Brunch

I received an invitation from Inci last week to come over to her place and have dinner or brunch. I had to check what day and what time so we agreed on meeting up Sunday the 16th which was yesterday at 13.00. Inci is a student from the academy and I helped her out with some html problems.

She had prepared a wonderful brunch. It all looked so nice so I had to take a few pictures. She’s from Turkey so we had a Turkish brunch which was absolutely delicious!!! All the flavours and colors; very nice! It was a hot day so we sat outside in the garden for a couple of hours, eating, drinking, talking and enjoying each others company. It was a true shame when I had to go home at 16.40 because we were enjoying ourselves.

I had to be home because people had to have a look at the apt. This girl called me last Friday to make an appointment to have a look around the house. So she came over with her parents. They had a quick look around and left within 5 minutes orso. If I would’ve known that it would take them 5 minutes I would’ve cancelled and stayed at Inci’s…

Maggots Part II

FYI, I ran into this online, I was having a look at scientific stuff and found this article…

9.15.05 Maggot Medicine

Robert Krulwich and Jonah Lehrer

Jonah Lehrer: I’ve got a multiple-choice question for you.

Robert Krulwich: Fire away.

Lehrer: Let’s say you’re a diabetic, and you’ve got a terrible and infected wound on your foot that just won’t heal. What should your doctor do:

a-apply lots of antibiotics, the stronger the better

b-just flush the wound with water and wait

c-feed the wound with thousands of hungry maggots

Krulwich: You gotta be kidding me. That’s the easiest question ever. Of course, the answer is a. Put endless amounts of the strongest possible antibiotic cream on the wound. That should clear the infection right up.

Lehrer: Actually, you’re completely wrong. The answer is c. For a truly festering flesh wound, maggots are a very valuable treatment. In fact, maggots are often better than anything else modern medicine has to offer.

Krulwich: I don’t believe you. This is the 21st century. We can watch babies in the womb and transplant hearts. We can perform brain surgery. And you have the gall to tell me that doctors are using maggots? Do I look especially gullible today?

Lehrer: Wait. It gets worse.

Krulwich: It couldn’t possibly get worse. You’ve already supplied me with my next nightmare.

Lehrer: Well, prepare for another nightmare. What is the only thing more disgusting that having maggots in a wound?

Krulwich: I don’t know. Maybe having a leech sucking my blood.

Lehrer: Exactly.

Krulwich: Oh, no you don’t. There is no way modern medicine is using leeches. No way.

Lehrer: Way.

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