What I learned from watching Swamp People

[sheilaincali]

After reading the threads on what I learned from tv the other day I was inspired while watching "Swamp People" last night. A highly educational program on the History Channel

So here goes: What I learned last night on Swamp People:

1. A full set of teeth is not needed to be an alligator catcher.
2. 82 + 2 = 85
3. If you are dumb enough to stick your hand inside a live gators mouth it will bite you!
4. But don't worry- pouring some hydrogen peroxide on it will cure all infections and injuries.
5. If an alligator can "shake a tree" it's as big as a dinosaur.

and lastly
6. Sometimes even people speaking English need subtitles just to be understood.

[pig]

I have never watched it. BTW WTF is your avatar??? It looks like a used condom from one of those 50s film strips on veneral diseases.

[jarhead1976]

Its all adrenaline! That"s per centimeter!

Currently, depending upon the size and grade, finished leather is selling for $10 to $40 per "centimeter. "The measurement is taken at the widest part of the belly and measured in centimeters across the belly. A six-foot long alligator will yield a hide of approximately 36 centimeters in width. The prime part of the hide is the belly. The legs and tail are not ordinarily graded. Holes, scars and blemishes in the belly part of the hide detract from the value and selling price. Larger alligators over nine feet long tend to have calcium deposits called buttons on their bellies and necks. These buttons tend to take dying improperly and are not very pliable. Heavily buttoned hides may have character but are less valuable.

[Deleted]

I think it's a tree doing a Rita Moreno impression.

[steff]

Cajuns are absolutely a hoot to just listen to...love how they have to subtitle Troy & old toofless (and almost fingerless) Willie. The show cracks hubby & I up....we walk around yelling "Choot it Clint! Choot it!!!!"

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

What I learned from watching Swamp People



They like black leather pants and whips?

[sheilaincali]

Dr. Pig- I am relieved that the avatars are back to normal. Yes mine looked like a mutant penis with and std

steff: This show cracks us up too. We had never watched it before a couple of months ago. Snowed in one weekend and they had a marathon of it on. It's oddly addicting.

I keep thinking one of them has to fall overboard at some point this season!

The narrator talks about Alligator Meat. Has anyone actually eaten Gator meat? (get your mind out of the gutter Dr Pig, my avatar is back to normal now)

[steff]

Apr 1, 2011 12:56:42 GMT -5 sheilaincali said:

Dr. Pig- I am relieved that the avatars are back to normal. Yes mine looked like a mutant penis with and std

steff: This show cracks us up too. We had never watched it before a couple of months ago. Snowed in one weekend and they had a marathon of it on. It's oddly addicting.

I keep thinking one of them has to fall overboard at some point this season!

The narrator talks about Alligator Meat. Has anyone actually eaten Gator meat? (get your mind out of the gutter Dr Pig, my avatar is back to normal now)

We found the show last season and loved it. Probably because we're from the Gulf Coast and know more than a few real life Cajuns. My brother in law lives in Louisiana. I used to work with a guy that sounded just exactly like toofless Willie. So hubby and I became big fans of the show. We've really driven our teenager nuts with hollering "Choot it! Choot it!"....lol And he can't stop laughing at Americans having to be subtitled.

Gator meat isn't that bad really....it does taste like fried chicken, but I prefer crawfish.

And last season we had the young gator hunter that fell into the swamp while trying to pull in a gator. He's not on it this year....lol

[sheilaincali]

Rick- LOL. I was at the Minneapolis airport once waiting for a flight and this group of people was so excited that there was a Starbucks in the airport. They had only seen them on tv and in the movies. Group of like 12 people- everyone of them promptly went to buy a cup of coffee so that they could say that had some Starbucks.

steff: DH is southern. Grew up in Tennessee and went to college at Old Miss. So he translates for me sometimes

Growing up in MN whenever I would travel people would ask me if people really talked like they do in the movie Fargo. I would say "No, Fargo is in North Dakota!"

[sheilaincali]

My family is from up in that area- on the MN side and all of my aunts, uncles and cousins talk like that. They don't hear it either. They are convinced that they don't have accents. But it is really annoying to be in the military and have people nickname you "Fargo" because you are from Minnesota. Look at a map people

[pepper112765]

Apr 1, 2011 9:11:07 GMT -5 sheilaincali said:

After reading the threads on what I learned from tv the other day I was inspired while watching "Swamp People" last night. A highly educational program on the History Channel

So here goes: What I learned last night on Swamp People:

1. A full set of teeth is not needed to be an alligator catcher.
2. 82 + 2 = 85
3. If you are dumb enough to stick your hand inside a live gators mouth it will bite you!
4. But don't worry- pouring some hydrogen peroxide on it will cure all infections and injuries.
5. If an alligator can "shake a tree" it's as big as a dinosaur.

and lastly
6. Sometimes even people speaking English need subtitles just to be understood.

OMG, that was hilarious and so on point! My SO was like are they speaking English? Considering alligators have over a huge number (can't remember exact number) different types of bacteria in their mouth, the hydrogen peroxide thing was a bit over the top.