# Oh god I am SOOO fucking grossed out! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 4, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687 "2002-04-04T00:44:55Z")\ **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:** [April 4, 2002, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/1 "2002-04-04T00:44:55Z")
My foster dog, Winston… up on the couch, laying on top of me, bein’ all sweet and everything. I’m petting him, and I feel what I assume to be a small mat in his fur, which I pull out… It’s gray… it’s round… \*\* it’s GOT 8 tiny LEGS and THEY ARE KICKING… \*\* IT’S A FUCKING ENGORGED TICK!!! AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/2 "2002-04-04T00:58:25Z")
aw fuck, I knew I shoulda put down my fork when I clicked on this. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/3 "2002-04-04T01:00:28Z")
Oh, ugh. If I were you, I’d be all itchy and paranoid right now. In fact, I’d be naked, in the bathroom, inspecting every square inch of my body. Ack! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/4 "2002-04-04T01:03:29Z")
**scout** , I love it when you talk all dirty like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/5 "2002-04-04T01:14:52Z")
That exact same thing happened to me one time! I ran my hands under scalding water for like 5 minutes afterwards. Thank you soooo much for reminding me of it. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/6 "2002-04-04T01:40:16Z")
Ewwwwwwwww . . . I used to make Mr. S do all the tick-pulling. We have three dogs and live on 9 wooded acres. He used to pull hundreds of ticks a week. Nothing worked. But when they came out with Frontline (the stuff you put on the back of your dog’s neck once a month), it was smooth sailing from then on. We see maybe four ticks a YEAR on our dogs – and said ticks are usually already dead, just didn’t fall off yet. (Should I tell about the time I was using the toilet and found a tick about an inch from my, uh, well let’s just say he was about to crawl in? Nah, better not. :: shudder :: ) (Should I check to see whether any of you folks who are so grossed out by ticks posted in the zit-popping thread? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/7 "2002-04-04T01:47:24Z")
Ewwwwwwwww . . . I used to make Mr. S do all the tick-pulling. We have three dogs and live on 9 wooded acres. He used to pull hundreds of ticks a week. Nothing worked. But when they came out with Frontline (the stuff you put on the back of your dog’s neck once a month), it was smooth sailing from then on. We see maybe four ticks a YEAR on our dogs – and said ticks are usually already dead, just didn’t fall off yet. (Should I tell about the time I was using the toilet and found a tick about an inch from my, uh, well let’s just say he was about to crawl in? Nah, better not. :: shudder :: ) (Should I check to see whether any of you folks who are so grossed out by ticks posted in the zit-popping thread? 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/8 "2002-04-04T01:53:12Z")
wow, an image so nice she posted it twice. if anyone needs me I’ll be out back burning my clothes just to be sure ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/9 "2002-04-04T01:56:59Z")
**Stoid** (Glad you decided on a name, btw, and good choice (although **Pablo** would have been superior, but different strokes etc.)), have you taken him to the vet yet? New pets should always be checked out when you get them, even if they come from the pound or a shelter or whatever. I would recommend that you take **Winston** to your vet post-haste and get him checked for worms, ticks, etc. and up to date on all his shots and everything. It’s cool that he’s sweet and cuddly though. Oh, come on people, ticks aren’t all that bad. Just don’t let them get _into_ you and they’re just like any other small, largely harmless bug. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/10 "2002-04-04T02:12:40Z")
I aim to please! (Sorry, all. The server belched me out and I thought my post didn’t go through. I’ve already smacked myself appropriately. D’oh!) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/11 "2002-04-04T02:42:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*Oh, come on people, ticks aren’t all that bad. Just don’t let them get _into_ you and they’re just like any other small, largely harmless bug. \*\* Well, you’re right, of course. I know that intellectually. But EEWWWWWWWW!!! There’s something really gross about those little suckers!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nevermind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Nevermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/12 "2002-04-04T02:45:59Z")
Hope picking out that tick is easier than picking out a name:D ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/13 "2002-04-04T02:47:41Z")
After we found a small tick on our dog, Nick, \*\*Spider Woman puchased a flea and tick collar. The day after she put on the dog she found an engorged tick had fallen off him on the carpet When I got home she described it **It was gray…round…GOT 8 tiny LEGS…it was… A FUCKING ENGORGED TICK!!!** Oh, and she also said **EEEEEUUUUWWWWWW!!!** ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/14 "2002-04-04T02:51:59Z")
[sup]D[/sup]am **n** codi_n_[sub]g.[/sub] ---
**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:** [April 4, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/15 "2002-04-04T03:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > \*\* > (Should I check to see whether any of you folks who are so grossed out by ticks posted in the zit-popping thread? 😃 ) \*\* Excuse me… we HAVE a “zit-popping” thread??? WHY??? \*\* White Lightening, \*\* my disgust and horror was heavily colored by outrage… Winston has spent the last 3 WEEKS at the vets, being de-wormed, bathed, having infections treated, etc. And they couldn’t FRONTLINE him? I never, ever expected him to have any kind of parasites after 3 weeks at the vet, I was mortified. I have since applied the Frontline…poor baby, he thought it was his fault we were all jumping around screaming. And he IS very, very sweet. His breath is rank, tho. If I keep him I’m gonna have to find out what that’s about. Oh, and by the way, [THIS IS GROSS AND MINE WAS FATTER!](http://www.ent.orst.edu/urban/Images/Engorged%20tick.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/16 "2002-04-04T07:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\* > His breath is rank, tho. If I keep him I’m gonna have to find out what that’s about. > > \*\* On the breath thing, two possibilities: 1. He is in need of a teeth cleaning. This should be checked out right away, because tooth and gum diseases can cause other major problems in the rest of the body. 2. You don’t have cats also, do you? I know several dogs (and had one) that used to visit the litter box for what we euphemistically called “cat snacks”, as in “Eewww… that breath! You’ve been eating cat snacks again, haven’t you? Get away from me!” I have been told Listerine lozenges work for dogs as well as humans, but I am not a vet, and haven’t tried it on any of my critters either. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Svinlesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/17 "2002-04-04T15:19:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*I know several dogs (and had one) that used to visit the litter box for what we euphemistically called “cat snacks”, as in “Eewww… that breath! You’ve been eating cat snacks again, haven’t you? Get away from me!” \* We’re just getting sicker by the minute in here, aren’t we? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/18 "2002-04-04T18:44:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MisterThyristor \* > \*\*visit the litter box for what we euphemistically called “cat snacks”, \*\* We always called them Kitty Tootsie Rolls.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/19 "2002-04-04T19:19:37Z")
cat snacks? EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Where’s the barf smilie when you need it? BTW, thanks, I needed a little grossout related stress breaker! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687/20 "2002-04-04T22:35:40Z")
Zits? Bah! Puss filled pockets of skin are NOTHING compared to the HORROR of having a living being BURROWING under your skin! :: runs away madly pulling hair :: AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Glad to see someone had a smart ass remark for my naked comment! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-i-am-sooo-fucking-grossed-out/101687.md?page=2)