The tapeworm thread

[King Durk the Awesome]

A woman in Iowa evidently purposefully ingested a tapeworm with the aim of losing weight, in lieu of actual dieting.

http://www.today.com/health/iowa-woman-tries-tapeworm-diet-prompts-doctor-warning-6C10935746

Also, the fad has hit Hong Kong.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...s-warned-over-swallowing-parasitic-worms.html

Seems like a good idea to me. What can possibly go wrong?

 

[mcmasterdonia]

Seems like a brilliant idea. I can't see any negative side effects at all.

 

[Romanoffia]

Funny little factoid about tapeworms...

Oddly enough, a tapeworm infestation does impart a significant resistance to cholera.

The preferred way to not get cholera is not tapeworms but not drinking water that someone has taken a dump in or eating vegetables which have fertilized with human or swine excrement.

 

[mcmasterdonia]

I'll keep that in mind the next time someone suggests I eat some shit covered food.

 

[Romanoffia]

I'll keep that in mind the next time someone suggests I eat some shit covered food.

Hey, stop being ethnocentric! Shit is a delicacy in some cultures!


Haven't you ever seen the Big McShit burger McDonald's sells in North Lower Rectumistan?

 

[mcmasterdonia]

Well I suppose in that sense, yes people eat a lot of shit :p I am not a fan of mcdonalds though.

 

[Romanoffia]

I wonder if McDonald's burgers are really made of artificially colored and artificially flavored ground up tapeworms?

Click, if you dare.