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[Ollie Pooch]

not quite - but i'm reading an ad for Hahn Premium beer on the back page of the Australian Newspaper liftout magazine - and this is how the ad reads :

"How's this for a perfect day. You're fishing in Papua New Guinea. The sun's on your face as you wade waist deep in the river, with a beer in one hand and your rod in the other. It doesn't get much better than this.

And then, suddenly it doesn't get much worse. Shortly after relieving yourself in the river, you discover you're not alone. Accompanying you is a species of fish that detects urine, swims to its source, and angrily gnaws it off with razor sharp teeth. So now, after having lost your manhood, you bleed unceremoniously to death there in the water. And the worst thing is, it's a true story. This actually happened in June 2001. Twice.

Which begs the question; what was the second guy thinking? We'll never know. But let's hope that beer in his hand is a bloody good one."

i hereby label this ad WORST AD EVER. talking about losing your wang after pissing in a river doesn't really fill me with images of myself enjoying a beer and subsequently having to relieve myself. oh man.

 

[Freestyler]

That's an ad?!

Radio, TV or Print?

It doesn't sound as bad as those little fish that swim up your penix and then they have those spikes that face the opposite way so you can't pull them out. They're my biggest fear in life.

 

[MrCheez]

O_O!!!! @ thread

 

[Ollie Pooch]

yeah a print ad! i don't know who came up with the idea ;P

 

[Dice]

If you urinate in the water from a boat do they jump in?

 

[Dragmire]

Yes!!!

Spoiler

...probably.

 

[ManDudeChild]

I don't want to know what demographic they're trying to reach with that ad.

 

[Chopin Trusty Balls]

Well, this commercial tought me 2 things:Never piss while standing in the Water in Papua Guinea,and to never buys this shitty bear whatever it is

 

[Scrow]

I've lived in Papua New Guinea... well more accurately; I've lived on an island east of PNG called Bougainville. I was there till I was six or seven years old, but had to leave because of a civil war. Never heard about anyone getting their twangers bitten off by a fish in all the time that I was there though...

Well, this commercial tought me 2 things:Never piss while standing in the Water in Papua Guinea,and to never buys this shitty bear whatever it is

meh, I pissed in rivers while there and I still have everything intact. And Hahn is actually a pretty good beer.

 

[B-B-Bomba!]

I never buy shitty bears, as a rule.







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[Particle Physicist]

i think the ad is confusing a fish for the parasite that swims up your urinal tract when you piss.. dont think it can kill you. but its definitely painful

 

[DarthWoo]

i think the ad is confusing a fish for the parasite that swims up your urinal tract when you piss.. dont think it can kill you. but its definitely painful

Weren't those in an episode of the Venture Brothers?

 

[Particle Physicist]

Weren't those in an episode of the Venture Brothers?

maybe.. but they are real. i think they only live in the amazon though.

 

[Claus]

Weren't those in an episode of the Venture Brothers?

lol

Yeah, the Testicular Torsion one. :lol

 

[Funky Papa]

Actually that parasite is a little catfish, it is called candiru and it is not found on Papua. Here are some facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

Disturbing to say at least.

 

[IJoel]

Actually that parasite is a little catfish, it is called candiru and it is not found on Papua. Here are some facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

Disturbing to say at least.

MOMMY!

 

[Particle Physicist]

Actually that parasite is a little catfish, it is called candiru and it is not found on Papua. Here are some facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru

Disturbing to say at least.

whoa.. i guess it can cause death... crazy.

 

[Brofist]

They should toss a few of those fish in the public pool of every town to keep teh little kiddies from pissing.

 

[Scrow]

It is feared by the natives because it is attracted to urine or blood, and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the anus, vagina or even - in the case of the smaller specimens - the penis and deeper through the urethra). It then erects its spine and begins to feed on the blood and body tissue just as it would from the gills of a fish. The candiru is then almost impossible to remove except through an operation, usually involving the amputation of the area. A more expensive option is the use of two plants, the Xagua plant (Genipa americana) and the Buitach apple which are inserted (or their extract in the case of tight spaces) into the affected area. These two plants together will kill and then dissolve the fish. More often, the pain causes shock and death in the victim before it can be removed.

They should toss a few of those fish in the public pool of every town to keep teh little kiddies from pissing.

:lol

that's a classic

 

[Mashing]

Damn, that fish is the stuff nightmares are made of... wow

 

[NLB2]

The candiru tastes the urine stream and follows it back to the human. It then swims up the anus and lodges itself somewhere in the urinary tract with its spines.

My urinary tract is up my anus?