Closing Thought–23Apr21 Another post for the “Can’t Fix Stupid” Files……. You know what they say….”stupid is as stupid does”…..and this guy the very essence of stupid. “Using cooking utensils when dealing with dangerous reptiles” is a bad idea, Riverside County Animal Services said in a Facebook post after a southern California man was bitten by a rattlesnake he had tried to pick up with barbecue tongs. County officials say the man, who was bitten on his left hand, was hospitalized and animal control officer Mike McGee captured the snake with a bucket and a 5-foot pair of tongs, CBS 2 reports. McGee says rattlesnakes are usually released within a mile of where they were captured, but this one was euthanized because it “was highly likely this snake might end up in one of the adjacent homes again.”