by Pajarita » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:24 am
Yes, Navre, you are absolutely right and reminded me of something I had forgotten! Years and years ago, I took in this mean, mean, mean male ekkie and, although he would not attack me when I first started using whatever prop to dissuade him from coming after me (long skirts, towels hanging from my waist, towels draped around my neck, a broom tied to my waist, etc), he was so smart that he figured things out and would start again in earnest once he realized it was just a prop BUT I finally found one thing that no matter how much time passed and how often I used he always feared: it was one of those very light looooong tubes made out of foam for children to use as a floater or to bonk each other over the head with! All I had to do was to grab it in my hand and he would stop dead in his tracks. And I always knew it was because it resembled a large snake.