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Previously on "Screw that, worm."
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Well I don't seem to recall it being among the more unpleasant ailments I've contracted over the years. Bit of ointment and it was gone.
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You in a rural area or live in a place where there's a lot of goatherders?Originally posted by vetran View PostIts coming back apparently. Mini Miss V had it.
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Its coming back apparently. Mini Miss V had it.Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostI once had ringworm.
Yes, really.
But it's not actually a worm - it's a fungal infection that can be contracted when one has frequent contact with cows. As I once did.
There wasn't much too it really, just a couple of welts on my face.
I thought I had leprosy so I went to the Dr who told me I didn't
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I once had ringworm.Originally posted by zeitghostThe Victorian slimming aid: tapeworm egg in a "pill".
Though there is some evidence that hookworm infection is effective in reducing allergies.
Yes, really.
But it's not actually a worm - it's a fungal infection that can be contracted when one has frequent contact with cows. As I once did.
There wasn't much too it really, just a couple of welts on my face.
I thought I had leprosy so I went to the Dr who told me I didn't
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I can't even look at that link.
Yeuurrghhh.
I'm so squeamish I even wince at that andrex ad where those horrible kids ask people how clean they feel after they've wiped.
TMI!
What's wrong with the puppy?
They used to have a pickled tapeworm in a jar in the biology lab of my old school.
Gave me nightmarea that did.
To think that women used to purposely catch one to stay slim. Shudder...
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Screw that, worm.
So if they were eating her brains, that means they were stealing her intelligence and resulting in her dumbing down.
(The Express will probably point out that Di has maggots in her head too
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So the woman discovered a maggot had migrated inside her head and was living off her.
DM really slipping up these days.
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Screw that, worm.
The Special Brand of Horror that is the New World Screwworm - Body Horrors
Lovely.
And the obligatory DM tale:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...G-MAGGOTS.html
I am shocked that the Wail failed to inform us of the price of her house or her mother's abode.Last edited by zeitghost; 6 January 2017, 14:34.Tags: None
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