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February 9, 2006
Nasty Critter
Geckoes are usually small, rather cute creatures that live above your bed and break the silence of the night with an occasional cute chirrup that the Timorese call "teki" (which, for your cultural information, also refers to a young unmarried girl). But sometimes those tekis get big, and then they are called 'toke' and make this deep throated croak that sound rather manly ... hence the reference to 'toke' as an unmarried man. Sounds cute, right? And then I saw one ... (this thing is about a foot long).
Ugh! Not cute!
Posted by storbert at February 9, 2006 1:44 AM
Comments
Wow! Crazy. This was in your room?
Did it try to sell you car insurance?
Posted by: Ben Applegate at February 14, 2006 3:52 AM
That "creature" is a Tokai Gecko. I had one when I was a kid. I think he's just trying to save you money on car insurance...
Posted by: Reader at May 29, 2009 4:37 PM