Chaotek Thoughts

Here’s a great email I was sent by someone who had become quite paranoid after reading. After a single read, I was quickly able to determine that this was crap:

GUYS PASS ON TO YOUR GIRLFRIENDS AND LOVED ONES!! WASH BRAS BEFORE USING. Most people do but its just a warning………to those that don’t…..Read the account first, then brace yourselves before looking at the pics………….Oh my god. This is disgusting. Forward to all females!!!! Wash your bra’s before you wear them!!! Please make it a habit from this point forward to wash your just-purchased Undergarments before wearing them. This is sensitive.

After anthropologist Susan McKinley came back home from an expedition in South America , she noticed a very strange rash on her left breast. Nobody knew what it was and she quickly dismissed it believing that the Holes would leave in time. Upon her return she decided to see a doctor after she started developing Intense pains. The doctor, not knowing the exact severity of the disease, gave her Antibiotics and special creams. As time lapsed the pain did not subside and her left breast became more inflamed and started to bleed. She decided to bandage her sores, however as Susan’s pain grew more intense she decided to seek help from a more certified doctor.

Dr. Lynch could not diagnose the infection and told Susan to seek the aid of one of his colleagues who specializes in dermatology. Unfortunately, the doctor was on vacation. She waited for two weeks and finally was able to reach the dermatologist. Sadly, a life changing event was about to unfold during her appointment. To Miss McKinley’s surprise, after she removed the bandages, they found Larvae growing and squirming within the pores and sores of her breast. Sometimes these wicked creatures would all together simultaneously move around into different crevices. What she didn’t know was that the holes were in fact, deeper than she had originally thought, for these larvae were feeding off the fat, tissue, and even milk canals of her breast.

Safe link to included picture (NSFW)

Please share with as many women and men that you know. Our undergarments are made in different countries all over the world. They sit in boxes and go through many hands and exchanges before we purchase them for ourselves. PLEASE WASH ALL NEWLY PURCHASED BRAS AND UNDERWEAR BEFORE WEARING THEM. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT PARASITES ARE IN OUR CLOTHING WHEN WE BUY THEM.

Sure, it’s a disturbing looking picture at first glance, but the entire story doesn’t even make sense. For one, nowhere in the story did the woman buy a bra, let alone within the United States. If the story wasn’t a total fabrication, then this was caused by a visit to jungles in South America, and has nothing to do with the safety of clothing imported into the US. Customs is very careful about ensuring that foreign creatures do not come to the US. If the worms were tunneling around in her breast, why were the holes on the outside look more like the center of a fruit or flower seeds with a worm head visible in each hole?

Of course, there is a mild amount of truth to this email legend. The story is either based on or been helped by medical journal articles like this one. There are untold numbers of parasites and accidental infestations in humans. It’s also likely a good idea to wash clothing after purchase. Some clothing may have chemicals sprayed on them to reduce mildew, or could have parasites from other people who tried them on before you purchased them.

What is important to think about is that many eLegends are completely fabricated. Even a simple query about such a scare-tactic email in any search engine will likely turn up plenty of proof that it is fake.