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The post below inspired this thread. I've been collecting forum quotes for some time now. And I would like to share my top three favorite forum quotes. Pay attention. Write them down. There is wisdom in the words.

(NOTE: In order to allow a variety of members to showcase their words, I am excluding my own words from the top three list. This is only fair. After all, everything I say is a quoteable pearl of wisdom.)

#3. “When life hands you lemons, make super lemons, bumblebees, etc...” – rwoodyer

#2. "Wild balls suck...period...buy American." – jyohe

And my NUMBER ONE favorite forum quote...

#1. “…next time don't buy $10K worth of snakes out of the back of a van!” – Toshamc

Chris
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mean people suck

....Thanxx..........truth in advertising man.....

...........and I have some wild females (1000 grammers...cough)....(700 to 1200 that lost weight for 4 months).....and I have year olds that are as big as them now.......hhhmmmmmm.......

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really........can't sell captive born and bred balls at shows.....why would stupid people buy them when they can go 3 feet away and get a wild ,fresh imported piece of ball meat for $15?........even $100 for a 5 foot chocolate colored odd patterned girl..........

......still got alot of stuff here and at shows not even a looker ........selling pet shop 10 this week.........better $30 than the $25 at shows retail??........(normal stuff)....

.......people ask about market....hot item this year is ghosts......and I have all mine here yet......hhmmm......market sux really.......mostly trades in the ball world........no wonder we are all going to have big collections with every morph.....

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...........wild balls suck........people suck........

Thanx again............

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at least you didn't use the neck snap one! LOL
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

LOL That one sounded ridiculously cruel. (I wish that I hadn't have lost that one.)

Chris
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mean people suck

"If you're quick enough with the snap and feed you can still get a couple of good twitches out of the mouse..." -- toshamc

You sound so heartless. I love it. LMAO =)
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mean people suck

remember this one:

Buy what you like - breed what you you enjoy - this is not a get rich quick business - don't expect to make money - be happy if you break even - be ecstatic when you've paid off the loan and have made enough to buy something else you like. Be prepared that your animals may not breed - pray to the gods for good odds if they do and be humbled by your failures and successes.

my favorite :

"Of course, that's only my opinion...and I believe I am God." =) Chris Bianco
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Tosha

"Nihil facimus sed id bene facimus"

7.33.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and gang)
1.0.0 Angolan Python (Anakin Skywalker)
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Verdi - yeah I know but my kids love the book)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Desert Tortoise (Pope John Paul aka JP )
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.2 frogs rescued from pool skimmer

"In the beginning Bob created the Ball Python market. And the market was without morph, and wild traits were upon the industry. And Bob said, Let there be morph, and there was morph. And Bob saw the morph, that it was good; and Bob divided the morph from the wild trait. And Bob called the morph Albino, and the wild trait Normal. And the Albino and the Heterozygous Albino were the first investment.
-- Christopher 1:1-1:5"

(CJBianco explaining the origins of the BP market.)

Chris
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mean people suck

Np
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"There is a fine line between a hobby and mental illness"
COLD BLOOD.........WARM HEART

LOL, that is so good Chris
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Nita Hamilton
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Ball Pythons
ballpythonworld.com

And then there's.............

Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things!"

Quig

np .
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Charles Glaspie

Tanstaafl:
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
An acronym created by my favorite author Robert A. Heinlein.

"open a "cold one" and relax. Frustration is part of the game. It will get better if you let it. Remember, mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't mattter." Jmartin104

Just reading that puts me at ease sometimes so i hung it in my snake room to keep up my motivation during the hard times. Thanks for that Jay.........

Gary Crain

"The best way to make a million dollars in the Ball Python industry is to invest three million." -- Kara @ NERD (paraphrasing a third party)

Chris
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mean people suck

(Sorry, guys. I was typing that one from memory. I should've read it again first. Or framed it on the wall. LOL The quote is from Tracy Barker. And here is the original line.)

"The easiest way to make a million dollars in the snake business [is] to spend three million."

Chris
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mean people suck

>>"open a "cold one" and relax. Frustration is part of the game. It will get better if you let it. Remember, mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't mattter." Jmartin104
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>>Just reading that puts me at ease sometimes so i hung it in my snake room to keep up my motivation during the hard times. Thanks for that Jay.........
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>>Gary Crain

Thanks! I wished I could follow that advice all the time. Sometimes, you just want to scream "Calgon, take me away!".
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles