Are we sure he did this for medicinal purposes?
Cue up Fusilli Jerry. Million to one shot Doc!
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Similia similibus curantur.
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In other news:
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Are you sure, though…?
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I’ll buy a more demure bathing suit.
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Well, traditionally, sticking an eel up a butt was something you did to livestock (to make them more lively during sales - the eels later replaced by ginger when it became more widely available), so we’re already halfway there…
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I thought it was horseradish, but haven’t double checked.
Also, vaguely remembering that this practice had some connection to the term “cocktail,”…or am I totally mixing up my stories.
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“So for you lame cats tryin’ to put your hit out
Try rockin’ back and forth
It might be easier to get your shit out!”
–Mad Skillz
The history is retained in an expression, even:
(But no doubt people used whatever irritants were at hand with similar results.)
“Cocktail” may be related to the practice of docking a horse’s tail (but probably not):
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Rand Paul is a walking eel enema.
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Perhaps he asked the eel to order some tobacco and matches for him and the eel was reading the translation as, get up my arse and feed…
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Lost in translation.
You have your fun, I’ll have mine…
you mean faux hasn’t already?
Eels are becoming harder to come by. How about lampreys instead?
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In the hospital sometimes we gotta do “digital disimpaction” which is less ones and zeros and more - “I gotta glove up”… I’ve said too much
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When you just gotta poop,
But it’s hard, needs a scoop,
That’s a moray!
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Turns out there are some things that eels just won’t do.
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