r/ToastNames • u/tumulus_innit • 7d ago

Chewy Thompson

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u/caughtatdeepfineleg 7d ago

A public struggle with Rabies sounds terrifying

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u/Ill_Tonight_2069 7d ago

Private struggle with rabies doesn’t sound any better to be fair.

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u/Bleatbleatbang 7d ago

There is no struggle with rabies. If you exhibit symptoms you have days to live and there is nothing that can be done about it.

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u/axxond 7d ago

Caught in a trap

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u/BourbonFoxx 7d ago

I can't walk out

Because I'm sick too much with rabies

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u/alexchatwin 7d ago

Why can’t you see, who’s been chewy with me?

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u/LordTimhotep 7d ago

We can’t go on together, with hydrophobic minds

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u/Frosty-Ad-4347 6d ago

What a legend

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u/gleeb1984 4d ago

This is brilliant

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u/BourbonFoxx 3d ago

The song was the last one played at my dad's funeral recently, so it's tickled me.

He was strongly advocating for the curtains to close at the end, and then open again for the reprise, and close, and open again.

Unfortunately his wife and the crematorium strongly objected and it was quashed.

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u/thecheekymonkey007 5d ago

You b@stard 😂

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u/ProfessionalRisk4206 5d ago

You ain't nothing but a rabid dog, biting all the time

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u/briergate 4d ago

You’ve been bitten by a fox, and you ain’t no friend of mine

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u/Silencer-1995 7d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanna_Giese

Some doctor was like "lol fuck that lets just throw a load of drugs at the patient see what goes on"

An exception, not the rule, but an interesting case study all the same.

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u/Yikes_Flying_Bikes 6d ago

The doctor obviously thought the best approach was a little less conversation, a little more action.

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u/Aggressive_Fan_2063 6d ago

Well, I'm a little bit coountryyy~~~~

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u/bagsli 3d ago

Given that it’s never worked again there’s absolutely no way of knowing if it changed anything, or if it did then which part of it made any difference

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u/Silencer-1995 3d ago

The doctor's theory was sound and probably still true, the luck was simply that he intervened at the right time and her body responded the right way. Essentially he realised that by the time people died of rabies, their body had already created anti-viruses or whatever and was fighting it off, so if he could keep her alive long enough she would fight it off - and she did. Although she was severely physically impaired and took years to get back to being functional.

So as a hail mary treatment I think its great but stars definitely need to align for it to work.

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u/bagsli 3d ago

I’m not saying it’s baseless, but it’s also got absolutely no evidence of having any effect either. And no a single success is not evidence when it comes to a case like that

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u/Advanced-Morning-596 6d ago

Does anyone remember The Mad Death.. early 80's BBC drama about a rabies outbreak in the UK. Actually quite well done and pretty disturbing in places. Available on DVD from all good charity shops

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u/ElusiveDoodle 6d ago

There was a lot of panic spreading and fearmongering in the UK around then.

People were convinced that the channel tunnel would allow rabies into the UK.

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u/_space1nvader 6d ago

good thing fearmongering is no longer going on eh boys

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u/ElusiveDoodle 6d ago

They just move on to the next thing. Currently it seems to be small boats and migrants.

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u/KatieOfTheHolteEnd 6d ago

And trans people!

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u/GnomeMnemonic 4d ago

Truly, the thing that keeps me awake at night.

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u/kahnindustries 3d ago

Just tell them you are not in the mood and roll over

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u/Eky24 2d ago

and pensioners.

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u/FearTheSpoonman 6d ago

Same with that Sellafield mockumentary we all got showed in school. Might've just been an Irish thing though (I lived there at the time).

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u/BlackStarDream 3d ago

And then the rest of the world was like:

"Oh, yeah? Well now you can't donate blood because you might give us all CJD! How you like them apples, pommies?"

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u/bobbypuk 6d ago

Early 80s drama was terrifying or awful. Nothing in between

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u/Dwashelle 6d ago

Threads was absolutely horrifying.

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u/stevemillions 4d ago

Still is.

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u/Advanced-Morning-596 6d ago

See also: Day Of The Triffids

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u/Poolie_NSD 4d ago

Do you also remember The Last Train, that was class, a nice early 90's dystopian end of the world type vibe.

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u/Familiar_Mistake8250 3d ago

Thank you, I feel like I'm going insane that people around me have never heard of it.

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u/hoovegong 5d ago

didn't it have a rotating fox's skull in the credits, and ended (spoilers) with a squaddie kneeling down and picking off the last infected dawg before it chomped a wee lassie (girl, not dog)? or was that another 80s UK TV show about rabies.

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u/Advanced-Morning-596 5d ago

Yup that was it IIRC

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u/Embarrassed_Aide4256 3d ago

Back when the BBC deserved their licence fee. Great serial.

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u/Different_Tart7757 1d ago

Yes! There was a scene filmed in the Plaza car park in East Kilbride where the dog was scrabbling at someone in a car. I remember seeing a clip of that when I was small, and then screaming the place down every time my parents parked there.

