A kid with real spiders in his ear!

[Thanatos]

http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles..._spiderboy.txt

What do you guys think of this?

[RZZZA]

What do I think? I think that

Jesse Courtney isn’t climbing any walls or spraying sticky threads from his wrists, but his friends now have a reason to compare him to Spider-Man

is a terrible opening paragraph for this article, Jennifer Moody should be ashamed of herself as a journalist.


but more personally, y'know what? This story hits dead center into a lot of urban myths and folklore, some of it very old indeed, about peoples fears of creepy crawly bugs and insects invading our bodies. The fear goes back to death, of maggots and worms that will one day feast on our corpse, its a deeprooted and recurrent fear and a constant theme in many ghost stories, tall tales and urban legends.

[Thanatos]

What do I think? I think that

Jesse Courtney isn’t climbing any walls or spraying sticky threads from his wrists, but his friends now have a reason to compare him to Spider-Man

is a terrible opening paragraph for this article, Jennifer Moody should be ashamed of herself as a journalist.


but more personally, y'know what? This story hits dead center into a lot of urban myths and folklore, some of it very old indeed, about peoples fears of creepy crawly bugs and insects invading our bodies. The fear goes back to death, of maggots and worms that will one day feast on our corpse, its a deeprooted and recurrent fear and a constant theme in many ghost stories, tall tales and urban legends.

Regardless, I don't like bugs going near my ear.

I'm usually calm with nature, but bugs buzzing near my ears will just make me freak out.

[Da Skinna]

Well, when journalists aren't writing about failed economies and disappearing peoples, they have to do something...

[RZZZA]

I'm not complaining about the topic of the article, just the opening paragraph. Seriously, thats terrible. I'm surprised the editor let it through.

I atleast hope someone at Marvel paid her to say that, if not there is no excuse for that horrible opener.

[Da Skinna]

Oh I know, some people just can't string together spag with hetti for the life o' 'em...

[RZZZA]

Exactly, foreign invasion of our bodies, especially by insects and bugs, is a common and recurring fear.

youll often hear stories of infestation, where a bug will lay eggs somewear inside you until they hatch. This particular story however is not an urban legend, its true which is perhaps scarier.

I've heard of earwigs getting into peoples ears



but never spiders. Supposedly it is very hard for an insect to make its way into your ear canal because its actually pretty narrow in there, and the little miniscule hairs and earwax is added protection. So this is a very odd case indeed because the spiders somehow made it all the way to the eardrum.



making it past the ear canal seems pretty impressive to me.

[Thanatos]

Well, heck, foreign invasion of anything is a common fear.

[The Fish]

Cockroaches in the ear are VERY commonly seen in clinical practice, especially if patients are from the lower socioeconomic strata.

[RZZZA]

Cockroaches in the ear are VERY commonly seen in clinical practice, especially if patients are from the lower socioeconomic strata.

wow...must be those tiny baby roaches huh?

moral of the story is, dont clean your ears. In this case it seems poor hygiene could save you from getting a bug in your ear.

[Thanatos]

It's just kind of scary and weird, that's all.

Stupid bugs. There's no food for you there!

[Thanatos]

Or how lice love clean hair?

[RZZZA]

well actually, I dont think lice care wether your hair is clean or not. The proof is that regular shampoo doesnt get them out, you need a special shampoo and a special little comb....

[Thanatos]

Or just shave your head bald and cover it in olive oil.

[Cluny the Scourge]

Can he summon spiders out of his ears and make them do his bidding on command? If not - boring.

And that is an embarrassingly lame opening paragraph.

[Da Skinna]

Obviously she hasn't seen the movie...