Your comment reminded me of the Great Hanoi Rat Massacre (I won't spoil the punchline):

aix1 • today at 8:06 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

el_io • today at 8:32 AM

I've heard exactly the same story about snakes, but that took place in British India.

Probably that (the one I heard) derived from this one.

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