tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post109735942794789936..comments2023-04-04T08:59:32.836-05:00Comments on shaken & stirred: nothing about that parasite*Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post-1114447933150969012005-04-25T11:52:00.000-05:002005-04-25T11:52:00.000-05:00After reading O'Hanlon's book, I'm not sure to whi...After reading O'Hanlon's book, I'm not sure to which exact parasite reference is made to as there are many. Well, Justine, the parasite is nothing other than a small male fish who somehow becomes attached to its much, much larger [female] mate. <BR/><BR/>After a sufficient amount of time has passed, the male and the female share a blood supply and other equipment necessary for survival. Being much smaller, the male has little says-so in what happens. He is essentially a parasite, useful only for occasional breeding. <BR/><BR/>The other, even less delicate parasite, is a reference to O'Hanlon's Amazonia adventure. It is the corindu [sp.?] fish, a spiny little toothpick of a rotten bastard that can smell human urine being expelled into its riverine habitat. When it does, it swims up the pisser's urethra. Because its spines lodge into the surrounding tissues, it cannot be pulled out.<BR/><BR/>The only remedy is to, ouch!, amputate the penis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3896561.post-1097376690956759152004-10-09T21:51:00.000-05:002004-10-09T21:51:00.000-05:00Please, please, please, please, tell the horrible ...Please, please, please, please, tell the horrible parasite story. I love horrible parasite stories. You could put a warning in your header for those who are squeamish.<br /><br />JustineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com