Read the opening of 100 Most Disgusting Things on the Planet

“Urggghh! That’s DISGUSTING!” You might hear someone saying that if they see you picking your nose or find stinky, rotten food in your fridge. But what exactly does it mean to be “disgusting”? The word disgusting literally means something that tastes bad or makes you feel sick. There are lots of things that can do this, as you’ll see in this book.

Foods you find revolting, yucky body bits, nasty smells, and creepy-crawlies can all make you screw up your nose or back away in horror. Disgusting to you, Delightful to me A lot of “disgusting” things are only disgusting to some people and not to others. For example, someone who finds the idea of blue cheese completely revolting might be happy to munch on a fried grasshopper.

Someone else might think eating grasshoppers is vile but love eating prawns, which would be extra-odd because grasshoppers and prawns actually belong to similar animal families – both have feelers, bulging eyes, and lots of wriggly legs. learning Disgust The truth is, we find many things disgusting because of our culture – the beliefs and values we grow up with. As a child, you learn what is disgusting from people around you yelling “Oh!

That’s gross”, “Urggghh”, and “That’s disgusting. Stop that at once!” In some cultures, for example, eating insects is normal; in others, people think it’s so horrible that they couldn’t do it if they tried. Definitely Disgusting So, is disgustingness only in the eye of the beholder? Not always. For example, almost everyone in the world finds poo disgusting.

It smells so bad that we instinctively know we need to keep away. This natural reaction protects us from the dangerous germs in poo and helps us to stay healthy. toilet humour When you were four or five, you probably thought it was incredibly funny to shout “poo!” Hey, maybe you still do! Maybe you’re itching to turn to the rudest, yuckiest pages of this book and have a good giggle.