp.
That’s instant drama, not time release.
Unfortunately, there are no asps in England.
Well, the English might count that as fortunate, being, you know, the ones that would have to live with the asps.
October 24, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Was it an Adder or was it not an Adder? Oh the suspense! It’s the stuff Hitchcock is made of.
October 24, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I guess the clock finally tick-tocked enough for the drama, huh?
October 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Well, suspense is drama. Pooks, you’ve encountered problems a thousand times before and made them work for you. We writers know that every problem is really an opportunity (*cough cough*) in disguise. {grin}