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•  Info Regarding the disgusting little bastard. Last summer after a long macro session I went to the shower and noticed that there was a full blown tick hanging on my testicle. I wasn't able to remove it, so I asked the next nearby person for help - my brother. He was more disgusted with the imagination to erase it from there, then from the tick. After I convinced him that it's very important to erase it asap he was willing to help me with this. When he erased the tick and showed it to me I had a black-out for 30 sec. - because of the disgusting and hurted feeling (it as only psychological). I imagined where this tick has sticked before and bang. True story ! --Richard Bartz (talk) 18:49, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

• I had the same exact problem once when camping ... but i didn't notice until later and the tick was halfway buried in my testicle ! I didn't want to pull too hard fearing I would rip it in half (the tick that is). After a lot of pain I was able to get it off by putting a lit cigarette VERY close to it and the bastard dropped on his own. I later learned NEVER to do this, but oh well it worked and I'm still here ;-) Needless to say I now have a great amount of hatred for these things. --ianaré (talk) 19:48, 24 April 2009 (UTC)