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2021-12-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Maryland homeowner who tried to get rid of a snake infestation by smoking out the reptiles sets off massive blaze and burns down $1.8M house

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-04 10:11|| 2021-12-04 10:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Any homeowner too cheap to have a fire suppression system built into his $1.8 M house, will also be too cheap to hire his own exterminating service.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-12-05 00:06|| 2021-12-05 00:06|| Front Page Top

#3 A rather creative cover for an insurance arson?

Posted by Glenmore 2021-12-05 00:09|| 2021-12-05 00:09|| Front Page Top

#4 A perfect analogy for our moronic COVID policy

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-05 00:18|| 2021-12-05 00:18|| Front Page Top

#5 I'll take 'Jewish Lightning' for $600. Alex.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-12-05 04:27|| 2021-12-05 04:27|| Front Page Top

#6
Just add 🔥 fire

Posted by One Eyed McCoy1600 2021-12-05 08:48|| 2021-12-05 08:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Where’s St Patrick when you need him?

Posted by Regular joe 2021-12-05 09:44|| 2021-12-05 09:44|| Front Page Top

#8
I am leaning hard towards Insurance Scam, more than real snake issues. $1.8M house means the person has $$$$ to hire a snake wangler to hand the job.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-05 10:12|| 2021-12-05 10:12|| Front Page Top

#9 if the property owner has a 1 mile long driveway, he has a lot of money tied up in the value of the land which, without a house on it, is worth less than it would be otherwise

doesn't seem like insurance fraud

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-12-05 10:16|| 2021-12-05 10:16|| Front Page Top

#10 this also reminds me of a Greg Warren comedy routine where the insurance agent asks the homewowner if he used a metal cooking grill on the balcony

Warren says there is nothing on the balcony now (fire caused extensive smoke damage, blackened walls, etc but structure still standing) and you would think a fire would cause the metal grill to burn to nothing

then he says, well if the insurance agent had asked if I had a wooden grill or a paper mache...

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-12-05 10:26|| 2021-12-05 10:26|| Front Page Top

#11 Were they baby snakes?

Posted by Raj 2021-12-05 13:00|| 2021-12-05 13:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Hey, welcome back Rage!

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-05 14:17|| 2021-12-05 14:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Pulled Mongemery (sp) co. GIS DATA for the 21000 block of his street ...realitor*com & Zillow*com. If the property had mile long drive way = about 640 ac. @ $30k +++.I could see sub-div. Developer offering a pretty penny also at $19,200,00 then building 2 dozen estates.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-05 18:53|| 2021-12-05 18:53|| Front Page Top

#14 Let he who has never killed spiders with an aerosol can cast the first stone!

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-05 19:28|| 2021-12-05 19:28|| Front Page Top

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