Left-footed Flotsam Jandal Phenomenon

June 12, 2006 8:10 AM

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find the article about the flatworm with 230 penises and one vagina referenced (but unfortunately not linked) in this article about the in the amazing Earth, Sea and Sky exhibit which opened today as part of New Zealand's beautiful Te Ara Encyclopedia.
posted by If I Had An Anus (24 comments total)

How many anuses?
Perhaps you could ask about borrowing one.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 8:14 AM on June 12, 2006

"They have a mouth, but no anus. Two species found under intertidal rocks at Kaikōura have the extraordinary distinction of possessing hundreds of eyes and multiple penises – 229 in the case of Anonymus multivirilis."

Damn. Well, when you're out of luck, you're out of luck.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 8:17 AM on June 12, 2006

If flatworm is some sort of code for bar, I was in it last week. Complete washout.
posted by Swandive at 8:17 AM on June 12, 2006

"You are giving me so many boners right now."
posted by BobFrapples at 8:18 AM on June 12, 2006 [1 favorite]

So you found the entry, Ninja? Gimme.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:19 AM on June 12, 2006

Total sausagefest.
posted by slimepuppy at 8:21 AM on June 12, 2006

Notably, no mention of "vagina", so I suspect the article writers just got excited and assumed the mouth was it. We've all been there.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 8:23 AM on June 12, 2006

They have a mouth, but no anus. Just as well their life cycle is short, then.
posted by QuietDesperation at 8:24 AM on June 12, 2006

Thanks! You, sir, are a winner.
*places banded tiara on Ninja's head*
posted by If I Had An Anus at 8:26 AM on June 12, 2006

As I hear it, his pants fit him like a grotesque glove.
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:29 AM on June 12, 2006

I knew I could track down the real action. Hermaphroditic flat worms just aren't safe around me.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 8:33 AM on June 12, 2006

Is that an entire armory in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

(Oh, like you didn't think someone was gonna go there)
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 8:44 AM on June 12, 2006

Am I the first to declare this eponysterical? Eponysterical!
posted by GuyZero at 8:50 AM on June 12, 2006

230 penises and one vagina

LoveLine roll call!
posted by CynicalKnight at 8:55 AM on June 12, 2006

Reminds me of my dormitory in boarding school. And the one vagina belonged to our 60 year old matron :(
posted by Devils Slide at 8:57 AM on June 12, 2006 [1 favorite]

230 penises and one vagina

Also sounds like a sit-com waiting to happen.
posted by slimepuppy at 9:15 AM on June 12, 2006

slimepuppy : "Also sounds like a sit-com waiting to happen."

It actually was a short lived BBC sitcom in the late 80's.
posted by bugbread at 9:22 AM on June 12, 2006

MetaFilter: 230 penises and one vagina
posted by rxrfrx at 9:34 AM on June 12, 2006

229 penises to woo the ladies with, and then he gets stuck with the name "Anonymus multivirilis".
posted by forblaga at 10:51 AM on June 12, 2006

It's a whole Smurf Village.
posted by Sparx at 2:46 PM on June 12, 2006

Dang, NinjaTadpole, Major research respect. Howja do that? All I could come up with was a sea squirt.

If I Had An Anus, As usual, you find amazing visuals. Excellent post, enjoyed the challenge.
posted by nickyskye at 3:38 PM on June 12, 2006

Finally, somebody actually checks out the encyclopedia instead of just making hoo hoo dilly jokes (for which I blame myself entirely). That thing is damn cool and makes me ashamed of where the U.S. government would rather spend $12 million.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:03 PM on June 12, 2006

230 penises and one vagina

Hey, that could be a tagline for The Annabelle Chong Story.
posted by Neiltupper at 11:32 AM on June 13, 2006

Neiltupper, Now you piqued my curiosity. Who the hell is Annabelle Chong. omg, You are so right!

"Gough Lewis' documentary tracks two years in the life of 22-year-old porn star Annabel Chong. Born Grace Quek to middle class Christian parents in Singapore, and educated at the University of Southern California, Chong describes herself as a taboo-busting feminist—a woman who loves sex and loves to sell her body. She catapults to porn notoriety with The World's Biggest Gang Bang, an event (and porn film) at which she sets a world record by having sex with 251 men in 10 hours. Though she claims her career choice was meant to make a statement about gender roles, it all takes on new meaning when tragic events from Chong’s past are revealed."

Yikes. She must have felt puckered. I'm unceasingly amazed about the things I learn on MetaFilter.
posted by nickyskye at 4:46 PM on June 13, 2006