# You've got a brain tumor.. no wait it's ... wow that's disgusting! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989 "2008-11-22T13:51:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/21 "2008-11-22T19:02:46Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Zombie Humor: What worse than eating brains and finding worm? Finding half a worm. Given the choice, I think a worm is better than a brain tumor. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/22 "2008-11-22T19:14:24Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > What kind of worm? Nightcrawler? Bot fly? Long slender slimy one? Short fat juicy one? No. It was … _shudder_ … an _ear_ worm… SINGING THAT BLASTED PAUL MCARTNEY “HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME” !! aaaaaaAAAAAaaaaaAaa : thud : . ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/23 "2008-11-22T19:25:00Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > What kind of worm? Nightcrawler? Bot fly? Long slender slimy one? Short fat juicy one? The doctor said it might be a [fluke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trematoda). 😉 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/24 "2008-11-22T19:25:33Z")
To-do list: Hunt down and punish **NinetyWt**. Get head scanned for worms. Drop by the Winchester. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/25 "2008-11-22T19:30:59Z")
OK, the doctor said it might be a fluke in the sense that it might be an isolated event. But the more I look at the Wiki article, the worm in the video does look a bit like a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/26 "2008-11-22T19:36:07Z")
Am I hallucinating that there was already a thread on this that I posted to? Oh god, do I have a brain worm too? ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/27 "2008-11-22T19:37:31Z")
Oh no, I [wasn’t](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=493965&highlight=brain+worm) hallucinating. Thank god. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/28 "2008-11-22T19:43:05Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > But seriously, folks: if I may take a moment here to speak from the heart… we’ve had a lot of fun here tonight at the expense of people with things in their brains. But the truth is that, every day, people are waking up with things in their brains. This is happening to countless people around the world-- disadvantaged people, who have no money to remove things that get into their brains. Just think of the children who face the prospect of growing up with things in their brains. Julio is 12 years old. Since birth, he has had a Michigan State Spartans keyring in his brain. The other village children taunt him. Kwame is only 8 years old, yet he already has a colony of pocket gophers and a distributor cap in his brain. Little Kimiko is only 3, yet she cannot be legally adopted because her brain contains a critically endangered black-footed ferret. We don’t know why this happens. We don’t know how these things get in their brains. But science continues to search for an answer. We are so close, people. So, please: give generously to the Foundation for Finding Out How Things Get in People’s Brains. Every donation counts. Every penny is a step closer to a day when people no longer have things in their brains. Do it for the kids. Do it for their brains. My God, that was funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/29 "2008-11-22T19:46:01Z")
What worries me is the number of people who wake up every morning without anything in their brains. Politicians and about half the voters come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/30 "2008-11-22T19:49:00Z")
\*\*Terrifel \*\*'s been on a roll lately. That was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/31 "2008-11-22T19:51:13Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > What worries me is the number of people who wake up every morning without anything in their brains. “Frankly, some of us think the whole thing’s a bit _silly._” “Silly? _Silly?_ Yes, I suppose it is silly a bit. Right! Meeting adjourned forever.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989/32 "2008-11-22T23:56:25Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > link? It’s linked right in the article from the OP, but [here it is directly](http://media2.foxnews.com/112008/worm_tumor_700.wmv). They replay pulling it out like 3 or 4 times. Seriously cool in an oogy sort of way. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-a-brain-tumor-no-wait-its-wow-thats-disgusting/473989.md?page=1)