I was asked to pick up a package yesterday in Fort Lauderdale and when I arrived I was asked "Are you here for the box?"
"I guess I am"
I've had issues with boxes in the past.
See - What's in the Box? 
Knowing what was inside - I carried it around all day and everywhere I went people asked what was in the box. I don't ask what's in their purses. I don't ask what's on their laptop. I don't ask them what's in their trunk or their medicine bag - but for some reason everyone thinks they have a right to know what's in my box.
I could have anything in the box and if I tell people what's in the box that usually placates their curiosity. They don't actually need to see in the box.
Obviously it was an alligator. I mean everyone with a head-sized box either has a baby alligator in it or a head. I don't have a permit for a head but I do have a permit for a gator.
Since I had to stay in Fort Lauderdale I needed a place to keep the poor thing until we can get her to our facility where she'll be united with Chomp-Chomp.
She's not a pet but for identification purposes she has a name - Mean Louise. She's feisty, shows her teeth and hisses but is gentle - for now. She may look cute but some day she'll be able to do some damage. And what's in the box? How about what's in the tub.
i can imagine the scream of the housekeeper if entering the room to clean it... what´s the story behind the name?
ReplyDeleteWow. Thanks - no one's ever named a gator after me before. I'm touched. Really!
ReplyDeleteOh wait, this part was about the gator....
ReplyDelete"She's feisty, shows her teeth and hisses but is gentle - for now. They may look cute but some day she'll be able to do some damage. "
When people ask what an animal's name is my stock answer is "It's not a pet so it doesn't have a name". But I like naming things and Mean Louise was the first thing that came to mind. When I started doing the tours in 1998 we had a baby gator that I named Mean Joe Green after the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker of the same name. Mean Louise is named after famous socialite and den mother of the apocalypse Rebecca - who is endlessly entertaining and even more feisty than the gator. She writes a blog called Mean Louise.
ReplyDeleteIs that gator poop in the tub
ReplyDeleteeh.....uh.....well....
ReplyDeletei love that they let you check into the hotel with the gator and that you let her run around in the bathroom while you took a shower! hahaha
ReplyDeletewell....eh.....uh
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