Maggots in the fridge.

[trof]

I know several folks whose homes were flooded in NOLA.
Not enough water to toss fridges and freezers about.
They were sitting just where they left them.
Every single one was full of maggots when they were opened.
So...

Does this mean that there are fly eggs already in a lot of stuff we put in there?

And they don't hatch just because the temp is too low?

barf
:puke:

[redqueen]

1. And you had to share this WHY?!

:puke:

What am I gonna do now? Spray my food with LYSOL?

:cry:

:puke:

:cry:

[trof]

8. I think Clorox, if you can stand the taste.

;-)

[XemaSab]

2. Paging Mike_C.

Paging Mike_C.

Mike_C, please report to the lounge immediately.

[undeterred]

3. Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing.

He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

[SofaKingLiberal]

11. goddamnit

[Taverner]

4. So does that mean we eat fly eggs every day?

And if so - what is the nutritional value of a fly egg?

[redqueen]

5. Now there is a practical and positive way to look at it.

Thank you, Taverner. :)

Still...

:puke:

[rateyes]

14. Actually, eating a fly egg...

will give one worms....just thought you'd like to know. :evilgrin:

[Misunderestimator]

6. Oh thanks bunches.

x(

[trof]

7. More info:

The appliances had not been tossed about.
The doors were still securely shut.
How did the maggots get in?

[Tom_Foolery]

9. That's the title of my favorite country song. n/t

[trof]

10. Too much information:

After reading this article, you may never leave food uncovered again. That white stuff you had always thought was some sort of seasoning your mother was cooking with might not be seasoning at all. Since many people don't have a clue what fly eggs look like, we thought it was important to post this article. Unless you firmly believe in the theory "What you don't know doesn't hurt you," you can stop reading now.

The housefly is a nuisance and its body is festered with bacteria that can be transmitted to our food. It seems they always know when we are eating, as they suddenly appear from nowhere, trying to taste whatever we are having. What's worst, these annoying pest have the audacity to lay their eggs on our food. That sweet piece of meat you were saving for last is a prime target for flies. All you have to do is leave your food unattended and uncovered for a short while and a fly is ready to add a few extra ingredients to your meal. The fly, a master at hiding its eggs, prefers to deposit them in the crevices of meat or whatever food it chooses to lay them on. You need a keen eye to find an egg deposit.


Life Cycle
A female housefly can lay a batch of 75 to 150 eggs at a time. A single female can lay several batches totalling up to 500 eggs in about 3 to 4 days. Eggs are laid on any suitable food source such as decomposing food in garbage, animal excrement, carrion and other decomposing organic matter. Shown below is an egg deposit on a chunk of corn beef. Food is never pretty close up. The eggs are very tiny so the photo includes a pencil to give an idea of the eggs'

Eggs hatch into larvae or maggots with one day. Full-grown maggots are ready to pupate in a few days. Before transforming to the pupa stage, the maggots crawl from their food source to find a cool place to dry. This is the stage were we often see them crawling out of our garbage. In optimal conditions, adult flies emerge from the pupae completing the process of egg to adult in about 7 to 10 days. Adult flies usually live for 15 to 25 days.

http://www.justbajan.com/health/articles/flyeggs/

[latebloomer]

12. Thanks for sharing!!

:puke:

[texanwitch]

13. Looks like rice.

This happened to my Grandmother when I was a little kid, the smell was something else.

[asthmaticeog]

15. Hey, if there ARE already fly eggs in a lot of our food,

vegans are FUCKED!

[Dave Reynolds]

16. Flies have FACES!

:cry:

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. Back in the summer, I actually saw a maggot crawl....

out of my work supervisor's shirt.

Thanks, trof, for proving to me that is what I saw. I can't look at the images downthread again, but now I know it wasn't really a grain of rice.

:puke:

[Blue-Jay]

18. You supervisor is actually a zombie.

<shudders>

[greatauntoftriplets]

19. ......

:rofl:

Have you met him somewhere?

:spray: