Thursday, May 18, 2006

Body Buddies

Wormy!

My entire childhood life was filled with fear of one animal-the tapeworm.
My mother had a particularly good way of inducing this fear anytime I came into the house with dirty hands and didn't wash them right now, ASAP, before I stuck them into my mouth in an effort to enjoy a dirtsicle...

"You'll get a tapeworm" echoes in my head to this day whenever I see a speck of dirt on my hands.

The worse part, I have found myself repeating the threats to my son who spends most of his day digging in the dirt.

It was with no great relief to me when I came across this story about the ol'gut buddy...

Read on:
Tapeworm story

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