Mysterious moving lump on woman's face turned out to be a worm

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Could have been worse.

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It can’t reproduce, so it runs laps around one’s face. Thank heaven for small favors?

All-in-all, face worms are still better than having a baby for a bunch of hamburgers.

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I think that’s sad. Every parasitic worm should have the opportunity to lay eggs in somebody’s face.

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With a face-worm one never needs to be alone.

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Hah! I can see it now. The incel-worm movement.

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NokRdiB

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“The Russian woman had the worm removed and made a full recovery, the report said.”

The woman or the worm?

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This put me off my breakfast. Thanks!

I actually consider that better than a worm.

I think I see the next extreme body-mod trend coming down the pike. When outrageous tatooes and extreme metal piercings aren’t enough to show how edgy you are, why not install a face worm?

Animated tattoos will be the outcome.

She must be city folk. I’ll bet in rural Russia they get these all the time and there’s a folk remedy that involves a lot of vodka, a pocket knife and some tweezers.

Nothing worse than getting a borg-zit on an important day.

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Could be worse:

I’m not sure I would…

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