Yaah's Fruiting Body

[Shimshimay]

For those of you who have seen the picture accompanying Yaah's identification on this forum, you'll recognize it at the fruiting body of Aspergillus. What you may not know is how Aspergillus got its name. The word "aspergillum" in Latin means "to sprinkle". Roman Catholic priests use a spherical metal ball with multiple perforations in it to sprinkle holy water on their congregation. Whoever first named the fruiting body of the fungus thought that it looked a lot like those instruments used by priests, and hence assigned it the name "Aspergillus". Of course, in most tissue sections that pathologists get, the pathognomonic fruiting body is not present. So, only a presumtive diagnosis of Aspergillus is made.

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[bananaface]

yaah is not capitalized. He's "special."

 

[yaah]

Interesting story - I always like the historical context!

Yaah can be capitalized, either way. The only reason it isn't capitalized is that I just happened to not capitalize it when I was registering my username. It actually should be capitalized though - since it is a proper noun. It kind of bothers me that I didn't do that.

But yes, in this case, it was an autopsy where the fungus overgrew in the bronchi, trachea, larynx, and actually the stomach. It was black, and we initially thought it might be food particles because it was so dense.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

now...THAT was deep!

 

[NubianPrincess]

Ack. No pathology for me

 

[nerfherder]

I miss yaah's old caterpillar dude avatar. Was that from a bug's life?

 

[yaah]

Ack. No pathology for me

Everyone's always dissing path.

Yeah the caterpillar was from Bug's Life. Heimlich. He rocks.

 

[Aubrey]

I'm curious as to the origin of Andy's avatar. That's pretty f*cked up right there.

 

[bananaface]

Yaah can be capitalized, either way. The only reason it isn't capitalized is that I just happened to not capitalize it when I was registering my username. It actually should be capitalized though - since it is a proper noun. It kind of bothers me that I didn't do that.

There is some new drug out whose brand name is not capitalized. it starts with "m" but I can't remember the whole name.

People who capitalize my user name are twits. I shake my fist at them.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I'm curious as to the origin of Andy's avatar. That's pretty f*cked up right there.

yeah. some dickwad took a picture of me at a gaming convention and another douchebag decided to f*ck with it.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/fatasiankid.html

 

[Gut Shot]

Of course, in most tissue sections that pathologists get, the pathognomonic fruiting body is not present. So, only a presumtive diagnosis of Aspergillus is made.

Jesus, my Mycology Nerd-O-Meter blew out after reading this. I'd just upgraded the buffer to four terra-mcginnis units, too. Damn howdy.

 

[beary]

yeah. some dickwad took a picture of me at a gaming convention and another douchebag decided to f*ck with it.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/fatasiankid.html

Those are hilarious!! My favorite is the LOTR pic.

 

[yaah]

Here's the full size

 

[bananaface]

Fruit trivia: Strawberry flesh is not fruit. The little seeds on the outsides are, though.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

Here's the full size

and if you f*ck with the filters and polarlized light and all that bullsh*t, this is what you see:

 

[bananaface]

This thread begs the question:

If yaah were a fruit, what kind of fruit would he be?

 

[b&ierstiefel]

This thread begs the question:

No, it does not.

 

[GrandMasterB]

Andy, were you aware that you have a show on comedy central starting soon?

 

[bananaface]

Andy, were you aware that you have a show on comedy central starting soon?

What does the B stand for?

 

[geddy]

What does the B stand for?

Not sure if this is where he got it, but I seem to remember that for a while, Bud on "Married with Children" went through a phase where he asked people to call him "Grandmaster B" - it was pretty funny. He was trying to be a rapper - he wore his hat backwards and crossed his arms across his chest a lot. I remember seeing somewhere that the show's writers were actually mocking David Faustino, the actor who played Bud, who was trying to start a rap career at the time.

 

[bananaface]

I was wondering if it was for "bater"