The seen where Alan sees himself eat the scab he just picked off his knee made me want to vomit. I remember kids who ate boogers and licked nose run, but eating a scab off a wound??? That is positively disgusting. Has anyone ever known a kid who actually did that? I mean, it is almost cannabalism! Gross!
shareHave you ever chewed dead skin off of your lips? I don't see how eating a scab wound could be anyworse.
shareHow is eating a scab different from eating "boogers" or licking your runny nose? It's all cells from the human body.
shareat least boogers are moist and sticky. Scabs are all dry and hard. Maybe put some hot sauce on it might taste better.
shareMmmmmmmmmm.
It's like jerky.
Me jerky.
"Me jerky."
LOL!!! Sounds like something Homer would say.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
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Mmmmmmmmmm.
It's like jerky.
Me jerky. by sanstereo
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...LOL!!! Sounds like something Homer would say. by jgroub
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Freaking hilarious!
By the way, for all those who think scabs are gross, they usually do not contain the dirt, viruses, and bacteria that oral mucus and snot have. Ingesting one's own tissue is not cannibalism
(m-w.com: cannibalism
1 : the usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being
2 : the eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of the same kind).
A scab is less than a few milligrams. Have you never swallowed your own spit? Uh, yeah, everytime you eat you're swallowing more infectious stuff than a scab. Have you never had a bloody nose that ran down your throat?
You lazy, half-ass bully! Any as*hole can pull a gun on somebody! ... Boy! You need a role model!---Donny Astricky
Besides. what is it good Christians say.
"Eat this bread for this is my body, Drink this wine for this is my blood"
Talk about ritual cannibalism :)
Walk Quietly throughthis Earth
Leave nothing but Smiles and Pawprints
That was hilarious! :-D
sharewell, runing nose isnt really your cells, its virus inside your nose multipying and your body pushing it out.
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Applied Science? All science is applied. Eventually.
I wonder if there are any nutritional benefits...
It's a bit odd that the scab scene is the most memorable in the movie.
It's a bit sad...haha
Just reading any of the relpys to this message has made me want to vomit
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Well it could be part of OCD, although Robin Williams' character didn't exhibit many other OCD symptoms. But it is a real disorder to pick at one's skin - I have a form of this in that I pick at the skin around my fingernails until they bleed, sometimes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_skin_picking
This whole thread is NASTY dude!
shareit's rather interesting.
haha, i was actually thinking about that scene too... i was confused for a moment, and i thought he just tasted his blood or something, but then i contended that something definitely went into his mouth... so blah. x_x
e.e. cummings style!
Yeah, I don't really see the point that eating the scab made for his character. Oh well. I liked the movie anyway. I thought it was originally called The Cutter when I saw it a couple years ago. Weird.
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I found that scene gross.
People do that and other things, but it's gross nonetheless.
I'm pretty sure i've eaten a scab before as a kid. I don't think I made a meal of it. I must be the most disgusting person ever.
shareAs a kid, we used to try to gross each other eat with the ol' 'Would you rather ....' One of them was invariably 'Eat a scab sandwich'. As I recall, it actually got chosen quite often. There must have been things much grosser to our 9 year old boy minds, probably involving the nudity of our elderly teacher. Or maybe it was the implication that at least a scab sandwich would come with bread.
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