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Jennifer: Which was more stressful to you, the alligator farm OR the ostrich ranch? Watching you "freak" out in both episodes was rather funny. AND question two: what is your favorite vacation destination?
Mike Rowe: Excellent question. The ostrich episode was more terrifying retroactively. I say this because alligators have always frightened me, as they would any rational person. Ostriches, however, appear benign. I remember them fondly from "The Swiss Family Robinson" as large, harmless creatures one could ride if so inclined when their heads weren't stuck in the sand. However, toward the end of my ostrich experience I was made aware of several interesting facts. One, their toes are razor sharp. Two, they can kick with 2,000 pounds of force. Three, they can go from zero to 50 mph in four seconds. Four, they have not evolved in millions of years and are, essentially, dinosaurs. Five, last year, twice as many people died from ostrich attacks as from sharks.
Alligators, on the other hand, scared me before, during, and after in equal measure, while ostriches continue to haunt my dreams. I like to vacation on ostrich ranches.
zulux2: Hi Mike, where are you coming to us from tonight?
Mike Rowe: I have been in my opulent, elegant and completely indulgent hotel room outside of Harrisburg, Pa. The only thing true about the aforementioned sentence is the fact that I'm in a hotel room outside of Harrisburg. In layman's terms, it's a dump.
zulux2: Do you ever watch "DJ" when you are sitting alone in your hotel room?
Mike Rowe: Tragically, yes.
Holly: After seeing you wade through, shovel and clean up poo, I'm wondering how many courses of antibiotics you've taken after starting "Dirty Jobs"? Or do you just plug in to an IV drip of Cipro at night?
Mike Rowe: Cipro is, in fact, the antibiotic of choice preferred almost categorically among garbage men, sludge removers, construction workers, and removers of poo in all its many forms. However, I have been lucky since the beginning of this program; I have built up an immunity that I believe to be unrivaled in medical parlance. In other words, I'm just lucky.
ArleneAndLilly: Hi, Mike! I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful program, which we look forward to watching every week. Very educational and, of course, with your wit, funny, too. My question is very silly: Obviously you are filthy after doing one of your shoots, and I am sure that you are EXHAUSTED. Do you snore? I would be snoring like a bear!
Mike Rowe: I've been told by more than one source that I do not snore per se. It is more of a tragic and pathetic rattle that seems to emanate from my throat but, in fact, vibrates my entire body. It is sad, pathetic and ultimately annoying.
