his mother Katie Ballard received a text message from the Australian government informing her that they would be cutting his financial aid
Really? By text? That's pretty shitty, Australia
I once ate a slug as part of a bet. One of the big yellow ones. Despite the name it did not taste like a banana.
But I didn't bamage my drain.
For an upvote, I'll go to Australia and eat 12 of them. After coating them in Anthrax.
I kind of feel bad for this guy, I understand a seemingly harmless dare (hell this is the sort of crap most grade school boys do) but I don't think most people would associate brain parasites and quadriplegia with eating a slug.