Comments on: Hugs, Twisty: fan mail from a flounder

By: annie

annie — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:02:51 +0000

your brain is admirable but I only make out with specially chosen persons.

but you got enuf offers here to last awhile!

By: PandanCat

PandanCat — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:07:37 +0000

Only one recorded incident? I am so very disappointed. Candiru obviously do not live up to the hype.

Okay. Sharks it is!

By: io

io — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:53:22 +0000

Radfem Sharks: band name?

I have heard (so very authoritative) that candiru are more likely to parasitize men because they (men) have more linear urethrae than women. Wikipedia (also authoritative) says there’s only one documented case of (male) urethral entry of candiru.

There is a slight possibility that the flounder in question was giving a genuine-for-internet-culture compliment, as too much sincerity can be mistaken for weakness. IBTP for this; also, while I’m terrible at doing the taxes, would happily clean up the margarita accoutrements at Chez Twisty.

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:40:01 +0000

Seriously, Annette, you are so right. The male compulsion to pee everywhere, and especially in every body of water visible, is apparently irresistible. You don’t see women standing in the river taking a giant visible piss all that often.

By: Antoinette Niebieszczanski

Antoinette Niebieszczanski — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:32:08 +0000

“A candiru lodged in my urethra would probably have me hopping right enough and I is no man.”

Yes, but you’re far less likely to be standing in the river waving your weenie. So although I have no data to back it up, I’m betting the fellas are more prone to urethral invasion.

By: Bizzie Lizzie

Bizzie Lizzie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:11:33 +0000

A candiru lodged in my urethra would probably have me hopping right enough and I is no man.

I think the 9:1 or so ratio of M:F shark attacks is because men are daft. Spear fishing on the sandbanks anyone? Nice bit of bloody destructive thrusting in murky water? Grrr.

Natural selection, see?

By: PandanCat

PandanCat — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:50:12 +0000

It’s not surprising that the candiru (thanks!) go for any urethra, but it always seems that men get more worked up about them. Watch out! It’s gonna penetrate you! That fish is gonna make you gay!

By: jezebella

jezebella — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:24:33 +0000

Sharks: secretly radfem?

By: Bizzie Lizzie

Bizzie Lizzie — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:35:01 +0000

The critters in question are called candiru. Don’t think they discriminate too much though. Any urethra is fair game.

Shark attack victims are more commonly male, though, according to my big book of sharks. I’d have to sift through a whole lot of ichtyological resources to find up to date statistics on that. I wonder why.

By: PandanCat

PandanCat — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:48:44 +0000

Oh, everybody’s scared of piranhas; it’s the weenie invaders that I’m referring to. I almost want to raise some in a home aquarium. (I vowed to never keep fish again after my koi committed suicide last year. Of course, that won’t stop me from telling dudebros that I have them.)