# Boils. Also known as incredibly enormous pimples in weird locations. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011 "2008-11-04T07:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/1 "2008-11-04T07:32:37Z")
Ow. Ugh. Yech. What else is there to say? ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/2 "2008-11-04T07:46:13Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Ow. > > Ugh. > > Yech. > > What else is there to say? ker Splat Declan ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/3 "2008-11-04T11:11:09Z")
Have you pissed of a witch or a sorcerer lately? ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/4 "2008-11-04T12:29:22Z")
Or a messiah? ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/5 "2008-11-04T13:29:59Z")
Off to MPSIMS, where you will probably be asked for a cite from the pimple-thread-reading weirdos. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/6 "2008-11-04T13:33:24Z")
Well, you can’t just tell us it’s in a “weird location” without telling us what that weird location is. Love, A pimple-thread-reading weirdo. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/7 "2008-11-04T15:21:54Z")
Yeah, don’t be a puss. Express the info or we’ll squeeze it out of you. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/8 "2008-11-04T15:47:18Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yeah, don’t be a puss. Express the info or we’ll squeeze it out of you. You misspelled ‘pus’. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/9 "2008-11-04T16:13:48Z")
Come on, let’s have some details. And pictures! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/10 "2008-11-04T17:02:57Z")
Then post the video of the poppage so we can critique it! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/11 "2008-11-04T17:24:03Z")
> [@chacoguy420](#): > > You misspelled ‘pus’. I wasn’t spelling “pus.” I was spelling “puss.” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/12 "2008-11-04T17:26:47Z")
Yeah. We need to know where it is so we can determine if it’s a weird location or not. In other words… cite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/13 "2008-11-04T17:45:07Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I wasn’t spelling “pus.” I was spelling “puss.” Whoosh! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/14 "2008-11-04T18:22:33Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Whoosh! Yeah, only the woosh is on you apparently. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/15 "2008-11-04T19:00:44Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yeah, only the woosh is on you apparently. MEGA WHOOOSH then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gwyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/858c86/32.png) [@Gwyen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gwyen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/16 "2008-11-04T19:38:07Z")
If this thread isn’t doing it for you, the Google ads are offering up some definite nasty zit fixes. Blech ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/17 "2008-11-05T14:37:16Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > MEGA WHOOOSH then. 😃 Yes. On you. Neener. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/18 "2008-11-05T14:45:51Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > If this thread isn’t doing it for you, the Google ads are offering up some definite nasty zit fixes. Blech Not for me. I got an ad for Pizza Hut. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/19 "2008-11-05T15:16:24Z")
How do you tell the difference between a boil and a pimple? How can I know which is which? Have I had boils before and not even known it and called them pimples? This is important. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011/20 "2008-11-05T15:19:53Z")
Boils are great. Well, OK they suck, but they’re great for freaking people out if you are asked what’s wrong with you. You can give a one-word answer, but it MUST be delivered in a Rowan Atkinson / Mr Bean voice: “BOILS!” Boils always strike me as a terribly British affliction. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boils-also-known-as-incredibly-enormous-pimples-in-weird-locations/471011.md?page=2)