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The 7 Most Horrifying Parasites on the Planet
Cracked.com ^ | 3/30/09 | Matthew Hayden

Posted on 04/16/2009 12:10:48 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

As soon as your doctor says you've got parasites in your body, you don't need to hear any more details. They're all horrible, right? How can it get worse than little tiny worms or something feeding on your insides?

Actually, it can get way, way worse. As it turns out, there's nothing in nature more creative than a parasite. And we don't mean that in a good way. For instance...

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crackedisliberal; napl; nsfw; rapingmychildhood; yuck
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To: Slings and Arrows
No, Michelle 0bama isn't on the list.

:)

41 posted on 04/16/2009 9:53:35 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Slings and Arrows

meh, not a single one of those can vote. I can find 50 more terrifying parasites in a 3 block radius from my office.


42 posted on 04/16/2009 10:26:09 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: a fool in paradise

Sssh! I’m still in denial.


43 posted on 04/16/2009 10:26:19 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Slings and Arrows

It’s being appealed. And will probably go the same way the Florida decision did. You can’t have different standards used for different precincts.


44 posted on 04/16/2009 10:28:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Whomever put “rapingmychildhood” in the keywords must have had a very unusual childhood.


45 posted on 04/16/2009 10:30:26 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
Joe, I think your “post” key is slam-firing.

JPB understands the effectiveness of the double-tap.

46 posted on 04/16/2009 10:33:14 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: a fool in paradise

I’m less worried about the court battle than the political backlash. Coleman’s right, but that won’t stop the MSM from making him out as a “Sore Loserman.” The late-night comics will eat out on this for months. H*ll, Coleman might drop out to avoid destroying his career like Algore did.

Still, I hope he stays in. In a lose-lose battle, I prefer the option that gets us a Senate seat.


47 posted on 04/16/2009 10:43:26 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: a fool in paradise

I’m less worried about the court battle than the political backlash. Coleman’s right, but that won’t stop the MSM from making him out as a “Sore Loserman.” The late-night comics will eat out on this for months. H*ll, Coleman might drop out to avoid destroying his career like Algore did.

Still, I hope he stays in. In a lose-lose battle, I prefer the option that gets us a Senate seat.


48 posted on 04/16/2009 10:43:54 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Algore DID destroy his career and he made a new career out of it. He’s won a grammy, an Oscar, and a Nobel Peace Prize since.


49 posted on 04/16/2009 10:49:02 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice; Slings and Arrows
"JPB understands the effectiveness of the double-tap."

Yeah!


50 posted on 04/16/2009 11:05:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Nature cannot come up with a parasite worse than a politician...well maybe a few ..


51 posted on 04/16/2009 5:57:57 PM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Salamander; Slings and Arrows
That's because bot flies have already been covered.
52 posted on 04/16/2009 10:22:16 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (To view the FR@Alabama ping list, click on my profile!)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007; Salamander
That's because bot flies have already been covered.

And admirably so. Don't get me wrong; I'd be plenty freaked out at a bot fly infestation, but Cordyceps...argh!

53 posted on 04/16/2009 10:37:26 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Slings and Arrows
You should see their bug section. #7 the Japanese Hornet almost had me shrieking in terror, and that was before I googled the thing. Maybe its because I was attacked by wasps (I don't mean classmates named Tripp and Tipper), but I am never going to that county. Is the reason that these things are not in more anime or horror movies that they would be too freaking scary?
Have you seen this documentary? African Honey bees are joke.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html

These things are 3 inches of hell. Not the spit flesh destroying venom at eyes, which contains a pheremone to get the attention of its 300 pissed off sisters. They attack in swarms and sting repeatedly with more venom than bees.

54 posted on 04/17/2009 10:08:28 PM PDT by rmlew ( The SAVE and GIVE acts are institutioning Corvee. Where's the outtrage!)
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To: rmlew

Oh, I read about the Japanese hornets. Once again, the term “nightmare fuel” comes to mind.


55 posted on 04/18/2009 1:07:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Salamander

The disappearing pencil bit is one of the best character-establishing bits in film history, IMHO. Not only was it well written, not only did Ledger do it beautifully, but it managed to do something surprising with a character that’s ben around for about 80 years.


56 posted on 04/19/2009 4:31:55 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback ("[Palin] has not even lived in the Lower 48 since 1987. Come on! Really!" --Polybius)
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To: Mr. Silverback

Contrast that with the characters of Jim Carrey’s hyper-corny Riddler and Tommy Lee Jones giggling idiot Two Face.

*This* version of “Batman” is what it was supposed to be...*dark*.


57 posted on 04/19/2009 7:08:14 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.......)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My vote would go to obama supporters and democrats.


58 posted on 04/19/2009 7:11:12 AM PDT by sport
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To: Salamander

If that isn’t common knowledge, that Ledger rocked The Joker, then 2+2=5. His physical body was perfect for The J - his long legs. They are not bringing back The Joker in the Bale plays Batman, series. Playing The J was effecting Ledgers’ psyche and he seriously needed time off. He was only on screen for an entire 20 min(give or take).Nicholson,with his grandiose ego,stated,”I tried to tell him.” Nicholson bombed! The world lost a very talented actor and the world will truly miss him as THE Joker! There is a 99 & 99/100% of a chance, they will ever find anyone to play The Joker again. I triumph the man who does.


59 posted on 03/28/2013 8:49:42 PM PDT by 3eli (Elissa San Giovanni 3eli)
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