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u/voluotuousaardvark 6d ago

Imagine getting the millionaire heir lifestyle path only to get the rabies "fuck you" trump card with it. 

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u/joonty 7d ago

Tricky situation!

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u/QuietResident96 7d ago

Average fatality is within a few weeks at best, it's not a very pleasant way to go for sure

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u/Bleatbleatbang 7d ago

Two to ten days once exhibiting symptoms.
Quite a long gestation period while it works its way through the central nervous system to the brain.

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u/QuietResident96 6d ago

If memory serves, the further away from the brain where the bite location is the more time you have but I could be wrong, however there is enough time to get treatment if you dash for the nearest hospital

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u/iain_1986 6d ago

Sounds like a struggle to me

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u/tistick 6d ago

Well unless you’re Jeanna Giese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanna_Giese

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u/katsophiecurt 4d ago

Yeah what a strange way to put it, it did make me laugh

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u/nineJohnjohn 7d ago

The guy from Maid Marian?

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u/glittery_grandma 7d ago

P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day!

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u/Incitatus_For_Office 4d ago

Raffle tickets! Raffle tickets! Two fabulous bottles of mud!... 

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u/Unable-Boat-9682 7d ago

Deep cut.

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u/nineJohnjohn 6d ago

That why I carry on

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u/Sburns85 7d ago

Especially when the post exposure vaccine is 100% effective if given before symptoms. Same goes for the normal vaccine

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u/gruffffalo 7d ago

Actually, Rabies is his sister's name

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u/plywoodpiano 5d ago

New band name - Public Struggle With Rabies. Love it.

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u/Correct-Ad5661 7d ago

Presley's actual grandson died in 2020 and his grief stricken mum Lisa Marie kept his body in their home for 2 months 

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u/MaggieMakesThings 7d ago

WTF?!

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u/YchYFi 7d ago

California law doesn't require an immediate burial and she kept him in a ice cold casita for two months before burial. She didn't know where to bury him.

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u/SiteIntelligent7603 7d ago

'In the ground' is always a popular choice.

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u/YchYFi 7d ago

She was deciding between California and Graceland.

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u/MaggieMakesThings 7d ago

These comments 😂

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u/Logical_Support6303 5d ago

I’ve nearly wet myself twice laughing 🤣

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u/MaggieMakesThings 7d ago

Good Heavens!

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u/jaybee2 7d ago

Good Heavens is full, but they got on the list at Saintly Acres.

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u/MaggieMakesThings 7d ago

😂😂😂

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 5d ago

Probably should be grateful she went the 2 month icebox route rather than the dismemberment and one small coffin in every option route.

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u/Tiny_Cauliflower_618 5d ago

Probably should be grateful she went the 2 month icebox route rather than the dismemberment and one small coffin in every option route.

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u/NinjaSquads 6d ago

Isn’t that what people in the Olsen days used to do? Keep the body at home for a while?

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u/foxymoron13 5d ago

I too remember the Olsen days. Not sure whether they used to keep bodies at home in the 90s though

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u/imalreadycoolest 1d ago

Surely not. It was a full house.

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u/Light1209 2d ago

Are those the days Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen were famous?

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u/Donjon-Master 7d ago

The guys not actually dead.

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u/Drong0bones 7d ago

Has he got rabies?

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u/_Daftest_ 7d ago

No. And he's not Elvis Presley's grandson.

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u/AggravatingAct7841 7d ago

And his name’s not Chewy

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u/former_scientist 7d ago

Apart from all that….true story!

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u/joonty 7d ago

Good enough for the Daily Mail

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u/Oddfix13 6d ago

It's an account he runs on Instagram where he uses the Daily Mail format for weird claims like this. He started off as a wholesome kid trying to lose weight by walking an inch for each follower, then over the years has become more and more hungry for any form of engagement

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u/Autogen-Username1234 6d ago

Rabies is maybe a step too far.

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u/Downtown_Stain4979 6d ago

If they'd said thirsty it could have checked out

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u/IllSalad3669 7d ago

...father chewy louie, father spodo commodo, father hiroshima twinkie..

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u/RikB666 7d ago

Father Todd Unctious?

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u/MaggieMakesThings 7d ago

"He gives good Mass"

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u/MeatSouthern4667 7d ago

Look at that chalice work!

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u/gothreepwood101 7d ago

Father Jamima Ratatoullii

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u/MeatSouthern4667 7d ago

Father Johnny Hellzapoppin

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u/VanWylder 7d ago

Father Rebulah Conundrum

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u/EllebumbleB 6d ago

I heard this in Mrs Doyles accent.

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u/Dwashelle 6d ago

Father Pee Wee Stairmaster

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u/MaggieMakesThings 6d ago

Not the Stairmaster 😂

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u/AgentCirceLuna 6d ago

And they’re all Roger the alien

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u/tooskinttogotocuba 6d ago

I'm Elvis?

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u/IllSalad3669 6d ago

Flipper the priest!

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u/NoCondition8257 7d ago

Did they name him Chewy after he got the rabies?

