In news that is likely to put me off burritos for life, Frenzhal Rhomb band member, Jay Whalley, has had a pig tapeworm removed from his HEAD after catching it from consuming a contaminated vegetarian burrito.
Until this morning, I was safe in a cocoon of ignorance that tapeworms could only get into your intestines. Intestines are filthy places anyway, what's a little slug for company? But the HEAD. There's something a little too Futurama Brain Slug-esque about this for me.
The fine literary journal The Daily Mail has all the details you could possibly want. And pictures of the scars.
Incidentally, I am now in the market for one of these:
Picture and craft credit to Codi Booher's DeviantArt.
Until this morning, I was safe in a cocoon of ignorance that tapeworms could only get into your intestines. Intestines are filthy places anyway, what's a little slug for company? But the HEAD. There's something a little too Futurama Brain Slug-esque about this for me.
The fine literary journal The Daily Mail has all the details you could possibly want. And pictures of the scars.
Incidentally, I am now in the market for one of these:
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