# And now, a picture of a young boy with an enormous centipede on his head. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180 "2005-08-30T00:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/1 "2005-08-30T00:47:06Z")
[You have been warned](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2005/08/29/2002455799.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/2 "2005-08-30T00:48:54Z")
Will you look at that! There’s a young boy with an enourmous centipede on his head. Huh… ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/3 "2005-08-30T00:50:20Z")
Nitpickery: that looks like a millipede, not a centipede. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/4 "2005-08-30T00:51:00Z")
Sure it’s not a millipede? Definitely looks like a young boy, tho. And I’m POSITIVE it’s his head it’s on. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/5 "2005-08-30T00:52:58Z")
Looks like a fake. (The … bug, not the boy.) 😃 GT ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/6 "2005-08-30T00:53:52Z")
You know, that’s actually one of the cuter “giant bug on head” pictures I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/7 "2005-08-30T00:53:54Z")
Big honkin’ bug, whatever it is. Is it real? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/8 "2005-08-30T00:54:59Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Big honkin’ bug, whatever it is. When I clicked on the link, there was no sound file. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/9 "2005-08-30T00:55:50Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Will you look at that! > > There’s a young boy with an enourmous centipede on his head. > > Huh… Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/10 "2005-08-30T00:59:52Z")
I’ve handled millipedes much larger than that at the Tulsa State Fair. Every year they have a neat “Bug Zoo” where you can play with huge crawly things like tarantulas and millipedes and such. Here’s a pic of me with a very large [walkingstick](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/Me_with_Walkingstick.jpg) on my arm. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/11 "2005-08-30T01:02:50Z")
I was wandering around out in the woods the other day, and I suddenly spotted a big ol’ millipede on the ground. Now, me being a dorky nature boy, swooped down upon it, gathered it into my hand, and lifted it up for a whiff of bitter almond (they produce small amounts of hydrogen cyanide gas as a defense mechanism.) What I got was a handful of rotten ick when the very dead millipede fell apart and gacked up my hand and shirt. I smelled like rotten decapod for most of the rest of the day. I don’t recommend it. You’re welcome for the mental image. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/12 "2005-08-30T01:04:49Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Nitpickery: that looks like a millipede, not a centipede. I knew that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/13 "2005-08-30T01:15:00Z")
I’ve seen enormouser. Seriously though- I mean, sure, the thread delivers what it promises, but where’s the hook, the angle? The love story? I can’t dance to it or anything. You drew me in, but what else have you got? ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/14 "2005-08-30T01:16:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I can’t dance to it or anything. Well, heck, the 'pede has enough legs. Let **him** do the dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/15 "2005-08-30T01:21:51Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Well, heck, the 'pede has enough legs. Let **him** do the dancing. A millipede moonwalk would be ABSOLUTELY incredible! ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/16 "2005-08-30T01:22:27Z")
Hmm. Let’s see. Should I look at **pinkfreud** ’s link and suffer the agony of itching and needing to run screaming from the room? Or should I close this browser and be blissfully unaware? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/17 "2005-08-30T01:30:29Z")
It is now time for the milipede on top of your head to explode… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/18 "2005-08-30T01:32:05Z")
My god, what is that creature? Yes, the one under the millipede. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/19 "2005-08-30T01:38:17Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > My god, what is that creature? > > Yes, the one under the millipede. 😉 Garden variety yard-ape. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/20 "2005-08-30T01:40:10Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Hmm. Let’s see. Should I look at **pinkfreud** ’s link and suffer the agony of itching and needing to run screaming from the room? Or should I close this browser and be blissfully unaware? The first one. Definitely. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180.md?page=2)