Thursday, September 01, 2005

At Least Its Not Likely To End Up In Your Ear

Almost two years on from the now infamous insect in the ear fiasco, [DEAD LINK] this would have been a shocking discovery anywhere around the house.

William Burroughs would have been proud I bet... "I think it's time for you boys to share my last taste of the true black meat; the flesh of the giant, aquatic, Brazilian centipede." *Shudders*

Posted by Dio Bach at 10:51

6 Comments:

holly said...: Aaaaaauuuuuuugggggghhhhhhh!!!!! GAWD!!!! I hate things with that many legs! (Have I ever told you the story about the time I lived in the centipede infested apartment and woke up with something stuck in my throat and little legs still in my mouth? There. That was the story. My centipedes weren't venomous, though).

Do you have an annual "bug-in-ear" celebration every year? In stead of Pnt the Tail on the Donkey, you could have the little ones try to stick a giant bug in a papier mache ear! Wow- there are endless possibilities with a theme like that...; 4:30 PM
greg said...: Wow! nasty! eww! Sounds excruciating ...but did it lay eggs I wonder ??? =o

What about that stat that went around a couple of yrs ago - that we all swallow a few spiders every yr in out sleep! yikes!; 8:56 PM
Dio Bach said...: Holly. Eww! Eww! Eww! Spits! For real. ARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Greg, I can believe that, I once woke up in the night and spat our some moth wings. As long as the spiders don't bite I don't mind, I'm sure they're a great source of vitamins or something... :D; 10:02 PM
RR said...: I saw that article in a paper up here Dio. It had a fantastic comment from the expert saying something like it's fortunate Mr Balik, didn't attempt to pick it up as it's front claws are venemous. Mr Balik's reply was something like - picking it up was never going to be an option. As for insects in mouths, ears or any other orifice - eeeeewwwwwwwww; 8:02 AM
Elise Tomlinson said...: Holy crap, I'm gonna have nightmares now for sure!

When I was living in Hawaii I found this perfectly good mattress in an alley and brought it home to sleep on. It turns out it had COCKROACHES in it!!!

I was asleep and felt something on my forehead and swished at it. Then felt it again. I jumped out of bed and ran to turn the light on and there was a cockroach the size of my hand scampering across my pillow!!!

After that I bought about 45 roach motels and lined the entire parameter of my room in them and then slept in the middle, with the lights on...

No cockroaches (or giant, aquatic, Brazilian centipedes) in Alaska thank the gods. But I will join in the annual "bug in ear" festival, if you decide to start one Dio...just set a date, you'll have plenty of local organizers, it could become an international phenomenon!; 6:33 AM
Dio Bach said...: No festival, just a now distant memory of sheer panci and scraping metal... An occasional mention in these pages will suffice. :); 3:39 PM