Many of us regard the toilet as a sanctuary, a place where you can lock yourself away, plan your day’s work and speculate on what the day may bring you. This is exactly how one Cairns lady started her day. She sat on her toilet, staring blindly at the towel holder on the wall just in front of her. After a few minutes, as her eyes started to focus she became aware that the shiny metal holder seemed to have acquired a brown base that she didn’t remember being there before. Her concentration slowly increased as the details of the wall fixture emerged. By the time she realised it was, in fact, a python wrapped around the metal base, she was well and truly awake and ready to get on with her day, starting with a call to Cairns Snake Catcher. Thanks to Jack Shield for providing a different perspective on our work.