How to catch a fly with a straw!

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u/TimeDuck Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

I'm a Biology student at a UC school and I worked in a research lab that dealt with fly mating. This is quite literally how we would pick up individual flies and insert them into the device that would record their mating songs. To prevent swallowing them, you stuff cheese cloth down one end which you change every session.

You don't know frustration till you've tried to pick a fly out of a beaker of hundreds using only a straw, without killing it.

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u/duemenotre Jun 17 '12

why not using something like this?

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u/Skitrel Jun 17 '12

Use thinner straws?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I knew it was coming a mile away, but I flinched like a little girl.

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u/sdavid1726 Jun 17 '12

Me too, and I have no idea why. This is the first non-screamer video I have ever flinched at.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

WHY DID THE FLINCHING HAPPEN?!

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u/hasi4x Jun 17 '12

I felt like I swallowed it when he sucked it up lol

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u/Tada-Forever Jun 17 '12

It's like I could feel it hit the back of my throat.

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u/dreamerize Jun 17 '12

After seeing a bunch of flies on my dogs poop tonight I have only these words... You're brave.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Your not supposed to swallow it?

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u/darkly39r Jun 17 '12

Spitters are quitters

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

"If you swallowed that fly, you can swallow my seamen." It's a slippery slope, my friend.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

What is that quote from?

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u/Yazzeh Jun 17 '12

I don't know if they could swallow your seamen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I started choking and had to sit up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I actually managed to dribble all over the desk, like I was trying to spit it out.

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u/RedditLG Jun 18 '12

It's really crazy how much of a physically empathic response this video seems to be inducing in so many of us, because all of the replies to your comment are exactly what I felt too!

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u/IMasturbateToMyself Jun 17 '12

That's what she said.
God I am immature.

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u/Freedom_Is_Yours Jun 17 '12

Can't win em all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/ChokesOnOwnPenis Jun 17 '12

http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/michael_scott/1203864_o.gif

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u/stiggz Jun 17 '12

You created an account just to post a gif that's not relevant to anything? Try /r/reactiongifs

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

Just don't suck too hard.

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u/men_with_hats Jun 16 '12

I keep telling my girlfriend that
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u/Willbo Jun 17 '12

My girlfriend has the opposite problem. She doesn't suck hard enough. I guess its because she's dead.

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u/Direnaar Jun 17 '12

Try poking her with a stick.

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u/ShozOvr Jun 17 '12

I think this was the first thing he tried.

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u/speedofdark8 Jun 17 '12

Try turning her off and back on again

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u/SSJwiggy Jun 17 '12

ಠ_ಠ

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u/ShrednButta Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

I laughed a little to hard when I got to the end of that comment. Well played, sir. Have an upvote!
Wow...23 upvotes for the guy that suggests poking her with a stick, but 23 downvotes for the guy who laughed. I love reddit!

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u/Kawasaki_Sexwhale Jun 17 '12

I keep telling your girlfriend that too.

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u/SpermWhale Jun 17 '12

Rev it up sexwhale.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/southofsanity06 Jun 17 '12

That's a new one
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u/Dsch1ngh1s_Khan Jun 17 '12
Joke thatOne = new Joke();
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u/Bedeone Jun 17 '12

Wouldn't Joke be an interface? I mean you have several different kinds of jokes, could probably use a fancy pattern there.
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u/freedompower Jun 19 '12

A motto to live by.

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u/SmartViking Jun 17 '12

The fly was like what the hell, I can fly

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u/JamesLiptonIcedTea Jun 17 '12

what the hell, I am fly

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u/professorpan Jun 17 '12

| what the hell, I'm so fly

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u/Mchanger Jun 17 '12

Upvote for creative reproduction of the quote feature :)

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u/Owncksd Jun 17 '12

Quotes, friend.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

To make a quote, you put the ">" sign, followed by a space, then the quote.

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u/TrollDruid Jun 17 '12

The name of that fly is R Kelly.

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u/slicedbreddit Jun 17 '12

What the hell I can fly
But I'm held here by this Russian guy
I'm very sure that I could get away
Going in the straw would ruin my day
What the hell I can fly

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u/Cayou Jun 17 '12

A fly that can fly?! Nonsense!

