Comments on: Hammer as "cure" for constipation? http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 21:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Quoll http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551168 Quoll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551168 Since when is it okay to post people's private medical information on the internet?? I get the hilarity (boy, do I) and I've been as amused as anyone (in private, away from the bedside!) when patients have presented with retained foreign objects, but breaking confidentiality...? No, just no. All kinds of fail. Since when is it okay to post people’s private medical information on the internet??

I get the hilarity (boy, do I) and I’ve been as amused as anyone (in private, away from the bedside!) when patients have presented with retained foreign objects, but breaking confidentiality…? No, just no. All kinds of fail.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551172 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551172 If at first you don't succeed . . . If at first you don’t succeed . . .

]]> By: Maclure http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551186 Maclure Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551186 "If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the evening, I'd stick it up my butt.." “If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning, I’d hammer in the evening, I’d stick it up my butt..”

]]> By: pinehead http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551187 pinehead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551187 Just think, a couple hundred years ago, people stuffing their butts full of hammers usually died. Modern medicine is truly a miracle. Just think, a couple hundred years ago, people stuffing their butts full of hammers usually died. Modern medicine is truly a miracle.

]]> By: igpajo http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551193 igpajo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551193 "and then came up with the idea of poking a hammerhead up his backside in the hope of sorting out the constipation." -I don't care how much you had to drink...how does that thought even begin to form in your mind. Good God!! @ #6...you almost made me blow beer out my nose. “and then came up with the idea of poking a hammerhead up his backside in the hope of sorting out the constipation.”
-I don’t care how much you had to drink…how does that thought even begin to form in your mind. Good God!!

@ #6…you almost made me blow beer out my nose.

]]> By: mstoddard http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551198 mstoddard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551198 I'm just glad no one got hurt. I’m just glad no one got hurt.

]]> By: RainyRat http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551461 RainyRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551461 I think there must be something (else) wrong with me: the first thing that popped into my head about half-way through the article was "I could have come up with a WAY better excuse than that..." I think if I ever do get anything lodged like that (accidentally or otherwise), I'm going to have to tell the Doctor that I was...you know, "experimenting". Because that's what they're going to think anyway. I think there must be something (else) wrong with me: the first thing that popped into my head about half-way through the article was “I could have come up with a WAY better excuse than that…”

I think if I ever do get anything lodged like that (accidentally or otherwise), I’m going to have to tell the Doctor that I was…you know, “experimenting”. Because that’s what they’re going to think anyway.

]]> By: dwdyer http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551223 dwdyer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551223 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390374/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390374/

]]> By: aagblog http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551744 aagblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551744 Why anyone would use two hammers when they could use a <a href="http://www.bad-dragon.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=260&category_id=60">perfectly good anthropomorphic ejaculating dragon dildo</a> is beyond me. Geesh. Why anyone would use two hammers when they could use a perfectly good anthropomorphic ejaculating dragon dildo is beyond me.

Geesh.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551247 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551247 Y'all know what a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Post-Hole-Digger-Fiberglass-Handled/dp/B000PAOER0">post-holer</a> is? <i>Effective</i>, that's what. Y’all know what a post-holer is?

Effective, that’s what.

]]> By: Gilbert Wham http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551509 Gilbert Wham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551509 I heard a girl in our office the other day saying to the IT guy, 'I <i>know</i> I broke it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't need fixing, now does it?' Presumably, a similar response is the only face you could save in A&E if this is why you went in is to be completely unapologetic; 'Yes, I <i>know</i> there are TWO hammers up my ass. That's why I'm <i>here</i>. Please remove them, as that is why YOU are here.' I heard a girl in our office the other day saying to the IT guy, ‘I know I broke it, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need fixing, now does it?’
Presumably, a similar response is the only face you could save in A&E if this is why you went in is to be completely unapologetic; ‘Yes, I know there are TWO hammers up my ass. That’s why I’m here. Please remove them, as that is why YOU are here.’

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551517 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551517 I see I'm hopelessly behind here. I see I’m hopelessly behind here.

]]> By: friendpuppy http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551262 friendpuppy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551262 I know an emergency room doctor and he said there was always some weird excuse when somebody showed up with something 'lodged' in them. He even devised a little tool to remove the 'lodge'. I know an emergency room doctor and he said there was always some weird excuse when somebody showed up with something ‘lodged’ in them. He even devised a little tool to remove the ‘lodge’.

]]> By: Ratdog http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551272 Ratdog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551272 This gives emergency hammers a whole new meaning. This gives emergency hammers a whole new meaning.

