This morning's RATTLESNAKE

So I'm up this morning going through BHW, drinking coffee and
downloading some new "educational material"....

I start a new download and step outside to smoke...

Come back in, sit down and hear a RATTLESNAKE coming from
somewhere around my desk...

OMG- I jump back, coffee goes everywhere, heart pounding- going for the .22

And then I hear laughing, and someone talking.... so I stay to investigate...

Heart still racing- I start looking around...

Under the desk- nothing

Around the desk- nothing

Finally I hear it again- coming from the speakers...

It was a fucking pop under ad on a download site with a kid with some
toy in his mouth and the dad laughing....

It was a freaking ad!!!!

It sounded just like a rattlesnake!

Good god anyway- at least I'm awake!

And I didn't blow a hole in the computer...



In my defense- I live in a place very well known for rattlesnakes- we've
killed 13 of them within 50 ft of our house this year. Never had one in the
house but I was certain that was the case this morning!

Not a nicest wake up "method" but it's wake up method alright.

I hate pop under ads and any type of ads that plays ANY kind of sound without me clicking a button first... That's just awful. Like those smiley banners, we've all seen them that say "Oh no! Go away!" or something... I just HATE that stuff... That's not advertising method, that's just annoying.

DUDE if there was a rattle snake underneath you the dumbest thing to do - would be to jump up - you would have got bitten for sure - the point is to stay still - so it thinks you are not a threat .LOL