# Gross us out

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-us-out/340355>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-us-out/340355 "2006-01-17T14:01:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-us-out/340355/1 "2006-01-17T14:01:28Z")

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Alright, Dopers, your new assignment:  
You are writing a book and you want to goose your readers with an exceptionally disgusting image. In one or two sentences, describe the vilest scene that your imagination allows. Your goal is to induce projectile vomiting and Richter scale 9 shudders in your audience. Proceed.

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**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:** [January 17, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-us-out/340355/2 "2006-01-17T14:10:18Z")

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I’m going to close this thread. I’ve reported it, and the CS mods MIGHT re-open it, but for now I’m gonna say that we really don’t need to try to gross each other out on the SDMB.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-us-out/340355/3 "2006-01-17T15:26:21Z")

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I’m gonna agree with Lynn. Putting it under the pretext of “Suppose you’re writing a book” doesn’t avoid the main issue: this is a thread asking people to come up with the most disgusting stuff they can think of. As such, it’s certainly NOT a discussion of arts/entertainment for Cafe Society.

I can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in any of the other forums either, I will discuss with the other mods.

The combination of your new screen name and this thread is NOT a good sign.