Travel Questions

chainsaw · 02-25-2005, 11:14 AM

A guy I work with took his girlfriend down to Costa Rica. They had a great time, but she came back with some kind of parasite. She had worms between her skull and scalp.

After several doctors, they figured out how to get them out. Shave her head. Lay raw bacon over the entrance wounds (yes, the worms would stick their little heads out when it was dark in her hospital room) and when they bit onto the bacon, the docs pulled them out. I don't know how many, but there were several. I will never go to Costa Rica.

Kitsune · 02-25-2005, 11:22 AM

Chainsaw heard that, of course, from a friend of a friend of a friend who read it on the internet.

Beestie · 02-25-2005, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

Chainsaw heard that, of course, from a friend of a friend of a friend who read it on the internet.

And he left out the part where, before the worms exited, they laid EGGS which hatched 6 months later into several thousand mature Amazon worms feeding off her BRAIN and, at the height of mating season, exited the now hollowed-out cranium via her sinus cavity and out of her NOSTRILS in the middle of the night in search of more BACON and, upon not finding BACON, consumed her boyfriend's penis. Oh, and his EYEBALLS.

But I hear they are quite tasty and considered a delicacy depending on how much brain matter they consumed before exiting the various orifices.

Kitsune · 02-25-2005, 11:43 AM

Oh, good god!

In Africa, it is understood that maggots depend on oxygen for
survival, so anecdotal reports abound on ways to block off their
breathing hole, visible on the furuncular surface. People have
reported doing this by making a completely airtight seal for
approximately 12 hours, e.g. with chewing gum or vaseline. The
hypoxia makes the creature come near the top of the breathing hole
making skilled removal easier, (care taken not to break the creature
into parts, for the reasons already mentioned). Sometimes, people in
Africa resort to placing fatty bacon (or similar) above the furuncle
to tempt the creature out, and the more skilled among them can
facilitate this process by very judicious squeezing when they spy the
head of the maggot emerging, as it looks for food. I think this
technique might be difficult to perfect, given the advisability of not
causing the aforementioned breakage of the creature, so total
smothering of it might be the better option.

And, on that note, its time for lunch!

02-25-2005, 11:14 AM	#1
chainsaw Wingnahningning... Er somethin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: 90802 Posts: 368	A guy I work with took his girlfriend down to Costa Rica. They had a great time, but she came back with some kind of parasite. She had worms between her skull and scalp. After several doctors, they figured out how to get them out. Shave her head. Lay raw bacon over the entrance wounds (yes, the worms would stick their little heads out when it was dark in her hospital room) and when they bit onto the bacon, the docs pulled them out. I don't know how many, but there were several. I will never go to Costa Rica. __________________ I have no life, so I watch movies.

02-25-2005, 11:22 AM	#2
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Chainsaw heard that, of course, from a friend of a friend of a friend who read it on the internet.

02-25-2005, 11:43 AM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Oh, good god! In Africa, it is understood that maggots depend on oxygen for survival, so anecdotal reports abound on ways to block off their breathing hole, visible on the furuncular surface. People have reported doing this by making a completely airtight seal for approximately 12 hours, e.g. with chewing gum or vaseline. The hypoxia makes the creature come near the top of the breathing hole making skilled removal easier, (care taken not to break the creature into parts, for the reasons already mentioned). Sometimes, people in Africa resort to placing fatty bacon (or similar) above the furuncle to tempt the creature out, and the more skilled among them can facilitate this process by very judicious squeezing when they spy the head of the maggot emerging, as it looks for food. I think this technique might be difficult to perfect, given the advisability of not causing the aforementioned breakage of the creature, so total smothering of it might be the better option. And, on that note, its time for lunch!

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