Snake massage

[GeneChing]

Here's a good one. Why don't you take all your clothes off and let me pour live snakes over your body? It's massage. You pay me for this service.

Slithery snake massage
* Source: Xinhua
* [13:44 June 09 2010]

At Ada Barak's spa in northern Israel, snakes don't give people the creeps. They give deep-tissue massages.

There are 10 pics in this piece. I'm only posting the first one.

[sanjuro_ronin]

I give my wife a anaconda massage whenever I can !

[Hardwork108]

Here's a good one. Why don't you take all your clothes off and let me pour live snakes over your body? It's massage. You pay me for this service.


There are 10 pics in this piece. I'm only posting the first one.

I have my own experienced masseur snake. Any ladies out there who are in need of a special massage contact me. There is a hefty discount if you bring along a girlfriend.

[GeneChing]

A carnivorous plant roadside attraction and snake massage? Kinky. There's a great short story or horror film in this story.

[David Jamieson]

What has two thumbs and likes having his snake massaged?

This guy *points at self with thumbs*

[GeneChing]

I'm hijacking this thread for massage in general, and may someday delete 'qigong' from the current thread title.

Seven of the world's weirdest massages



Taiwanese meat cleaver massage
Yes, if you haven't spent enough time being stabbed in the back at work or home, you can now pay for the pleasure with your local Taiwanese street vendor.

Known as daoliao or "knife massage", the process involves being lightly struck with the sharp side of two meat cleavers. It's most popular in Taiwan, but knife massage has been practiced for hundreds of years on the Chinese mainland.

The blades are dull, but that doesn’t quite distract from the fact that you're still paying to be very, very lightly stabbed. For 10 minutes of sheer terror stress-relieving bliss, a knife massage will set you back around $7.

(image: YouTube/Christine Ng)



Hakali cactus massage
Yes, why have a relaxing, warm and soothing massage when you can be repeatedly prodded with a plant that's renowned for being t*****? Because you've got money to burn and a need to impress your friends on social media, that's why.

Despite the name, a cactus massage really isn’t painful at all – mostly due to the fact that the "needles" are removed from the plant beforehand, meaning it's more like being rubbed down with lily pads than rose stalks.

Cactus is used because the gel inside is soothing and restorative for the skin, just like aloe vera. It’s taking the world by storm, and is even available here in Australia in some high-end hotels like the QT hotel on the Gold Coast.

(image: Four Seasons)



Thai face slap massage
Yes, it's not a weird massage unless it involves some moderately painful gimmick, like getting slapped in the face.

Tata is a Thai-American who's bringing the traditional art of "face slapping" to San Francisco. She claims that the gentle, rhythmic slapping of her hands against your face helps to remove wrinkles, tighten up pores and even reverse aging.

And it’s not just your face that's getting a beauty beat-down, Tata also claims that she can add inches of size to a ladies bust, all with the magic of a well-timed backhand.

(image: Mambokikwetu / Blogspot)



Snake massage
Are you deeply terrified by the thought of lying in a pit of snakes, ala Indiana Jones?

Then perhaps the snake massage at the Bali Heritage Reflexology and Spa in Jakarta is not for you. For about $60, you can have the pleasure of several pythons writhing and squirming all over your semi-naked body. Although that sounds very Samantha from Sex In The City, it’s very much more Bindi at Australia Zoo.

The spa only uses pythons that are non-venomous, and all of the snakes have their mouths taped shut to avoid them chomping on any errant dangly bits. Which makes the whole process seem totally fine.

(image: Digital Deconstruction)



Fire cupping massage
It seems that in China, anything that can make a massage a little more dangerous to your health and safety is seen as a good thing. Case in point: fire cupping.

Fire cupping is an ancient technique whereby glass cups are heated over a flame and then placed on your body. As the glass cup cools, it sucks your skin up into the cup, pooling the blood and "detoxifying" your body.

Cupping looks painful, but many recipients say that it's relaxing and eases stiffness from long days at the desk. It's even become an Instagram sensation in its own right, appearing in the feeds of celebrities like Madonna and athletes like Sonny Bill Williams.

(image: Sonny Bill Williams/Twitter)



Tickle massage
What can be described as one person's hell on earth is another's cheeky afternoon relaxation, and that fits the description of a tickle massage perfectly.

Practiced in Spain by a group of "tickle aficionados", a tickle massage involves standard procedure – you take of your garments, change into some paper underwear and lay face down on a table hoping that the masseuse isn’t a murderer.

The masseuse then begins to lightly tickle you, both with their fingers and variety of implements including feathers and cold fabrics. For those of you squirming in your seat, the goal of the massage isn’t to make you laugh, but to conquer your fear of being tickled.

(image: Cosquillearte)



Snail massage
Somehow, having slimy molluscs crawl up and down on your face seems like one of the more appealing treatments on this list.

Signing yourself up for a snail massage is the next big thing in the world of beauty treatments, and is (apparently) a process that dates back as far as ancient Greece.

The reasoning behind the massage is that the snail's slimy excretion is believed to help protect your skin from cuts, bacteria and UV damage. At least you can say it’s not the first time you've had a snail trail pressed up against your face.

(image: YouTube / Barcroft TV)

As a side note, you can see Madonna get needled (both the TCM way and the William Dafoe way ) in the film Body of Evidence (1993). Actually, you'll see a bodacious amount of Madonna in that film.

[David Jamieson]

Life has many splendid weirdness aspects.

[boxerbilly]

I pass ............

[Jimbo]

I'm a professional massage therapist, but the only one of those modalities I've ever heard of is the hot cupping/moxibustiin. Not something I do, but I have received it before. It was OK, I guess, but I don't remember if it really helped me or not (it was for a shoulder injury).

[boxerbilly]

I'm a professional massage therapist, but the only one of those modalities I've ever heard of is the hot cupping/moxibustiin. Not something I do, but I have received it before. It was OK, I guess, but I don't remember if it really helped me or not (it was for a shoulder injury).

I finally had to get a shot for my shoulder years ago. Cortisone. Nothing else worked. Shoulder will never be 100%. But for the most part it does not give me troubles. It used to before the shot. Got the shot maybe 6 years ago. Only one.

[GeneChing]

There are over 100 threads that have the word 'snake' in the title. I'm posting this here because this seems the least likely to get ttt-ed soon. It's a totally random news item, but I have the urge to post it here to quell my present writer's block. It's just such a weird news item...

Cobra Kills Indonesian Pop Star on Stage (Video)
Irma Bule performs for 45 minutes after being bitten before collapsing on stage
Beatrice Verhoeven, provided by
Published 9:09 am, Thursday, April 7, 2016



Indonesian pop singer Irma Bule died after a cobra bit her on stage during a concert on Sunday.
“The accident happened in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake’s tail,” audience member Ferlando Octavion Auzura told Merdeka, a local website. “The snake then bit Irma on the thigh.”
According to another local newspaper, witnesses said that Bule didn’t seem affected at first and actually “refused an antidote from the snake handler.”
Bule, 29, was known to perform with snakes, and this time brought out a king cobra, which she thought was defanged. Rather than seeking medical attention, Bule continued to perform for 45 minutes before collapsing on stage.
“The effects were felt 45 minutes after the bite,” Ferlando said. “She vomited, had seizures, and her body seized.”
The pop star was taken to a hospital but later died.

[Jimbo]

What a bizarre and tragic way to go. And it was so avoidable. This is the type of stuff that happens when people lose respect for wild animals and treat them like toys. Doing so is like playing Russian roulette.