Little things that gross you out.

[kathyt]

I can't stand maggots. When I was younger my friend and I stumbled upon the pit where all the road kill animals got dumped by the DOT. Anyways this was august the heat and smell attracted millions of maggots. It was a blanket of swarming mass with only the odd deer or moose hoof sticking out. Blah.

I saw maggots in a wound before. The patient didn't even know because he had no feeling in that leg and the wound was so deep. He was a severe diabetic with no home health care to treat/clean the wound. Really sad situation. I had to take pictures of the wound with a crappy P&S camera that we keep in the ER.

That's enough internet for me today...

Quit being a wimp. Toughen up ffarl. That was a mild story. What does ffarl mean anyways?

 

[ffarl]

Well, we have a lot of forums, so it helps to pick something you can use everywhere. Forum Foundry makes the FF, and ARL are my initials.

My mom was an ER nurse when I was growing up. She'd tell me stories about drug addicts coming in that to this day have kept me from even smoking pot. I guess I have a very visual imagination.

 

[kathyt]

Well, we have a lot of forums, so it helps to pick something you can use everywhere. Forum Foundry makes the FF, and ARL are my initials.

My mom was an ER nurse when I was growing up. She'd tell me stories about drug addicts coming in that to this day have kept me from even smoking pot. I guess I have a very visual imagination.

One mystery solved. Now we move on to the avatar. Oh yes....the drug addicts and seekers. My entertainment.

 

[ffarl]

Here ya go Kat:

 

[leeroix]

Ticks.

 

[bentcountershaft]

Gotta love the Boosh.

 

[snerd]

I won't say gross me out but I can't watch replays of knee or ankle injuries from sports. (mostly football)

I totally remember when Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Theisman's leg. The "crack" is still in my head, and I grimace every time I see it again!

 

[snerd]

My wife's hair. In every sink in the house. Gag.

 

[weepete]

I don't get grossed out by little things anyway. I grew up around medics so I guess that gave me a strong stomach, funny cos my sister gets grossed out really easily.

I've worked on a project measuring the depth of tanks a sewage works and the easiest way to get an accurate depth while they are in operation is to get a measuring stick and dip it in till you hit the bottom. We used to call them sh*t sticks and the sludge tanks (where they collect the solids) were the worst. When it was windy the spray from the aeration ditches would get airborne and land you in a fine mist of semi treated sewage which wasn't pleasant either, feeling that on your face gives you a bit of the boak.

The worst though was seeing guys work hands on with the stuff and then break for lunch. A quick wipe of the hands on the overalls and mmmm, sandwiches!

 

[manicmike]

Teenagers.

 

[limr30 3]

I won't say gross me out but I can't watch replays of knee or ankle injuries from sports. (mostly football)

I totally remember when Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Theisman's leg. The "crack" is still in my head, and I grimace every time I see it again!

I remember that, too. And every time they show it on one of those stupid "Worst Injuries in Sports History" shows (y'know, the ones that you get totally sucked into even though you're cursing at it the whole time?) they show the break over and over again, even putting that bright circle around the bone sticking out as the rest of the screen darkens.

Gah!

Teenagers.

Yeah, I hope this doesn't offend those of you with toddlers, but when they're all sticky with food on their faces or snot coming out of their noses? Grosses me out. I do understand how you get used to it (I don't have kids but have spent a LOT of time around them) and to a certain extent, I did too, but there was always a little part of my brain, way in the back, that was screaming in horror. Oh god, and those mushy Cheerios on high chair tables. Gah once again!