Boy breeds beetles in his body

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-06-16 06:52pm

I *really* did not need to see that.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-06-16 06:54pm

People ask me, "What do you have against India?" I say, " It's a place where monkey-men attack people in city streets and boys breed beetles. How can you not be against India?"

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-06-16 06:57pm

Not too Shabby

~Jason

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-06-16 07:04pm

So that's why George didn't want to go to the bathroom in India...

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-16 07:24pm

Um...what? How the hell did that happen?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-16 07:29pm

Not theory any more.

How the hell did they get in there?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-06-16 07:33pm

neoolong wrote:Not theory any more.

How the hell did they get in there?

It's India. That's all you need to know.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-06-16 07:38pm

That is seriously bizarre.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-06-16 07:44pm

Ow, that would really hurt.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-06-16 07:51pm

Yek. We need a barfing smiley.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-06-16 07:54pm

Say after me....thank god we don't live in the third world. Seriously. Jesus this is disgusting.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-06-16 08:05pm

Ker-razy...absolutely

And yes I am glad I don't live in India.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-16 08:07pm

Wow that is gross

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-06-16 08:27pm

How the fuck is that possible? Don't beetles need to breathe air?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-06-16 08:33pm

Darth Wong wrote:How the fuck is that possible? Don't beetles need to breathe air?

I didn't read the article in the link, but it didn't say he was passing them live, did it?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-06-16 08:40pm

Well, they started as eggs and survived at least long enough to grow wings.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-16 08:44pm

Darth Wong wrote:How the fuck is that possible? Don't beetles need to breathe air?

Depends on the organism. Onchcerciasis (river blindness) is where you can get nematodes or worms living in body cavities and under the skin, they can also infect the eye and cause blindness. They certainly survive yet they aren't anaerobic organisms from what I can tell.

This is a bizarre case, but probably as likely as the foetus being attached to the liver in some pregnancies, we just don't hear of all the cases (remember, India is where a potato shaped like any Hindu deity is given worldwide press coverage).

SpacedTeddyBear · Post by **SpacedTeddyBear** » 2003-06-16 11:58pm

Yek. We need a barfing smiley.

There you go.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-06-17 12:47am

I am never going to india.

ever.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-06-17 01:47am

Admiral Valdemar wrote: This is a bizarre case, but probably as likely as the foetus being attached to the liver in some pregnancies, we just don't hear of all the cases (remember, India is where a potato shaped like any Hindu deity is given worldwide press coverage).

You're thinking of the US and the virgin mary or elvis.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-06-17 01:49am

Considering that many people in India use the same water for drinking, bathing, washing clothes, AND throwing trash in, this isn't that surprising.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2003-06-18 04:46am

Lonestar wrote:People ask me, "What do you have against India?" I say, " It's a place where monkey-men attack people in city streets and boys breed beetles. How can you not be against India?"

Do not steorytype a country with an individual. Seriously in your entire life have you ever met an individual from India or any south asian countries ? Consider visiting a mosque where you can find muslims from India who will give you a balanced view of the country that is quite different from what you think. Do not know where to find Indian hindus for I am not a hindu.

Say after me....thank god we don't live in the third world. Seriously. Jesus this is disgusting.

You are indeed lucky that you have not lived in the third world. However again India is not what you. It is not a piece of bullshit country like african nations, it is a rising future superpower that could take on China one day.

Indians are not all so poor as you think there are tens of millions people there who are richer than an average american like you. I am not saying you are poor but just because india is poor it does not mean that every indian is a beggar. Have you ever visited silicon valley where the cream Indias information technology people work ? Also consider visiting Bangalore the largest concentration of software developers outside US.
That will give you an idea about the real situation in india.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-06-18 05:05am

Recently the man with the longest ear hair ever recorded was put into the Guiness book of World Records. Guess what country he was from? Yep, nothing says "ear hair" like India.

Oh, I have been to Bombay. I watched a man step into a pile of human crap on the street with no shoes. Roundworms, anyone?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-06-18 05:56am

Oh, and where did the barfing smiley come from?

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-06-18 06:10am

Evilcat is right. The situation in India is bad like this, but hardly as severe as it's being bad out to be like from some of the people in this thread. Quite simply, these are just the problems a developing country faces as it industrializes. Europe went through the same sorts of poverty for the lower classes in the 19th century, and the fact that this is happening in India is actually a good sign of sorts, when coupled in with the signs of growth.

Remember, this kid is going to survive--he's getting surgery. In Africa there'd be dozens of kids like this and they'd all die. And a few others would have been eaten by cannibals, and a few thousand more would be dying of AIDS. That's the difference between "developing" and "third world" and it's a pretty stark one.