"I'm not really a germophobe," said Justin Warner, the Brooklyn man who decided that it was a good idea to dump a bucket of water from the Gowanus Canal on his head for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. He went on, "I wanted to be really sensational but still get the point across that this is a horrible freaking disease that touches a lot of freaking lives." A point well made! Know what else is a horrible disease? Dysentery. [Brooklyn Paper; previously]
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