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marmar

(77,091 posts)
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:23 AM Nov 2018

Macomb County clerk suggested fecal-eating worms for office toilets


(Detroit Free Press) Macomb County's ousted clerk, Karen Spranger, once suggested installing toilets over holes in the floor containing fecal eating worms as a way to add more bathrooms to a county building without having to run additional plumbing.

That was among the odd, and sometimes outright bizarre, revelations that came out in depositions taken in a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against Spranger by two of her former top deputies, who she fired within months of appointing them.........(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2018/11/01/karen-spranger-macomb-county-clerk/1821863002/



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Macomb County clerk suggested fecal-eating worms for office toilets (Original Post) marmar Nov 2018 OP
Dayum! Someone actually proposed that? No wonder she's gone. brush Nov 2018 #1
I talked to a couple of people who used to work there.... marmar Nov 2018 #2
Suppose a bunch these worms escaped and got into people's lower digestive track ? magicarpet Nov 2018 #3
I actually read that whole article... violetpastille Nov 2018 #4
I think her skull is filled with fecal-eating worms. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2018 #5
She is full of fecal matter Racerdog1 Nov 2018 #6

brush

(53,876 posts)
1. Dayum! Someone actually proposed that? No wonder she's gone.
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:34 AM
Nov 2018

Who wants to squat over a pit full of worms

And think of the smell.

Nuts.

marmar

(77,091 posts)
2. I talked to a couple of people who used to work there....
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:38 AM
Nov 2018

... they said she's a complete nutcase.

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
3. Suppose a bunch these worms escaped and got into people's lower digestive track ?
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:45 AM
Nov 2018

Wouldn't that be problematic ?

Maybe a blessing in disguise,.. we would no longer need to fuss with toilet paper. A sort of Roto-Rooter for the lower intestinal track.

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)
4. I actually read that whole article...
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:48 AM
Nov 2018

Because I was all..hmm. You never know? Maybe it's a good idea.


She makes actual tin foil hats and wears them.

As many harmlessly batty eccentrics want to infiltrate the Republican party, I'm all for it. Do it!

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