Body Flossing

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Looney

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LOL doing a google search of that found it... also found other funny vids (like a guy having his jewels in a mouse trap).
 

TechnoPro

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There is a Yoga practice of swallowing a muslin cloth to clean out he upper GI tract. But it is certainly not meant to be removed from the other end.

Please PM me with link.
 

Ophir

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Sounds like the String Test to check for Giardia.

For the string test, a gelatin capsule that contains a loosely-woven string is swallowed. One end of the string protrudes from the capsule and is taped to the patients outer cheek. Over several hours, the gelatin capsule dissolves in the stomach, and the string uncoils, with the last 12 inches or so passing into the duodenum. In the duodenum the string absorbs a small amount of duodenal fluid. The string then is untapped from the cheek and is removed. The collected duodenal fluid is expressed from the string and is examined under the microscope. Although more comfortable than some of the other tests, it is not clear how sensitive the string test is, for example, does it diagnose 60% (not very good) or 90% (very good) of cases of giardiasis.
 

AbAbber2k

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I'd bet money it's not real (haven't seen the clip myself). If you actually managed to do that, pulling on the string from either end would have the direct effect of pulling on your internal organs, cutting off circulation to said organs (some of which are quite vital) and in some cases severly damaging some of these organs.
 

toekramp

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Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I'd bet money it's not real (haven't seen the clip myself). If you actually managed to do that, pulling on the string from either end would have the direct effect of pulling on your internal organs, cutting off circulation to said organs (some of which are quite vital) and in some cases severly damaging some of these organs.

watch the clip... it's gross, i believe it is in fact real
 

NorthRiver

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Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I'd bet money it's not real (haven't seen the clip myself). If you actually managed to do that, pulling on the string from either end would have the direct effect of pulling on your internal organs, cutting off circulation to said organs (some of which are quite vital) and in some cases severly damaging some of these organs.


It is real man!
 

FP

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Feb 24, 2005
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WTF. I visit the kontraband site and all of the sudden my 2405FPW starts turning on and off at about 5 second intervals.

The entire monitor turns on and off.

/me scans for viruses.
 

Hail The Brain Slug

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I couldn't find it on Kontraband. It seemed so interesting!
Also, why/how could a virus make your LCD turn on and off?
 

HamburgerBoy

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I can't believe that so many of you are actually looking for a video of this. Why not google for some goatse while you're at it?
 

FP

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Originally posted by: XabanakFanatik
I couldn't find it on Kontraband. It seemed so interesting!
Also, why/how could a virus make your LCD turn on and off?

Who knows but I haven't scanned in a while so what the heck.

I went back to the page after rebooting and no problems. hmmm....
 

moshquerade

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Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
I'd bet money it's not real (haven't seen the clip myself). If you actually managed to do that, pulling on the string from either end would have the direct effect of pulling on your internal organs, cutting off circulation to said organs (some of which are quite vital) and in some cases severly damaging some of these organs.
he didn't seem to be getting it to come out at the end. i guess we don't know how it actually came out.

 

SagaLore

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That would have to be really long floss. If the floss were pulled tight, it could kill him.