Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/09/can-you-spot-the-ticks-in-this.html
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They’d be a lot easier to spot if they were fully engorged with blood. Tastier too, I imagine.
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Yet another reason not to fuck with anything that has poppy seeds.
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Yum. Protein-enhanced muffins. 
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I’m betting Lyme Disease via oral ingestion of a tick is rather rare. You could be one of the lucky few!
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Plot Twist: They’re All Ticks
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Sure, everyone knows what those tiny ticks can do to you. But what about those nasty poppy seeds? Perhaps some sinister misdirection here…with the appetizing muffin-glow to distract us? Ever get one of those little bastards stuck between teeth? Hmmmm? Very suspicious.
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Were the ticks added before or after baking?
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It does look like a pretty unhealthy muffin.
So I guess its a win win from a public health pov.
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Raw foods are better, right?
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To be fair, they’re cheaper than poppy seeds these heroin-crazed days.
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I thought it would have been a lot more effective if the ticks were actually spread out over the muffin instead of being in a big clump.
Also, I looked at poppy seed muffins at the store the same day this was tweeted and thought “Yeah, not going to buy those for a while.”
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Hey, it’s protein.
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Well maybe I can, but I refuse to do so.
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Just make sure the seeds aren’t moving when you buy one.
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Not 12 hours ago I discovered a tick firmly planted on my…um…purple helmeted warrior. Right on the helmet. It was much easier to see that the ticks on the muffin.
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This story was reported on the radio an hour ago. One listener pointed out that the ticks can’t bite you if you bite them first.
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I was eating a muffin right now, but not anymore.
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