After being out in any wooded area, it's best to check for ticks. And I'm sure a tick on a dick would stick out well.

Saw. Found. Uncovered. Revealed. Espied. Detected. Whatever the ****. How can you not get that part of this story?

uh ok zebidee. I never said I didn't understand the story. What I'm saying is it should stick out easily to where you notice it right away. instead of like, "oh I discovered a tick".

lol

actually.... you don't have your man parts hanging out all day. so when you come back from hiking/camping you have a friend check, or you do a once over to find ticks and mites. I'd rather have a tick than chiggers. those things burrow and itch much worse :(

damn you look beautiful

no, ur pic is ouch

your picture is creepy.

You're not supposed to pull ticks. That's how OP probably ended up in the hospital. You're supposed to burn it- heat up something and press it against the tick, so it gets out and moves on its own. If you pull it, pieces of the tick (which were inside you) will stay inside and can cause various complications. I assumed this was all pretty basic knowledge, do people (mostly OP) really not know this?

No, just the city born and bred ones whose entire stock of outdoor knowledge came from other people who live their lives in high-rises, locked away from nature.

Actually, now the (medical) thinking is using fire may aggravate the tick and make it release its toxins. You grab the tick closest to its point of attachment, and pull with tweezers.

I don't know about the new "medical thinking" so I won't respond on it, even though I have personally stung two ticks (that were on me, not my privates though, thankfully) and almost immediately after doing that they let go and ran away in a hurry. I do know that tweezers are a bad idea. Even if there is a correct way of doing this, most people would not do well- A large number of people would freak out and try to remove it as fast as possible, others would just not be patient, squeeze too hard etc - all those reasons and more would cause pieces of the tick to remain in your skin. If you don't think you should burn the tick off, you're probably better off going to a hospital than trying to pull it yourself.

I'm not sure what "medical" advice column you have been reading, but pulling ticks is a terrible idea. The tick will try to hold on and you will inevitably tear parts attempting it, leaving toxins behind. Putting something hot on or near the tick is much more effective at getting it to leave voluntarily.

yes like a match, light it, blow it out and put it on the tick, it should walk itself out

Never pull a tic out. Make it uncomfortable enough to back out of your skin. Heat is the easiest way. rubbing baby oil on it will work too, because it will not be able to breathe unless it gets it's head out.

His dick is swollen, which implies infection. Given that ticks can carry various diseases, I'd say that is definitely cause to get it checked out.

goliatron, you are such a retarded fag.

I agree, just cause you get one in your happy place doesn't mean you did a thing!

not really, since I found one on my side the other day.

they attach themselves to places with blood flow

so how do u explain snakes having ticks. u make no sense

Jesus Christ. Would it have taken longer to type that or to just punch 'tick' into Google? Yes. It's a bug. They suck blood. if you don't remove them properly, they can cause infection.

A tick is not a bug. It's an arachnid. I know, I'm nitpicking, but if we're gonna educate, let's teach the right thing.

no it's a parasitic insect

I was using 'bug' in its broadest sense of land-based arthropod. I don't think in this case the distinction between an insect and an arachnid is important, especially in the case of someone that didn't know what a tick was in the first place. Oh and 'nitpicking' - LOL. #72, #69 is right.

Senseless - you've just become FML's first Arthropodology Nazi. Well done. :)