# 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:** 2
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/21 "2005-08-30T01:46:31Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Well, heck, the 'pede has enough legs. Let **him** do the dancing. A dancing millipede? Now THERE’s an act! Sign here and he’ll be a star! Or is it a she? How can we tell? Nevermind, we’ll leave that to marketing. The bug stays in the picture! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/22 "2005-08-30T02:44:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A dancing millipede? Now THERE’s an act! Sign here and he’ll be a star! Or is it a she? How can we tell? Nevermind, we’ll leave that to marketing. The bug stays in the picture! Sure…except it takes him four hours to put on his tap shoes… ---
**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, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/23 "2005-08-30T03:27:34Z")
Nobody puts Buggy in a corner! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/24 "2005-08-30T03:31:17Z")
> [@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 walking stick insect is actually kinda cute, and pinkfreud’s not hard on the eyes either. As for the other, I nearly swallowed my gum when the involuntary shudder took hold. Still, too bad they cropped the picture at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/25 "2005-08-30T03:52:41Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sure…except it takes him four hours to put on his tap shoes… Yeah, but he/she would be the whole chorus line. “Hello my baby. Hello my honey. Hello my ragtime gal…ribit” ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/26 "2005-08-30T03:52:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A dancing millipede? Now THERE’s an act! Sign here and he’ll be a star! Or is it a she? How can we tell? Not sure, but if the bug says it calls its’ act “The Aristocrats,” I’m leavin’. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/27 "2005-08-30T04:14:52Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Sure…except it takes him four hours to put on his tap shoes… Darn you! Beat me to the line! 😃 ---
**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, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/28 "2005-08-30T04:21:22Z")
Ah, ok, the link isn’t too bad. It looks more like a stick than an insect. A stick with legs. ---
**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, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/29 "2005-08-30T04:29:26Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Ah, ok, the link isn’t too bad. It looks more like a stick than an insect. A stick with legs. Yup. The walkingstick is one of the most aptly named of all insects. It really isn’t a scary critter at all, unless one of 'em startles you in the woods when you are looking right at it and suddenly realize that the stick is looking back at you. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/30 "2005-08-30T05:40:53Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > It is now time for the milipede on top of your head to explode… And now, a boy with a huge centipede on his head with a tape recorder up its nose… ---
**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, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/31 "2005-08-30T05:54:03Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > And now, a boy with a huge centipede on his head with a tape recorder up its nose… How completely different! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/32 "2005-08-30T13:12:51Z")
A millipede is OK. I was pretty creeped out when I thought it was a centipede. But of course I opened it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/33 "2005-08-30T13:30:51Z")
This is your brain on bugs. Any questions? ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/34 "2005-08-30T13:34:59Z")
That bug is a [Giant African Millipede](http://www.sfzoo.org/cgi-bin/animals.py?ID=43) I am afraid of all buggy things, and I held one of these at the local zoo. They are amazing to hold!! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/35 "2005-08-30T13:41:08Z")
So a boy with an enormous millipede on his head walks into a bar and the bartender says: “How’d that happen?” And the millipede says: “Well, it all started with a bump on my butt…” And… How many buttocks does a millipede have anyway? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/36 "2005-08-30T14:15:46Z")
Hah! My daughter has handled giant millipedes bigger than that. And tarantulas, and scorpions. Don’t have any pictures of 'em, though. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/37 "2005-08-30T14:27:46Z")
Son… you’ve got a Archispirostreptus giga on your head ---
**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, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/38 "2005-08-30T14:49:16Z")
Kid with an enormous millipede on his head walks into a bar… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/39 "2005-08-30T15:10:18Z")
GAH! Is that from the Science Center? When we visited and looked at all the bug displays, I had permanent heebie-jeebies. So the picture wigs me out, but your understated thread title and link cracked my shit up. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/40 "2005-08-30T15:52:34Z")
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