Yep, tumbo flies and mango flies are the same thing.
Ironing your clothes is the most common way to prevent it. They’ll also die off after about three days, so you can just leave your clothes on the line a while. Or there is the classic “dry your clothes indoors” trick.
Can I bring up filaria, whose first symptom is often a worm crawling across your eyeball? Man, some days I don’t miss Cameroon!
From your descriptions in this thread alone, I will never ever miss Cameroon. :eek:
OK in another thread in MPSIMS I saw where someone had used the 3. Buckeye and was told (not by a moderator) that was inappropriate. So do we skip that now and go straight to the LMHNYCAB?
I am so lost here. And yes, I am still imagining popping the lotus boob. And now the mango/tumbo bites. Oh! We could call the buckeyes Tumbo Bites.
Try a Tumbo Bite - get one inside you today!
even sven, is filaria the African River Blindness? Yeah, I have an unholy fascination with this shit that stems back to the scariest video ever from high school that I was forced to watch in AP Bio. It was called “Parasitic Diseases of the Third World” or something. Schistosomiasis, Bilharzia, Leishmaniasis, Mango Flies, Malaria, African River Blindness, Leprosy…I’m up on all of them.
This is probably not the right place to mention that I read so many accounts of leish in Costa Rica that I switched our (as in my and my boyfriend’s) travel plans from CR to Belize. And then it turns out that those leish-infested sand flies are all the fuck over the place. I don’t want to be an ugly American but you can safely assume that once I read that I promptly went out to REI and bought 100% Deet.
Having only just finished this thread, today in the break area one of my coworkers left out a plate full of holiday treats.
I mentioned Buckeyes as one of my favorites and being in South Carolina I felt the need to explain. However, the moment I mentioned Buckeyes, one of our sales reps pulls one out of his pocket…not the candy…but the nut!
On the topic of Opals asinine remarks, I can only say this…if she makes them, and shares them, she will truly deserve to hear the local Ohio residents exclaim loudly…“I love Buckeyes!”
You provide link now!
(BTW: next time one of my crazy-ass co-workers gets all uppity in the newsroom, I’m just gonna smile and say “buckeye.”)
Not even sven, but:
River blindness is caused by Onchocerca volvulus, which does have a filarial stage. The eye worm, however, is a different species, Loa loa.
goddammit don’t you understand how lazy I am?
OK, here.
I don’t know how to link directly to the post, but it starts at post #15. There’s no ugliness, just a buckeye reference then someone (very politely) objecting. I believe they are saying that using the “buckeye” elsewhere is harassing Opal, but I did not ask in that particular thread because it did not seem the place for it.
ETA: I also suggest using “buckeye” to mean any over the top sensitive reaction. As in: He went all buckeye over my wearing orange and sitting in the Alabama section at the game. Or, I mentioned some nice tits walking by and she buckeyed - what’s her damage?
I did find the thread in question, but unfortunately the pictures seem to be deleted. But I will link to the thread and describe the photos for you, because I am nice.
As you can see, the thread is one of our many debates about cheap vs. expensive handbags–a topic only slightly less divisive on this board than circumcision or gun control. Nzinga pointed out that a good-quality bag is much more durable than a cheapo bag. In order to provide evidence to back up her assertion, she photographed the straps of a well-used good-quality bag (still in good shape) and the straps of a well-used cheapy bag (frayed). But she did not just photograph the straps of the bags. She included herself in the photographs. In the good-handbag photo she was smiling happily. In the bad-handbag photo, she was making the most extroadinarily, remarkably, hilariously miserable face you ever saw. It was funny. And that is all.
Ditto! My first reaction was “aaawwww.”
AAAAAAHHHH!!! OOOOOWWWWWWW!!!
Imagine explaining THAT to the ER. Heehehehe!
But I’ve seen a LOT worse on Bad Porn.
Of course it was a member, not a mod making the reference.
The more I see it, the more the word buckeye looks and sounds obscene.
:smack: I remember that now. Thanks! I was hoping for a new fashion trend.
My grandma always saved up stale rice krispies to use in her recipe. Makes 'em a little harder to chew, kinda gristley.
Like suckeye and fuckeye? Those are obscene! 
Don’t go all buckeye on us now.
You clearly have a talent for this. I fully support the verbing of buckeye.
I already expressed remorse for not breaking the link. That was clearly against board rules and allowed for somebody to perhaps haphazardly click the link. For that I am sorry and hereby apologize.
Other than that, anyone with two brain cells to rub together should have known it would be a link to something highly disturbing and NSFW. I didn’t know NSFW links required a lengthy disclaimer before posting, but rest assured I shall be more careful the next time I engage in some gross-out antics.