# Catching Pinworms-- Is This True?! (TMI...Not for the Squeamish) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546 "2004-01-09T01:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/61 "2010-07-20T01:37:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Just remember, if you’re a hirsute type, don’t use duct tape. To quote _The Great Outdoors_, “Now that bear’s bald at both ends!” ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/62 "2010-07-20T01:57:30Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Tiny tentacle porn. Weirdest six-year-old-thread bump ever. This has definitely thoroughly freaked me out though. Can you catch pinworms from a public toilet? Or do I want to know the answer to that? ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/63 "2010-07-20T02:01:09Z")
The tape test is outdated now. Everything has gone digital. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/64 "2010-07-20T02:22:58Z")
> [@ghardester](#): > > The tape test is outdated now. Everything has gone digital. Yep, just stick your finger up there. Nice to see I can keep up this level of sarcasm for six years. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/65 "2010-07-20T02:24:11Z")
> [@Fern\_Forest](#): > > . > > As for the whole thing though _full body shudder_ I’ve seen worms crawl out of my sister’s **sick cat’s anus**. Imagining that happening to me is not pretty. I keep coming to these threads hoping for desensitization. Hasn’t happened yet. Now thats a band name… Beside the ick factor, is there any real downside to these buggers? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/66 "2010-07-20T02:30:50Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Weirdest six-year-old-thread bump ever. Must have been a spammer, since it was on page 2 of new posts > [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > This has definitely thoroughly freaked me out though. Can you catch pinworms from a public toilet? Or do I want to know the answer to that? Fire is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/67 "2010-07-20T02:32:42Z")
Is anyone else starting to feel itchy? If my butt starts feeling even the teeniest bit itchy – even if it’s just my butt cheeks – I’m going to be totally freaking out. Thanks guys. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/68 "2010-07-20T02:42:19Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Fire is your friend. Flamethorowers: making germ-phobia cool again. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/69 "2010-07-20T13:55:29Z")
Every damned time I read something about pinworms my butt itches. I thought I’d share that on this fine Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/70 "2010-07-20T14:12:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How is that possible? Confucious say: man who go to bed with itchy bum, wake up with smelly finger. ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/71 "2010-07-20T14:42:57Z")
OK, that’s it. Hot poker up the ass time. Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/72 "2010-07-20T15:08:40Z")
Well my policy of reading the Dope during lunch has paid off yet again. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/73 "2010-07-20T17:46:08Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Every damned time I read something about pinworms my butt itches. I thought I’d share that on this fine Monday morning. Try doing a report on them. It’ll make your butt itch for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/74 "2010-07-20T18:06:06Z")
This is just too damn itchy … I mean funny … to close. _Zombie_ pinworms! They’re what’s for dinner! **Ellen Cherry Moderating parasitic infections since 2009** ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/75 "2010-07-20T18:16:01Z")
Frankly, if a worm is prepared to live up my butt, then I say good luck to it. And I hope it likes chilli. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/76 "2010-07-20T19:03:08Z")
So is it safe to take the medicine without actually having pinworms - sort of a sanity dosage? I don’t have the itchy butt but I assume that’s not a 100% sign of being clear. I refuse to ask my wife to look. I’d rather just dose and wish any and all (if any) parasites a fond fare-well. Any doper doctors want to chime in? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/77 "2010-07-20T19:46:08Z")
You know, I’m halfway to making the same decision? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/78 "2010-07-20T19:57:48Z")
I’m so paranoid now about pinworms. ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/79 "2010-07-20T20:21:02Z")
Hmmm-one more reason to question certain sexual proclivities. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/80 "2010-07-20T20:24:46Z")
> [@Loisseau](#): > > Hmmm-one more reason to question certain sexual proclivities. And I thought the image of lounging pinworms screaming TAPEEEE! as it decended upon them was bad… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546.md?page=5)