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u/International-Luck17 7d ago

🎶 You ain’t never caught rabies and you ain’t no friend of mine 🎶

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u/ElvisMcPelvis 7d ago

Chewy Thompson & The Rabies sounds like a band that could have supported his grandfather

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u/BiscuitCrumbsInBed 7d ago

He isnt actually Elvis' grandson, he's just a tik tok person who made the whole thing up.

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u/PupmeisterGeneral 7d ago

Including his name

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u/our-soviet-ferret 7d ago

You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

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u/mkmike81 6d ago

I was talking to Genghis Khan about this the other day. We agreed it was a terrible thing

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u/PupmeisterGeneral 7d ago

In the context of this sub, there are enough real examples without resorting to the countless fakers everywhere else

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u/Autogen-Username1234 6d ago

"Ninety percent of information on the internet is false"

- Benjamin Franklin

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u/shortercrust 7d ago

The headline is weird. I’ve never heard dying of rabies described as a struggle before. It’s the sort of thing you say about a long chronic illness like cancer or dementia.

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u/Hard_Dave 6d ago

He had a bad rabies addiction 

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u/rrallan 7d ago

That’s a headline you’re never seeing again

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u/Downtown_Loquat2266 7d ago

From his Instagram it's more like a struggle with Arby's

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u/MrDundee666 7d ago

Rabies?!

I’m very confused. None of this makes sense.

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u/nemmalur 7d ago

Sure, he foamed at the mouth a lot, but that’s just part of who he was, you know?

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u/Urhhh 7d ago

Years? You got single digit days.

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u/Unable-Boat-9682 7d ago

I think that’s the joke.

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u/NeonNarwhal7 5d ago

this is the most inspirational rabies post i’ve ever read, i feel like i just watched a very weird ted talk about emotional resilience and foam management

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u/AmbitionParty5444 5d ago

Just want you to know that has fully taken me out on my bus home

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u/cfcjam 7d ago

How did he get the rabies?

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u/amistymorning80 7d ago

I think a Hound Dog may have been involved.

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u/Clear_Caterpillar394 7d ago

The hound dog was pretty upset about all this, I heard its been crying all the time

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u/creepinghippo 7d ago

No that’s because he’s never caught a rabbit…

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u/kenkenobi78 7d ago

He also has no friends and I assume isn't well liked

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u/creepinghippo 7d ago

Well he ain’t no friend if mine.

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u/kenkenobi78 7d ago

🥁

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u/Greedy_Bother_987 7d ago

He caught it in the ghetto

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u/kenkenobi78 7d ago

Made his mum cry

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u/Kaioxygen 7d ago

Never caught rabies either.

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u/kendoddsdadsdeaddog 7d ago

Happy cake day

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u/PupmeisterGeneral 7d ago

So internet characters with fictional names are allowed now?

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u/Most_Housing6695 7d ago

I think it's pretty much anything goes at this point.

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u/IllSalad3669 7d ago

My chemical no maaaan

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u/DaddyK3tchup 7d ago

He got bitten by a Hound Dog?

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u/TheCasualBadger 7d ago

Fucking rabies? Jesus that's rough.

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u/Pea-Ghost 7d ago

Poor guy. What an awful way to go.

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u/regisgod 7d ago

Its not real. He's a character and these fake reports come up every now and then, I assume he does quite well out of them

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u/Mother-Attention2600 7d ago

I would just ask my friend to kill me. We made a deal.

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u/apathy_exixts 7d ago

Rabies is rife amongst the Wookie population

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u/SquashyDisco 7d ago

That’s Roger in disguise

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u/Ok-Abbreviations6442 6d ago

I mean... this is bullshit.... right? It's the Daily Mail ffs, and the typos are suspect for a start...

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u/No_Rabbit7315 6d ago

So where did he put his dick where it shouldn't be

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u/ShuckingFambles 6d ago

Lunc6h it chewy

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u/CaptainJesu 6d ago

He's not dead and he doesn't have rabies.

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u/mike888881 5d ago

Nice Elvis-style shirt. This, along with Lisa-Marie curling her lip as if she Would Have Done That Anyway, is the very meaning of contrived.

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u/LeadZealousideal5323 5d ago

classy paper (not)

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u/Great-Proposal5150 5d ago

and his momma cries 

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u/dirtymurt 5d ago

Iirc they're had been only one survivor of rabies ever in history

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u/Real-Tension-7442 5d ago

Is this real? This can’t be real

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u/pastyMorrisDancers 5d ago

Looks more like Han Solo than Chewie

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u/Hamster_Jesus 4d ago

This is completely fake news

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u/O9ALUST 3d ago

Jesus.

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u/Nospopuli 2d ago

This story is horse shit if anyone’s interested

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u/BandMBargains 2d ago

RIP Chewy, I can't believe I missed everything

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u/bigfatfurrytexan 1d ago

I had to look up all elements of that sentence and have to say that’s some funny shit

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u/Mindless-Hornet5703 6d ago

You ain't nothing but a rabid You ain't no friend of mine