by T-Bone
There is quite a bit of medical news going on this week and I am going to attempt to blog the subject delicately.
In one week, there have been two news stories about erections gone
wild. Sorry to be so blunt, but these stories are on the national news
wires – so I just call them as I read them.
The first story involved the deadly Latrodectus mactans, a black widow
spider found in southern Chile. Seems this spider’s venom is not only a
contraceptive but is also may cause “prolonged, painful and involuntary
erections in men.” (thank you Reuters)
In Chile this is known as a “Supersize Me Combo.”
The research showed that Chilean farmers who were bitten by the spider
experienced massive feelings of virility. “The spider’s bite can kill
children and the elderly, but among strong young farmers it leads to
erections that can last for days and involve involuntary ejaculations.”
On a side note that would make Peter Parker proud, Spiderman action figures sales are on the rise with Chilean women.
This week’s Boost Plus news is swelling the killer erection story even larger.
Seems a man in New York has sued the makers of Boost Plus after drinking the “oral suppliment” and waking up "with an erection that would not subside." Hopefully, it will subside by the time he gets to court.
Like those Spiderman action figures, Boost Plus sales in stores near retirement homes have gone through the roof.
In an unrelated medical story, if you have seen the new London Olympics
logo (drop a glass jar of grape jelly), and haven’t had a seizure,
count yourself fortunate. Commericals using the spasmodic new logo
have been yanked from British TV after apparently causing seizures in
epilepsy patients. While I don’t have epilepsy, I did have a desperate
desire to buy a mop after seeing the commercials on YouTube.
So far, the logo has caused no painfully uncontrollable or unsubsidible
erections (that officials know about). But just to be safe, southern
Chilean Olympic hopefuls may want to avoid Boost Plus while watching TV.
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T-Bone is the alter ego of natural-born storyteller Terry Taylor, whose real job involves creating TV and radio campaigns for an ad agency. He also writes Big River's company blog, By the Campfire. Yeah, he's won awards and has worked ever'place from LA to New Yawrk City, but there's still a lot of small-town Alabama in him. In other words, you can dress T-Bone up, but you can't take him nowhere.
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Listen, I hope you're not kidding about this because my wife and I have had a terrible time recently. I just bought 4 cases of Boost and am crawling around under my house where the spiders hang out. I'm feeling lucky.
I'll let you all know how it turns out.
Posted by: Vito Corleone | June 14, 2007 at 04:54 PM
Listen, I hope you're not kidding about this because my wife and I have had a terrible time recently. I just bought 4 cases of Boost and am crawling around under my house where the spiders hang out. I'm feeling lucky.
I'll let you all know how it turns out.
Posted by: Vito Corleone | June 14, 2007 at 04:54 PM
Listen, I hope you're not kidding about this because my wife and I have had a terrible time recently. I just bought 4 cases of Boost and am crawling around under my house where the spiders hang out. I'm feeling lucky.
I'll let you all know how it turns out.
Posted by: Vito Corleone | June 14, 2007 at 04:55 PM
That's 16 cases as you can see above. This better work.
Posted by: Vito Corleone | June 14, 2007 at 04:56 PM
Sorry, I caint count. But neither can them spiders. So I think I'm alright.
Posted by: Vito Corleone | June 14, 2007 at 04:57 PM