worming

fattoush (baba ghanoush) has tapeworms. i am understandably distressed by this. and also, mostly, revolted. poor little bastard.

i looked it up online though, and apparently it is extremely difficult for humans to catch tapeworms from cats. which is good news, as i was well on my way to convincing myself that i had it. they can grow up to 20 inches in your intestines you know. and even though the human intestines are really, really long and 20 inches wouldn’t take up that much room, still. still. i’d say it’s probably a more serious problem in cats though. since they’re smaller and all. plus there’s the facts that bits of the segmented tapeworm parasitic grossness breaks off and exits thru the ass. where for a few brief shining moments (for it, not for me, or presumably fattus) it’s still alive and wiggling before it changes color and dies.

and now i am off to buy de-worming medication. fun, fun happy day.