Sick as a really sick dog
How sick am I? Let’s just say that if there were any of the below creatures in my general vicinity, their ears would be safe.

(It’s a Gundark. From Star Wars.)
So while I recover, watch this clip from Empire:
Now don’t get all mushy on me…
It is said that once a gundark latches its tongue onto something, it never lets go.
…unless you pull its ears off