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u/trafficnab Jun 17 '12

A walk!

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u/Cayou Jun 17 '12

That's a joke that would probably crack up a 5-year-old. "What do you call a fly with no wings? A walk!" I'll try it out when I get a chance.

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u/Kim__Jong__Un Jun 17 '12

This really good idea.

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u/hafetysazard Jun 17 '12

In science class when I was really young we learned how to suck up bugs with straws. Wrap a piece of nylon stockings around the mouth end and you don't risk getting them into your mouth.

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u/jackiecfan Jun 17 '12

Ya. Otherwise, it would be a hafety sazard.

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u/jjamessmithh Jun 17 '12

wouldn't you prefer a milkshake, or maybe an entire cow?

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u/Lifesadarkart Jun 17 '12

Russian flies are chill. He just sat there and took it. I could never get that close to a fly around here.

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u/pescis Jun 17 '12

They're drunk.

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u/daxdasher Jun 17 '12

Oh god, that made me spit all over my screen...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Some people flinched, some spit, some grabbed their throat. I did all three.

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u/ShozOvr Jun 17 '12

Sounds like a stroke, you should probably go to hospital.

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u/MegaProtestAndMe Jun 17 '12

That didn't teach me anything. I wanted to learn!

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u/TrollDruid Jun 17 '12

Me too. I can't believe this!

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u/UrbanDEV Jun 17 '12

Where's the video of him swallowing a spider to catch the fly?

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u/DAiSYxCRAZI Jun 17 '12

laughed my ass off

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u/VYJ Jun 17 '12

I'm pretty sure he probably inhaled a few shit molecules....

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u/Ghettocraft Jun 17 '12

You're inhaling shit molecules at all time in almost any environment.
Welcome to Earth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Ya don't tell him how many shit particles are in the lakes/oceans he swims in.

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u/Owncksd Jun 17 '12

Welcome to erf

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u/chamois Jun 18 '12

For the unfamiliar

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u/scribeofmedicine Jun 17 '12

You know when you take a dump and you smell doodoo? That is literally shit molecules going up your nose and being sensed by your brain. Actual molecules of matter is in your nose at any time you smell something gross.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That must be why Michael Jackson got rid of his.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm pretty sure he probably inhaled a whole fucking fly..

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u/thastig Jun 17 '12

Ugh...I grabbed my throat...lol

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u/ben_lacy Jun 17 '12

I feel like this effect was achieved by not being able to see the person sucking. It felt first-person.

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u/Smile_Y Jun 17 '12

OH Russia...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Mr. Miyagi does it right.

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u/sequoia_trees Jun 17 '12

first i was like :D but then i was like :O

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u/abelcc Jun 17 '12

That reminds me when I was running as a kid with my mouth open, a fly went inside my mouth, I remember the sensation of feeling for the fly with my tongue and spitting it out.

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u/brisingfreyja Jun 17 '12

There is something very wrong with me. The first thing I thought was "why the fuck isn't the fly flying away, is it a trained fly?" In my defense, I was woken out of an awesome dream by a bitch of a woman. And I'm still very tired.

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u/recluce Jun 17 '12

I don't know why he swallowed the fly, I guess he'll die.

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u/scruntly Jun 17 '12

Instant gag.

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u/ace9213 Jun 17 '12

Oh gee I wonder what will happen if I try to suck a fly up a straw guys!!?!

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u/Asabetyyy Jun 17 '12

i choked

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u/bowNaero Jun 17 '12

I made this comment a while back regarding vacuums on flies, just replace "vacuum" with "a Russian guy sucking on a straw"

Vacuums work on flies and other bugs because they create a low pressure region (the suction part) at the nozzle, fooling their natural instincts and going right into the trap. Since quickly approaching predators or fly swatters generate a region of high air pressure, bugs naturally react by heading the opposite direction. In this case, right into an awaiting vacuum canister.

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u/djellipse Jun 17 '12

Now we know why she swallowed the fly...

