Thread: WTF did I just read

A new candy-sniffing craze can cause maggot infestations in children's noses.

Parents have been warned that the new craze - in which youngsters inhale crushed sweets through their nose - can have a serious impact on their health.
It is believed that flies - attracted to the rotting sugar - are laying eggs inside children's nasal passages.
Health officials say lung infections, septicaemia and internal bleeding could also be caused by snorting candy with tell tale symptoms of use including a gooey discharge and mucus beneath the eyelids.
At this point even sneezing could cause the child to fall seriously ill.
According to the New York Daily News newspaper, a Rhode Island School has already issued a health warning to parents via email to find out if their children can feel a tickling sensation or smell a foul stench, encouraging them take immediate action.
Although sniffing the candy has no addictive or hallucinogenic qualities, hundreds of videos of youngsters doing so have appeared online. The clips - some attracting over 1,000 views - include the children experiencing severe pain and choking.

Candy-sniffing craze causes maggot infestation in children's noses / Sunday World

I thought maggots could only eat rotting flesh , hence their medical use to clean wounds or maybe just a different kind ...

Crushing up smarties and sniffing them.

Guess the kids a copying their perants Charlie habits.

Originally Posted by rebbu

attracted to the rotting sugar

Bull shit. Sugar is used as a preservative in a lot of foods. It doesn't rot, and it certainly doesn't attract flies looking for a place to lay their eggs.

Another stupid internet myth that will be taken seriously by dumbass people.

the flys used to be shit scared of the sweets we used to eat as kids
like this sherbert fountain



that a modern one, the old ones had hollow liquorish tube you could suck up the lethal sherbert or kayli as we called it .
never remember any need to snort it up the nose though ,,

I remember those. May have led to my more adult abuses in later life, which are now forgotten about.

Remember the pretend cigarettes? My dad would buy me a pack of ten every week. Look at me now, pack a day of B and H.

snopes.com: Snorting Smarties

I guess they think they are taking performance enhancing drugs

Hopefully the thought of possible maggots in the nose will help dissuade children from snorting the Smarties."
Read more at snopes.com: Snorting Smarties

Dumb fuck.

Originally Posted by blue

the flys used to be shit scared of the sweets we used to eat as kids
like this sherbert fountain



that a modern one, the old ones had hollow liquorish tube you could suck up the lethal sherbert or kayli as we called it .
never remember any need to snort it up the nose though ,,

Jumpers for goalposts.

Would have been a bugger sniffing these