@ghost-of-a-duke saidI can remembering touching leeches with a cigarette to make them drop off my ankles.
As a child I was brought up on the horror story from my nan that an earwig once bit her on her finger and she had to burn it off with a cigarette.
I'll take my chances with the killer earing.
@relentless-red saidI've not held a cigarette or seen a leech. But I do have ankles.
I can remembering touching leeches with a cigarette to make them drop off my ankles.
(Exaggerated for effect).
@relentless-red saidLOL....You weren't concerned about the smoking?
I can remembering touching leeches with a cigarette to make them drop off my ankles.
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@very-rusty saidOn balance I preferred to get the leeches off with the cigarette. I guess others might have wanted to smoke it! 😉
LOL....You weren't concerned about the smoking?
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@relentless-red saidI don't smoke, you do as you wish! 😉
On balance I preferred to get the leeches off with the cigarette. I guess others might have wanted to smoke it! 😉
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@very-rusty saidI don't smoke either. That was a memory from 1982. Think I was still occasionally smoking then although it might even have been somebody else's cigarette. Certainly made the leeches let go instantly. Otherwise they grip on and are hard to remove. Interesting how long you bleed after they have dropped off because of the anticoagulants in the bite.
I don't smoke, you do as you wish! 😉
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@relentless-red saidGood for you not smoking.
I don't smoke either. That was a memory from 1982. Think I was still occasionally smoking then although it might even have been somebody else's cigarette. Certainly made the leeches let go instantly. Otherwise they grip on and are hard to remove. Interesting how long you bleed after they have dropped off because of the anticoagulants in the bite.
I've never experienced leeches it sounds like a very unpleasant experience.
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@very-rusty saidSaved many lives (and limbs) back in the day.
Good for you not smoking.
I've never experienced leeches it sounds like a very unpleasant experience.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidI do understand that too, but still wouldn't want to experience it.
Saved many lives (and limbs) back in the day.
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@very-rusty saidNot sure they even have leeches in the Great White North.
Good for you not smoking.
I've never experienced leeches it sounds like a very unpleasant experience.
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@moonbus saidThat's okay, the ones who ran the forum (and ran others out) now are moving their tendrils out into the General Forum (with dreams of conquest in their heads, no doubt). They probably got bored with no targets in the SF, but they haven't given up their methods.
For sooth, some have more wisdom in their little fingers than others have in a month of Sundays.
(For this reason, I eschew the Spirituality Forum religiously.)
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@very-rusty saidYou haven't experienced life until you've experienced a leech. I just let them suck away until they get bored and drop off. Much better than pulling them off.
I do understand that too, but still wouldn't want to experience it.
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