# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**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 31, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/61 "2005-08-31T01:23:39Z")
> [@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! “Okay, everybody, from the top! five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve…” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/62 "2005-09-12T14:45:26Z")
It actually would have been better if the bug had been crawling out of his nose. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/63 "2005-09-12T17:08:11Z")
It’s a real shame those rectal worms **shudddder** that I first read about here aren’t the same size as this millipede. I mean it would remove any doubt about whether or not you’ve got 'em. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/64 "2005-09-12T17:15:23Z")
I for one welcome our forehead crawling millipedal overlords… ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/65 "2005-09-12T18:01:15Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > 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. And you didn’t put it on your head? I’m so disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/66 "2005-09-12T18:22:22Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > That contrary beast has got Fear Factor written all over it. > > > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > > > More like Four Factor, since it has two leg pairs per segment. Yes, Vier Factor. How do you tell a centipede from a millipede? Costello, “One, two, three, four, {ouch!}, uh, five, six, uh, seven, uh, …, eighty, uh, … {thud}.” Abbott, “Yep, looks like a 1920’s style death centipede.” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/67 "2005-09-12T19:08:20Z")
I objurgate the centipede, A bug we do not really need. –Ogden Nash And this thread proves it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/68 "2005-09-12T19:59:12Z")
[Guybrush Threepwood] That’s the second biggest millipede on a kid’s head I’ve ever seen! [/Guybrush Threepwood] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/69 "2005-09-12T20:43:43Z")
A relieved playmate noted that “he hadn’t had to outrun the millipede, just Timmy.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180/70 "2005-09-13T13:59:30Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Yeah, but he/she would be the whole chorus line. > > “Hello my baby. Hello my honey. Hello my ragtime gal…ribit” Well, so much for the centipede. Hey, anyone want a pet frog? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-picture-of-a-young-boy-with-an-enormous-centipede-on-his-head/319180.md?page=3)