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I cannot stand them, they are horrible, horrible,horrible. The only insects i can tolerate are spiders and bumblee bees.

The reason for this little moan about insects is that i ventured into unknown territory this morning. I took the rubbish out to the bins ( my boke normally does that job) and imagine my horror when i came face to face with like a gazillion maggots wiggling menacingly around on the bin bags. My neighbour dashed out to see what was the screaming was all about. He just found it amusing even though they were all over his bin too. YUK, YUK,YUK!!! What kills maggots off? After this weeks collection that bin is gonna get another good clean. It's gonna be an even more horrid job as we're not allowed to use hosepipes.

There are times when i really hate summer.

And here's something even more horrid. Front page of Folkestone Herald today. Lidl sells sausages with added maggots. The lady that purchased them screamed in horror when she opened the packet of sausages to be faced with those manacing wriggly things. It wasn't from the store by my house, which is practically in my back garden but the one in the town centre. I will never ever buy sausages from there now.
I'm going to start using these farmers markets for my meat and veg in future.

How odd, I thought I had replied to this

Anyhoo, maggots are fab. By that I mean I can handle them as opposed to anything else which wriggles, crawls or flies.

I used to sell them for fishing bait when I worked in an ironmongers. Apart from the ammonia-like smell, they are pretty innocuous. We kept them in a special fridge to stop them 'sweating' and keep them still. They aren't so pleasant when they warm up and can escape from the containers.

They are used to great effect in wound management. People who have suffered leg ulcers and the like would tell you that they are a miracle cure, as they only eat dead flesh. They put 10 of them per square inch under your dressing for a couple of days, and then count all 10 of them back out. No, they won't burrow into your skin, or multiply.

I wouldn't want them in my sausages, but eating them wouldn't do you much harm.

PLUS - the man who used to deliver them ("the maggot man") to my shop was the most handsome man I have seen since Ison.

He was a bit stinky, though.

Gavin Scott wrote:PLUS - the man who used to deliver them ("the maggot man") to my shop was the most handsome man I have seen since Ison.

He was a bit stinky, though.

I suppose I'd better say this before someone humourous asks who the stinky one was - me or the maggot man!

Isonstine wrote:I suppose I'd better say this before someone humourous asks who the stinky one was - me or the maggot man!

You have a charming musk, I'm told.

But I'd have to be closer to know for sure.

Do maggots smell then?

They just make me feel manky when i come anywhere close to them. I had to shower and wash my hair yesterday even though i never actually touched them. I just felt like they were all over me. What is strange is that i come across head-lice on kids regularly yet i don't get paranoid or itchy.

miss hellfire wrote:Do maggots smell then?

They just make me feel manky when i come anywhere close to them. I had to shower and wash my hair yesterday even though i never actually touched them. I just felt like they were all over me. What is strange is that i come across head-lice on kids regularly yet i don't get paranoid or itchy.

Yes in large numbers (literally gallons of them) they can be quite pongy. We bought them by the gallon.

I suppose having them in a chilled container in a shop is very different to dicovering them in the bin. Fuck the water ban and hose them away.

Bleurch.

Isonstine wrote:

Gavin Scott wrote:PLUS - the man who used to deliver them ("the maggot man") to my shop was the most handsome man I have seen since Ison.

He was a bit stinky, though.

I suppose I'd better say this before someone humourous asks who the stinky one was - me or the maggot man!

See with you Ison, it doesn't really matter if you're stinky or not. You have one of those happy, handsome faces which means you could get away with being a bit stinky once in a while And you're fair when moderating TVF. You're one of those people who are difficult to dislike.

Gavin Scott wrote:

miss hellfire wrote:Do maggots smell then?

They just make me feel manky when i come anywhere close to them. I had to shower and wash my hair yesterday even though i never actually touched them. I just felt like they were all over me. What is strange is that i come across head-lice on kids regularly yet i don't get paranoid or itchy.

Yes in large numbers (literally gallons of them) they can be quite pongy. We bought them by the gallon.

I suppose having them in a chilled container in a shop is very different to dicovering them in the bin. Fuck the water ban and hose them away.

Bleurch.

Gallons of them YUK,YUK,YUK!!! I hear some people put them in their mouths to warm them up after being refigerated, that makes me want to puke.

For the fishermen amongst you, i discovered that Trout like cheese. I used to have a house with a river at the bottom of the garden. It's full of Trout and people used to illegally fish for them using bread or maggot on the end of a line to no avail.I however used to throw bits of cheese for them. All the Trout would hang about down my end of the river, feasting quite happily without getting hooked out of the water. I've never told anyone until now.