Comments on: TKOG Who gets eaten alive by parasites (a TMI Thursday from the vault)

By: Ken O

Ken O — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:51:25 +0000

I was thinking of them regenerating and starting to throw spells like “Demi 2″; does it show that I’m a Final Fantasy fan, and not a Ninty person?

By: Ken O

Ken O — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:46:56 +0000

That would account for it; I’ve only heard “in it” in this sort of context, but if it’s Anglo-Australian venacular and the US would say “in on it” as a synonym here…

By: The Ex

The Ex — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:37:32 +0000

Love the Legend of Zelda reference. :-)

But credit has to go TKOG’s original description of a translucent mite filling with blood as “recharging his hit points.” So apt.

Also, so ugh. Those little fuckers.

By: Zandria

Zandria — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:31:39 +0000

Holy hell moly…there are RAT MITES?! WTF? And the exterminator was a straight-up dick. I’d have “accidentally” pushed him over into that wall so he could get his “live sample”. I’m sure he’d have been bittten by at least one or two hundred of them. Bastid.

By: sandyb

sandyb — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:12:00 +0000

For the last two minutes I’ve thought about what to write here, but the truth is that I have no words. At all.

Just know that I’m sitting here, my mouth gaping.

Job well done.

By: bellyshirts

bellyshirts — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:40 +0000

oh my gosh I have never heard of tropical rat mites before but they now scare the shit out of me. I’m glad you didnt include pictures of them! Even though now I kind of want to hit them up on google..

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:33:16 +0000

“In on it”? Muscles, have you been letting Justice teach you American idioms again?! Clearly the only universally recognized phrase here is: “get yo’ back.”

By: Muscles

Muscles — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:23:20 +0000

Across the pond we would still say “in on it” like normal people, hence the confusion.

By: Dhsu

Dhsu — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:55:42 +0000

Dude, you can’t let those mites recover all their life. That’s when they start shooting lasers out of their swords!

By: LiLu

LiLu — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:39:31 +0000

I will forever, ever, EVER be haunted by the phrase “tropical rat mites”.

Thanks.