or that's how it looks, anyway

Quote :

" ATLANTA - A Georgia woman said a weekend outing turned into a horrifying experience when her young grandson developed blisters after he found a used condom in their hotel room and put it in his mouth."

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/weird/082510-Boy-Blistered-after-Licking-Used-Condom,-Grandma-Says


my instinctive response is that this is Darwinism in action

8/26/2010 4:29:43 PM

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related?

8/26/2010 4:30:40 PM

Dammit. I meant to throw that thing away. Sorry dude!

8/26/2010 4:31:09 PM

That's some good parenting.

8/26/2010 4:31:54 PM

Quote :

""When I looked at my grandson, he had a used condom all down his throat -- his tongue in it everything. And there was semen in the condom," she said."

Quote :

"Is that what they call a 'free continental breakfast' in Atlanta? "

hahaha

[Edited on August 26, 2010 at 4:33 PM. Reason : x]

8/26/2010 4:33:04 PM

hahahaha little kids will put literally anything in their mouths

8/26/2010 4:38:26 PM

"This water balloon tastes funny."

8/26/2010 4:39:26 PM

Christ, that kid should just eat a bullet and start over. Somebody take that little dude aside and explain how he's lost the game of life.

8/26/2010 4:39:35 PM

oh hey i'm a little kid. check it out, a used condom on the ground. i'm gonna eat that *gets herpes immediately*

8/26/2010 4:41:56 PM

I saw on the news, she said he thought it was a balloon and was trying to blow it up. She was in the shower when he found it

8/26/2010 4:42:58 PM

Could only be better if it was a used colonoscopy bag

8/26/2010 4:43:51 PM

8/26/2010 4:47:12 PM

i remember some kids on my bus in elementary school were playing with condoms on the bus like balloons. i proceeded to tell them they were morons.

8/26/2010 4:48:25 PM

Did I not post in here already?

This is a lie. This is obviously a big, fat lie.

And I hope to goodness that poor kid doesn't have genital herpes on his mouth. I saw someone with it, and that stuff doesn't just look disgusting but extremely painful as well.

8/26/2010 4:54:19 PM

why would somebody make that up? I've had some subpar maid service in supposedly upscale hotels, and it seems to be pretty standard at cheapies.

8/26/2010 4:57:05 PM

Kid finds used condom, now has derp

8/26/2010 4:59:49 PM

^^They would make it up to

1) explain how their child has herpes.

And/Or

2) sue the motel.


The kid in that picture is grownish. So I doubt he really did put a used condom in his mouth. And, if he did put it in his mouth, herpes is generally spread skin-to-skin--not from semen, blood, saliva, etc... If this kid somehow magically got it from a rather old used condom, how come I haven't gotten it when my lazy ass sits on a public toilet seat? And why wouldn't they have switched hotel rooms after they realized the sheets were dirty?

The kid may have something, but I doubt he got it from the used condom. I suspect they are either lying or perhaps mistaken.

8/26/2010 5:11:39 PM

Quote :

"The kid in that picture is grownish. So I doubt he really did put a used condom in his mouth."

the kid is four years old

think about the amazing, appalling stupidity of adults

a four-year-old kid chewing on a used condom is not hard to swallow (npi)

8/26/2010 5:15:27 PM

Okay, he looked older than that.

It is very possible that the condom incident occurred. But he definitely didn't get herpes from it.

8/26/2010 5:20:05 PM

haha, apparently there is a common virus that gives children blisters in the mouth that is spread by fecal or respiratory means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpangina


I guess it still could have come from the condom.

8/26/2010 5:20:22 PM

^Yeah, I been reading about it.

I really hope it's that and not herpes.

8/26/2010 5:22:20 PM

Quote :

"Herpangina, also called mouth blisters, is the name of a painful mouth infection caused by coxsackieviruses. Usually, herpangina is produced by one particular strain of coxsackie virus A"

Herpangina?
Coxsackie virus?

This is just too easy.

8/26/2010 5:40:45 PM

UPDATE

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/24737167/detail.html

The kid has oral herpes. Tons of kids have oral herpes. It's kinda nice to get it young cause the chance of an outbreak is pretty much zero by the time you're old enough to care. And these parents/grandparents are silly for not wanting to give him kisses anymore. A doctor needs to set them straight.

Furthermore, he did not get oral herpes from an old, used condom left in the room. Herpes is not spread through blood, semen, etc... It is spread through skin-to-skin contact and much, much, much more rarely outside the body but only for a matter of minutes (and that's in a perfect storm-type situation).

The only way this kid got oral herpes from a condom is if somebody stripped that condom off their organ and this child immediately picked it up and put it in his mouth, which means for the used condom story to stick, grandma better fess up that it was her condom from the sex she was having with somebody else in that room.

He most likely got it the way most kids do--from a family member giving him a peck or sharing a drink with him.

[Edited on September 15, 2010 at 5:55 AM. Reason : I'm actually kinda pissed at this news station.]

9/15/2010 5:38:10 AM

Oh snaps, I've been reading the comments section, and I finally found one worthwhile...

Quote :

"How come they stayed in a hotel in Atlanta when they live about 12 miles away? Six Flags is not that far from Alpharetta."

This is a giant con!

And I love sleuthing!

9/15/2010 5:50:47 AM

I believe you Bridget
You should go into law

9/15/2010 7:54:08 AM

Seriously though, we've got to get to the bottom of this!

9/15/2010 8:59:38 AM

Quote :

"Then, she said, she noticed something more troubling. "I'm like, 'Girl, you know, these sheets don't smell clean,'" Jones said."

bahahahaha

9/15/2010 9:40:23 AM

Quote :

"To infect people, the herpes simplex viruses (both HSV-1 and HSV-2) must get into the body through broken skin or a mucous membrane, such as inside the mouth or on the genital area. Each virus can be carried in bodily fluids (saliva, semen, fluid in the female genital tract) or in fluid from herpes sores. The risk for infection is highest with direct contact of blisters or sores during an outbreak."

http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/how_herpes_simplex_virus_transmitted_000052_3.htm

9/15/2010 9:59:21 AM

I am very fortunate to have made it through 6 years of undergrad STD free.

very very very fortunate.

9/15/2010 10:03:04 AM

^^Obviously, the virus can easily get into those fluids. But the virus doesn't live long enough without a suitable host (body temperature/moist) to be spread without skin-to-skin contact.

If this weren't the case, then herpes would be even more prevalent than it is now. I mean, a dude with herpes could take a leak, not wash his hands, then come out and shake your hand. You rub your eyes cause they itch, and OMG, you gotta genital herpes on your face! In fact, that scenario is more plausible than this used condom shit.

^I am fortunate that I got the oral herpes when I was a young G. I think I had my last sore when I was in elementary.

9/15/2010 10:49:51 AM