I got bitten by a highly venemous snake - not its fault, entirely mine- and I apologised to it at the time. I applied the necessary first aid and rang the nearest hospital which was an hour away on a good day. The answer I got was a horrified voice saying "Oh no! now I'll have nighmares for a week! I'm so scared of snakes!" I spent a good five minutes reassuring this country-born young lady - and me a escapee from the big city. We drove to the hospital where everyone from the cleaning staff to the doctors asked if they could look at me. Nothing much happened except that I had to keep saying how alright I was, and they went away after a while dissapointed. I was alright though so my story doesn't really rate with the others.