"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/07/2018 at 15:37 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/07/2018 at 15:37 • Filed to: None | 3
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As further evidence that everything in Australia will kill you , an Australian teen has died after spending more than a year in a coma and being paralyzed for eight years after eating a slug that carried a worm that gave the kid rat lungworm disease, known by its much easier to say scientific name !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The slug was carrying a worm that is usually harmless to the rats who east slugs but, t o quote Pink Floyd, the worms ate into his brain, and he developed a form of meningitis called eosinophilic meningoencephalitis, which is usually not fatal. In this case, however, it was.
I mean, I feel sorry for the kid and his family, but maybe eating slugs you find crawling across your patio isn’t such a good idea.
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Just Jeepin'
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:39 |
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I can’t imagine being the one who dared him to eat it. Can you imagine the guilt?
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:40 |
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ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 15:40 |
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Well, at the end of the day, it was his decision. But yeah. That would suck.
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ttyymmnn
> KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
11/07/2018 at 15:41 |
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Ron had the right idea.
Shamoononon drives like a farmer
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:44 |
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I saw that, totally sucks! I wouldn’t have thought you could get much more than diarrhea .
My bird IS the word
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:45 |
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don’t participate in dares, ok? that bravado bullshit is pathetic.
dogisbadob
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:49 |
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Slugs only belong in parking meters
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ttyymmnn
> My bird IS the word
11/07/2018 at 15:50 |
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Don’t forget, alcohol was involved.
“Hold my Fosters and watch this...”
facw
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 15:52 |
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As far as guilt goes, apparently when he started feeling ill, he told his mom about the slug, and she told him “No, no one gets sick from that”. I would feel really guilty about dismissing that, especially if there seemed any chance that a more immediate response would have made a difference (even it wouldn’t have I would probably still suspect it could and blame myself).
RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 15:54 |
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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rat-lungworm-infects-12-across-u-s-cdc-finds-n896981
So uh, apparently they’re coming to the US too like the Beegees, I guess. And the slugs can be as small as grains of rice so they’re not always obvious on produce.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> dogisbadob
11/07/2018 at 16:03 |
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Ouch.
jimz
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 16:11 |
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“I’m trying to act like a grown-up, so I’ll eat a slug on a dare.”
yeah.
Svend
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 16:13 |
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But people eat snails!
Aren’t slugs just homeless snails?
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 16:20 |
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If he would have just eaten a poisonous spider he would have been fine.
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Just Jeepin'
> Svend
11/07/2018 at 16:21 |
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Speaking of...
I think there’s only once in my adult life I’ve seen more than one snail at a time; in fact, I sometimes go years without seeing a snail in the wild.
Except that one, weird time, I was walking through the outskirts of Dallas and I noticed that a yard near eye level (there was a retaining wall) was absolutely overrun with snails. Dozens and dozens in a small patch of ground.
I didn’t go back to look around more, but I’ve always wondered: is Dallas snail central? Was it just that individual yard?
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ttyymmnn
> RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
11/07/2018 at 16:30 |
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Awesome. Maybe I’ll just save time and move to Australia. I already like rugby. And cricket.
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ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 16:34 |
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That’s a TX thing. Every few years, after the first rains of fall, ALL the slugs/snails come out. I had a friend who lived up in Abilene, and walking to his front door was just a horrible crunch-crunch of snails. You couldn’t avoid them there were so many. And we also get hordes of crickets after the first good rain of the fall most years. Yeah, it’s Texas.
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ttyymmnn
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/07/2018 at 16:35 |
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The funny/sad thing is that most people get over this condition. He was just one of the unlucky ones who died (agonizingly) from it.
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
11/07/2018 at 16:36 |
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But people eat snails!
You would know! But aren’t those snails cooked first? I imagine that would kill any pesky brain-eating worms. I would also wager that most edible snails are farm-raised. This one was crawling across the bloke’s patio.
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Just Jeepin'
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 16:36 |
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Thank you, I’m relieved to know I wasn’t somehow hallucinating.
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Shamoononon drives like a farmer
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 16:39 |
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The Heck??!! Every morning and night I have to tip toe around snails else *crack* *squish* *crack* *squish*
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 16:46 |
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Lol. I wasn’t being serious.
I think snails are boiled, not sure. Not something I thought about other than the thought of, ‘nope, not for me’.
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Just Jeepin'
> Shamoononon drives like a farmer
11/07/2018 at 16:52 |
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Don’t know why , but they definitely don’t seem very common here (Indiana).
Discerning
> RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
11/07/2018 at 16:56 |
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Guess my produce needs are switching entirely to canned goods now. Great...
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 17:05 |
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Nah
No one drinks fosters, usually vb or xxxx
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
11/07/2018 at 17:20 |
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Lol. I wasn’t being serious.
Sorry. It’s been a long day and my brain is fried.
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ttyymmnn
> pip bip - choose Corrour
11/07/2018 at 17:22 |
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As an American, it’s the only Australian beer I know.
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> Svend
11/07/2018 at 17:27 |
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That actually gave me an idea.
1. Breed parasite-free slugs
2. Sell it as some kind of delicacy or hipster food
3. ???
4. PROFIT
Mid Engine
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 17:28 |
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S lugs are common in the Northwest, sprinkle some table salt on them and they melt into a puddle of slime. A game the whole family can play!
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 17:30 |
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Lol. No worries. I’ m having a lazy day after having some crap days.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/lazy-evening-food-and-super-cheap-beer-1830294478
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Just Jeepin'
> Mid Engine
11/07/2018 at 17:31 |
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We definitely have slugs here, although cruelty towards them isn’t in my repertoire. It’s just snails that are conspicuously absent.
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Mid Engine
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2018 at 17:33 |
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If they didn’t eat my garden daily I wouldn’t care.. and t he salt kills them very quickly
E92M3
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 17:35 |
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Man, they couldn’t give him something to deworm him like they do for dogs with heartworms? Or was the damage done before they realized what it was?
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ttyymmnn
> E92M3
11/07/2018 at 17:50 |
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No idea.
HammerheadFistpunch
> ttyymmnn
11/07/2018 at 19:53 |
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It’s funny, i was just watching my favorite Australian adventure show on the plane ride ( all 4 adventure) and in that episode they found, cooked and ate snails along with clams, cod and Mangrove worms ( bush tucker). I think snails are rank, but i guess these type are supposed to be good. I mean, a hamburger could give you cjd and you die. It’s all a crap shoot.
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ttyymmnn
> HammerheadFistpunch
11/07/2018 at 20:30 |
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I would imagine that cooking the slugs/snails would kill any of the brain-eating worms that were inside the snails/slugs.
Nauraushaun
> ttyymmnn
11/08/2018 at 04:26 |
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Fuck that's sad