[Quantumcat]

hahahaha, I'm sorry but that is funny. I have this list full of phobias and their names, maybe one of the is maggotphobia

Am I dead? Am I alive? I'm both!

[Ians Daddy]

I can't explain my problem in this area. I hate / fear maggots but flies don't bother me. I know that they're just baby flies. I like babies but not too many adults. I like tomatoes but hate ketchup and tomato products. I'm just all messed up.
You should share some of that list on here. I find phobias very interesting...especially the obscure ones.
Just a thought.

[nilmot]

Ronnie, I'm the exact opposite, I absolutely hate flies and maggots don't bother me that much. I like ketchup but not always the tomatoes because sometimes they can be a bit sour.

Tom

[Ians Daddy]

Interesting how people differ, Tom. I really enjoy social studies and different cultural differences. I love how some things in the US are "taboo" in other countries and vice versa. It's the small character differences that I find so fascinating. I'm compelled by personalities, likes and dislikes, creature comforts and the so called norms of different societies and how they are so different in all areas. Some people love clowns and some are petrified by them. The durian fruit, for example. Cheese in other countries and all the rites and rituals of some cultures. Some cultures tattoo their infants and some leave them with baby-sitters. Both are considered inhumane by the other culture, yet perfectly alright by their own. Beef here, no beef in India. The list goes on and on.
Maybe we could "bridge the gap" by cooking up a maggot encrusted durian with melted cheese to dip in ketchup with a side of beef in tomato sauce.
just a thought.

[chris]

When I was in Beijing, China, I wandered along the street market watching people prepare and eat deep-friend scorpions on kebab sticks, deep fried cicadas (also on kebab sticks), deep fried entrails (on kebab sticks), deep fried chicken feet (free floating !).

I didn't try any though. The prospect of Mao's revenge (gut rot) didn't appeal.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[Ians Daddy]

Yuck!!! I guess it makes it ok if it's on a kebab stick. Find something repulsive, put it on a kebab stick and fry the hell out of it. Voila! Something tasty.

[nilmot]

Oh yes, we the Chinese culture have many delicacy. I think it's becuase we grew up having to eat those sort of thing so we feel alright about it. For example, duck's tongue which is not as bad as it sound and entrails such as livers, kidneys, and hearts.

Deep-frying them on a kebab stick? We cook then in a pan or wok and add various ingredients (generally herbs)to it to make it tastes and looks excellent. You won't even know it's some pig's kidney. []

But I have to admit, some of the stuff Chinese people eat are strange.

Tom

[Ians Daddy]

I live in Texas, USA and we have a strong Mexican influence. I've dated Mexican girls and found out that dinner should never be questioned. Strange things are cooked up and eaten there. I just enjoy it if it's good and don't want to know what it is. If I can still tell what it is after it's been cooked...ie, tongue or brain, I refuse. However, if it's chopped up, fried or on a kebab, I'll have two. []

[Donnah]

Chris, yes I could hear the maggots, but I think the sound was their bodies wiggling together.  There had to be hundreds, maybe over a thousand in her eye (I guess the barnyard isn't the best place to live if you don't want flies laying eggs).  I don't know, maybe it was their chompers tearing at the flesh.  

The guys I worked with thought it was very funny that I didn't realize her condition and was eating my lunch when I approached her.  

[Ians Daddy]

Thanks, Donnah. I was eating when I read this just now. I stress... WAS eating.

[Donnah]

Well maybe we should form a club.  I was eating cherry pie when I read about Fred and Rose West.

[Ians Daddy]

Ick!

[Quantumcat]

What is Fred and Rose West?

Am I dead? Am I alive? I'm both!

[Ians Daddy]

Quite the pillars...err, killers of society. Grab a cherry pie and settle down for a good read. I found them on the net in a London paper archive. I forgot the link, but they came right up when I searched. Good luck.

[weirdo_decay]

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the thing with fred and rose wasn't that bad i mean albert fish kid nappeded kids tortured them cut them up slowly and then ate the good parts in a soup. a really crazy man he used to also get his kids to torture him to like get a brush like thing with hard nails hammed in it and make them hit him since he enjoyed pain so much.[:0]


" U laugh because i'm different i laugh because u are all the same"

[Broca]

I had reason to work with a corpse that had been buried, in his coffin for just under 7 years. The stench was strong, but there was a remarkably slight decomposition. Some bone was apparent in some areas and in others there was only a wrinkling of skin. To keep the transfer of stench down, we simply removed the parts we needed down to the bone, took the bones to another room and then returned them when we were finished perusing them.

[Ians Daddy]

Yuck! Can you share the reason?

Welcome to the family.

[Broca]

Thank you for the welcome! In an early career choice, I was a nuclear technologist. I had to help find a cause of death for an insurance company so that this rather well off gentlemans wife and family could claim double indemnity from the life insurance policy. The experience was rather interesting although not something I would endevor to do everyday!<smile>
I think that due to their wealth, they could afford a more expensive coffin so the deteriation was not as vast. I guess Tupperware as opposed to the generic knock off! <grin>

[Ians Daddy]

Hahahaha. Canning cadavers....not a bad idea.

I'm donating my body to science. I've already made the will for this. 1. I don't want to take up precious space. 2. I don't want my family to have to do all the expensive and time consuming work of a funeral. 3. It's the ultimate recycling. If a young doctor can learn a thing or two by cutting me up....great! They probably will throw out my liver, lungs and spinal cord.(Too many additives) []

[anita]

hello is anyone there?