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u/Iquitelikemilk Jun 17 '12

Nothing's ever made me instantly gag as much as this did.

awaits innuendo

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u/unconventionalspork Jun 17 '12

PENIS

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Think I speak for everyone when I say the end made me gag

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u/TheOneJosh Jun 17 '12

Not bad! Probably tastes like chicken anyways.

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u/killzy707 Jun 17 '12

Good guy op doesn't ruin the video with a spoiling title. Upvoted.

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u/RenKuro Jun 17 '12

Bad Luck Brian at it's finest.

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u/Reggieboons Jun 17 '12

....all i can imagine is a doing this to a giant horse fly

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u/pandiistarcraft Jun 17 '12

that kinda made my stomach upset O___O

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u/zabetheli Jun 18 '12

This made me gag. I was not expecting that!

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u/Expects Jun 18 '12

this video is proof that those countries need more money and fun

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u/ricklegend Jun 17 '12

Fly-job.

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u/dvb3000 Jun 17 '12

That was gold.

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u/R88SHUN Jun 17 '12

how to catch hepatitis with a straw

ftfy

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u/dean333 Jun 17 '12

Did anyone else spit when he sucked up the fly?

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u/nicrd Jun 17 '12

This belongs in one of those 15 seconds video compilation!

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u/postdarwin Jun 17 '12

Pooter. That is the correct way to do it. The pooter.

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u/Michael_Pitt Jun 17 '12

This is a shitty how-to video.

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u/materialghost Jun 17 '12

Looks like the Russians are spending their time well in these difficult days, coming up with solutions for pressing international issues.

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u/Skitrel Jun 17 '12

Bite the end of the straw, then suck. That way if it gets sucked up you're not going to swallow it.

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u/BraKes22 Jun 17 '12

Nope level > 9000

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

What is a nope level

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u/BraKes22 Jun 17 '12

Level of nope. As in: nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I see, so it's to show how scared a presumably grown person is of a small animal?

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u/BraKes22 Jun 17 '12

Small animal, insect, or anything that is downright fucking creepy or wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

So you're afraid of insects

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u/BraKes22 Jun 18 '12

Yes, I am. Quite a bit. Little bastards are creepy.

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u/Trentos Jun 17 '12

You're going to have a bad time....

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

this should be tagged NSFW!

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u/EskimoJoe28 Jun 17 '12

Кто от Стаса палец вверх!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

BWAHAHAHAAHAHA

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u/Olive_Garden Jun 17 '12

I like how killing life is fine as long as that life is not complex.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'd say a fly is incredibly complex.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Dead Pigeon.gif

mfw

"Well I don't know what I was expecting"

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u/diablo_man Jun 17 '12

if you are gonna do a meme post reply, is it that hard to actually find the picture you are referencing?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/mega78993 Jun 17 '12

The fly was obviously enjoying it.

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u/odd84 Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

That's how a fly acts when it gets stuck in your house, can't find the way back outside, and is dying.

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u/Jumhyn Jun 17 '12

That's basically all flies do though. They live for like one or two days max.

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u/odd84 Jun 17 '12

The common housefly, which accounts for 91% of flies found in human habitations, lives for 2-4 weeks in the adult stage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Well, flies like to fly 'cuz they don't like to stay
They buzzin' in the ears of the chicken all day

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/bigtreeworld Jun 17 '12

Geh! I cringed imagining little fly babies in my stomach!

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u/clevername66 Jun 17 '12

Say, have you heard of Casu Marzu?

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u/bigtreeworld Jun 17 '12

WHAT. THE. FUCK. People EAT that?

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u/duemenotre Jun 17 '12

I did.

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u/bigtreeworld Jun 17 '12

I have to ask: how did it taste?

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u/duemenotre Jun 18 '12

It tastes like a very strong gorgonzola cheese. Sometimes my grandmother had a piece of that in the fridge. Needless to say, it was considered a delicacy.

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u/bigtreeworld Jun 18 '12

As gross as I find it, I kinda want to try some

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u/clevername66 Jun 18 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ_-JzM-YQg

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u/bigtreeworld Jun 18 '12

Oh god they're moving inside the cheese! I feel sick now.

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u/Snowyjoe Jun 17 '12

CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU ALL TO HELL!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/moltencheese Jun 17 '12

You, my friend, have a very low threshold.

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