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Ligatures and Flies

Ligatures and Flies

The inside of the glass contained a thin wire used to sew parts of the body together.
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This makes me queasy. I watched my son get stitches once and damn near passed out.
J-131274
Tue 05-01-2007
The fly really makes this picture!
Colin
Tue 05-01-2007
The Fly and the Glass Candycane? There's a title for that coffee table book of yours Motts!
Jude
Tue 05-01-2007
Ugh.

The dead fly adds a very nice touch.
Sam
Tue 05-01-2007
That looks pretty old. By the 60s Armour's Pharmaceuticals were using plastic screw caps on their packaging. Was that just blown glass that you had to break to get into?
Beth
Thu 05-03-2007
Reminds me of the time they showed a rugby league player having a cut on his head stapled shut and the stapler got jammed.
BunnyNSW
Fri 05-04-2007
they ran outta bodies so now they perform there autopsies on flies. What is this world coming to?
lamb
Fri 05-04-2007
Oh, I'm hungry now. Someone mentioned candy canes and flies. Damn.

Well, to be honest, this one one of the creepier pictures on this entire site. That fly landed perfectly.
Sweatyshoulder
Tue 05-08-2007
Hey Motts did you do a autopsie on that fly?
LOL ;)
Canada
Tue 05-08-2007
the dead fly adds sooooo much to the picture
Joe
Sun 05-13-2007
Eerie as hell... Like said before, the fly really adds this wonderfully grotesque element.
Rae
Thu 05-17-2007
Motts,do they break open the glass tube when ready to use? FANTASTIC photos.
CSA fr USA
Thu 05-24-2007
amazing motts that you got that fly and its shadow! wow
great job on this pic!
silkster40z
Tue 06-12-2007
That fly was warned as to the toxicity of the formaldehyde. I don't feel the least bit sorry for him.
david s
Mon 10-15-2007
Okay, that just gave me the heebee-geebees.
Jenn ["Sunshine"]
Wed 03-26-2008
Haha, someone mentioned stitches.. Up until I had my son a year ago, I had never had stitches (and I still have not broken any bones or twisted any joints). While giving birth, however, I suffered a third-degree tear downwards that required immediate stitches. Despite my epidural (gah), I still required localized pain medication, although at first they were unaware of such and began stitching me up. A painful situation, believe me. Worse when your husband is standing across from you, staring, going, "I never want that again!"
CataclysmicStar
Mon 04-28-2008
Where are you going to get tools for something that small? As always, great shot
Wrath Barcane
Sat 11-15-2008
Wonder how long that fly's been there for? lol it really adds a nicer picture to it.
Stinky Pete
Fri 11-28-2008

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