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		Hate rats? Hate maggots? Meet Cape Town's rat-tailed maggots (stuff.co.nz)		96
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Responsible_Pyromaniac		2006-04-13 11:00:06 AM

AkaranD thats why I dont take baths.

mkrygeri I wish they were bigger, then you could whip them around by the snorkle and huck 'em at people.

Maggot flail?

/takes showers.

thekingadrock		2006-04-13 11:01:32 AM

Are they like Sumatran rat-monkeys? Did the Rats swim off a sinking slave ships and rape all the little maggots?

/ I kick arse for the Lord!

the Mole of Production		2006-04-13 11:01:44 AM

Son of Thunder fixed that for ya:

PlagiarizeMe		2006-04-13 11:02:42 AM

I'm confused, do you drink a red or white wine with rat-tailed maggots?

pearls before swine		2006-04-13 11:03:03 AM

I think I'm going insane.

JJJon		2006-04-13 11:05:59 AM

White wine.

Guido Libido		2006-04-13 11:12:40 AM

I, for one, welcome our new butt-breathing, sewer snorkeling, incredibly icky maggot overlords.

/Hagrid would wuv them
//soooo, what sort of fly has maggots like that?
///do-da, do-da

the Mole of Production		2006-04-13 11:21:35 AM

mercator_psi		2006-04-13 11:24:02 AM

Guido Libido, here it is.

ohioline.osu.edu

It's meant to imitate a honeybee, but it doesn't sting. Cute li'l thing. The larval form makes me want to plug up every orifice in my body with bondo though.

/hurk

Nobody You Know		2006-04-13 11:24:08 AM

I wish Pinchy could be here.

Skleenar		2006-04-13 11:24:54 AM

Mirrorz: /maggots that bark would be really scary

snot. keyboard.

Son of Thunder		2006-04-13 11:25:10 AM

[bows to the Mole of Production]

fernandez		2006-04-13 11:32:38 AM

sweet jump-jacking jesus, I did not need to know these things exist

Scrotar		2006-04-13 11:35:24 AM

"What's the difference between a garden slug and a two-inch living booger?"

the Mole of Production		2006-04-13 11:43:30 AM

/last one
//I have way to much time on my hands

LondonerDan		2006-04-13 11:44:10 AM

Rat tails and maggots: Together at last!

Son of Thunder		2006-04-13 11:47:27 AM

"What's the difference between a garden slug and a two-inch living booger?"

I don't have a garden slug stuck in my moustache.

vita10gy		2006-04-13 11:50:02 AM

TTWFWP

This thread was fine without pics.

meatballion		2006-04-13 11:54:55 AM

Rat Tailed Maggots on a Plane?

immrlizard		2006-04-13 11:57:33 AM

Hmmm, no fried rice for lunch now...

HisJap2003		2006-04-13 12:04:40 PM

oh, come on. i'm eating lunch here.

Igor Jakovsky		2006-04-13 12:07:08 PM

"You're eating maggots Michael"
/loved teh Lost Boys

T.rex		2006-04-13 12:12:58 PM

not too bad... in fact, the little guys looks sorta cute.

studebaker hoch		2006-04-13 12:14:24 PM

Hate rats?

images.amazon.com

Diskord		2006-04-13 12:14:25 PM

I want a butt snorkel.

/not really
//pulled the all-nighter and has a double shift
///god, im an idiot.

tyroney		2006-04-13 12:17:41 PM

Shooting through the plumbing would be like one of those pitch black water slides. Sounds fun.

sir_oswaldo		2006-04-13 12:18:08 PM

hasn't anyone seen a horror movie?!?!!!!!!11

THE END IS NEAR

siyuntz		2006-04-13 12:19:34 PM

YumCheekyMonkey: Aww, he looks cute. I shall call him squishy and he shall be my squishy.

According to TFA, they're "crush-resistant". Lovely...

Jument		2006-04-13 12:20:30 PM

heinousjay
what sort of god would purposely create a creature like that?

A mean, vengeful God who is unhappy with all the ghey stuff going on?

Anyways, that's just nasty. Stuff like this makes me want to live in a bubble. Ugh.

Pxtl		2006-04-13 12:23:57 PM

heinousjay: what sort of god would purposely create a creature like that?

"All Things Dull and Ugly", by Monty Python:

All things dull and ugly,
All creatures short and squat,
All things rude and nasty,
The Lord God made the lot.

Each little snake that poisons,
Each little wasp that stings,
He made their brutish venom.
He made their horrid wings.

All things sick and cancerous,
All evil great and small,
All things foul and dangerous,
The Lord God made them all.

Each nasty little hornet,
Each beastly little squid--
Who made the spikey urchin?
Who made the sharks? He did!

All things scabbed and ulcerous,
All pox both great and small,
Putrid, foul and gangrenous,
The Lord God made them all.

Amen.

Boorring		2006-04-13 12:52:47 PM

/Barfs over keyboard

alan holcome		2006-04-13 12:55:28 PM

I have rice cooking. ummm.. I was gonna have it fer lunch, but for some reason I just don't feel like eatin' it.

pkrzycki		2006-04-13 12:59:06 PM

didn't need to see those pictures ever

/finding bleach
//boring hole in skull
///attempting to forget this thread permanently

PsychoTherapist		2006-04-13 01:01:55 PM

Just

eeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

/ew!

CygnusDarius		2006-04-13 01:30:22 PM

Yuck. I mean, blargh. Ack!!!

lordargent		2006-04-13 01:45:27 PM

UnFark: with lond snorkels coming out of their butts

Butthole snorkelers?

www.philaarts.com

PartyGirl		2006-04-13 01:45:31 PM

They kind of remind me of tampons.

UnFark		2006-04-13 01:56:07 PM

It's just a PR problem, if they were called snorkel caterpillars instead of rat-tail maggots, they would have their own sat morning cartoon.

sirgrim		2006-04-13 02:28:57 PM

the cats sure would get a kick out of those guys

gnosis301		2006-04-13 03:04:47 PM

Two great tastes that taste great together!

Relixx		2006-04-13 04:08:21 PM

You know waht's funny? the article claims that these things 'sparking a citywide panic that health officials tried to calm', yet I, who live in Cape Town, only hear about it on an American site linking to the article which is on a New Zealand website...

Me thinks that it's isolated to the more slummy areas...

Guido Libido		2006-04-13 04:18:14 PM

mercator_psi

Thanks for the info!

*Barfaroonio!*

*wipes mouth*

Sincerely, that was interesting, although I did want to luge afterwards.

/the more info you know,
//the more food you blow

Breaker Moran		2006-04-13 05:29:51 PM

Ack Nonboobies!

eleventh_guard		2006-04-13 08:17:50 PM

Gross. I think I will be skipping dinner tonight.

Crush-resistant =/= crush proof. Getting smacked with a hard, flat object, like a hammer, ought to squish rat-tailed maggot guts all over and kill it, right?

I guess there's no way to win. :(

wood		2006-04-13 08:26:57 PM

i just finished eating my spaghetti.

after this thread, I can now eat it all one more time as it sits here on my keyboard.

Do you know the way to Mordor		2006-04-14 08:38:44 AM

That's right-

Save on food bills- EAT YOUR MEALS TWICE!!!

///God I can be a sick bastard!

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