Apparently, if you stand in the Amazon River and urinate a tiny fish called the Candirú [also known as the toothpick, pencil or vampire fish] will swim up the stream and lodge in your urethra, thereby royally buggering up your day [or days, if there are no genito-urinary surgeons immediately to hand].
Also, readers of Seutonius ["The Twelve Caesars"] will recall the disgusting testicle-nibbling activities in the pool at Tiberius' villa at Capri. "There's nowt so queer as folk," as Alan Bennett is fond of saying.
Apparently, if you stand in the Amazon River and urinate a tiny fish called the Candirú [also known as the toothpick, pencil or vampire fish] will swim up the stream and lodge in your urethra, thereby royally buggering up your day [or days, if there are no genito-urinary surgeons immediately to hand].
ReplyDeleteAlso, readers of Seutonius ["The Twelve Caesars"] will recall the disgusting testicle-nibbling activities in the pool at Tiberius' villa at Capri. "There's nowt so queer as folk," as Alan Bennett is fond of saying.