“I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if one comes to bite you, I should kill it and protect you.”
“You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it’ll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it’s not even funny.”
“I would pay snakes to bite her.”
“I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.”
“What are the chances of a cobra biting Harold, Jeeves?""Slight, I should imagine, sir. And in such an event, knowing the boy as intimately as I do, my anxiety would be entirely for the snake.”
“Right, let's go rope shopping. You should buy some rope or cord yourself; it might come in handy. You might need it when you kill yourself.”