Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)

Who’s the Stupid MFer in this case? You for reading it? You can’t always have your blinders on. Sometimes the worm turns the other way.

I saw the headline, groaned, and still clicked on it. So much for lunch.

I read it. That stuff fascinates me, so I wasn’t too grossed out. Have you ever watched the series Monsters Inside Me? Lots of things you probably don’t want to know about living with us.

I’m not clicking the link and I’m only guessing that it’s for a game review of Baldur’s Gate III.

Yeah. I was also interested in what symptoms it was causing. And I hadn’t realized that – OK, I guess some people are grossed out so I’ll spoiler it – but I found it interesting in itself; though when I think about it, it does make some sense.

swallowing eggs can result in parasites not only in the digestive system, which I knew, but also elsewhere in the body, including even the brain. Some chunk of my head wasn’t thinking and was misinterpreting the blood brain barrier; but I think maybe the worms aren’t travelling through the blood vessels, but outside them.

Check for worms!

Yep, visceral larval migrans from roundworm eggs ingested can, for instance, cause blindness if the retina is affected.

Why do you all tell me about potential worms in my system, Aaaaaaargh!!!

I like worms. But not that much.

I saw a similar case on a show about werird things seen in the ER. This woman picked up the parasite during a vacation in the tropics. No one could find it at first and thought she was crazy. Yeah, ick.

Have you eaten an egg-salad sandwich from a truck stop, recently?

No, but bread rolls with sardines in oil. Weren’t there news about worms in seafood thirty or fourty years ago? :scream:

I don’t know, but I do remember this documentary about worms in an egg-salad sandwich.

Yeah, I saw that documentary, too. :laughing:

Nebraska Man in the news:

I saw that story on the news yesterday. I can’t imagine thinking that’s okay to do. Man, people are weird.

All the cow poop on that car! Must be fun being behind him at the wrong time.

I was wondering what the weight ratio was between bull and car. I assume the driver knew not to make any sudden left turns.

That bull is enormous. I couldn’t even make sense of what I was looking at in the distant shots. An accident would be fatal for someone…

For the bull, most likely. That poor animal does not look comfortable, and certainly not safe.

Howdy, doody!