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551529 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551529 "One wonders if any cherries were busted during this exercise." I'm thinking the first hammer head did that. I used to work at a medical clinic and the oddest thing I ever saw was an x-ray of an entire wine glass in someone's colon, <i>unbroken.</i> Which is quite a trick if you ask me and deserves extra points for style and difficulty. “One wonders if any cherries were busted during this exercise.”

I’m thinking the first hammer head did that. I used to work at a medical clinic and the oddest thing I ever saw was an x-ray of an entire wine glass in someone’s colon, unbroken. Which is quite a trick if you ask me and deserves extra points for style and difficulty.

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551793 LightningRose Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551793 Don't forget the mathematician who worked it out with a pencil. Don’t forget the mathematician who worked it out with a pencil.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551289 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551289 hmmm... very interesting hmmm… very interesting

]]> By: daev http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551293 daev Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551293 Geez folks... I woke up my wife reading these comments. Youse are in some rare form tonight. Geez folks… I woke up my wife reading these comments. Youse are in some rare form tonight.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551302 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551302 One wonders if any cherries were busted during this exercise. One wonders if any cherries were busted during this exercise.

]]> By: dragonet2 http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551817 dragonet2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551817 I used to be the evening/weekend circulation and shelving supervisor at the U. Kans. Med Center library (Clendening to A.R. Dykes). I could not wait to see the newest New England Journal of Medicine for the X-ray "can you believe it" pix they always published. Things like light bulbs up their rectums (very dangerous) to all kinds of weird stuff people had swallowed. JAVMA occasionally also had some pix, the most impressive was a siamese that had swallowed a knitting needle, it had punctured it's esophagus and slide into the chest/abdominal cavity, but managed not to puncture anything else. (one of it's nine lives...) I used to be the evening/weekend circulation and shelving supervisor at the U. Kans. Med Center library (Clendening to A.R. Dykes).

I could not wait to see the newest New England Journal of Medicine for the X-ray “can you believe it” pix they always published. Things like light bulbs up their rectums (very dangerous) to all kinds of weird stuff people had swallowed.

JAVMA occasionally also had some pix, the most impressive was a siamese that had swallowed a knitting needle, it had punctured it’s esophagus and slide into the chest/abdominal cavity, but managed not to puncture anything else. (one of it’s nine lives…)

]]> By: Marchhare http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551310 Marchhare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551310 So, are the tools intact? Or is it the case that he rectum? So, are the tools intact? Or is it the case that he rectum?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551822 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551822 Posting anonymously for obvious reasons. Also, if you are easily disgusted, for the love of god SKIP THIS. My mother told me a story about her grandmother, who was 'from the old country' and not very sophisticated. When my mother was maybe 9 or so, her grandmother gave her a fork and had her assist in 'clearing the blockage'. So.... maybe this guy is telling the truth. People do strange things, especially when in pain. Posting anonymously for obvious reasons. Also, if you are easily disgusted, for the love of god SKIP THIS.

My mother told me a story about her grandmother, who was ‘from the old country’ and not very sophisticated. When my mother was maybe 9 or so, her grandmother gave her a fork and had her assist in ‘clearing the blockage’. So…. maybe this guy is telling the truth. People do strange things, especially when in pain.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551311 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551311 Yeah, really bad idea. Anyone who made it through shop class knows you NEVER use a hammer on another hammer. I don't recall ever being taught not to stuff them up yer butt for the relief of constipation, though. Maybe the latter overrules the former. Best comments section I've seen all week BTW. Yeah, really bad idea. Anyone who made it through shop class knows you NEVER use a hammer on another hammer.

I don’t recall ever being taught not to stuff them up yer butt for the relief of constipation, though. Maybe the latter overrules the former.

Best comments section I’ve seen all week BTW.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551313 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551313 Hmm, great shot. I got this xray of a man with a huge can of whipped cream in his guts. Which is not so spectacular, because cans of all kind seem to be very popular with this kind of hobby. Hmm, great shot. I got this xray of a man with a huge can of whipped cream in his guts. Which is not so spectacular, because cans of all kind seem to be very popular with this kind of hobby.

]]> By: Piers W http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551317 Piers W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551317 #1 - a true pioneer mutant would have two hammerheads and a rare earth magnet attached to a cord up his rectum. #1 – a true pioneer mutant would have two hammerheads and a rare earth magnet attached to a cord up his rectum.

]]> By: jimbuck http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551328 jimbuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551328 I can see this as a Newlywed Show question Host - Ok ladies, we asked your husbands - how many hammerheads have they ever had stuck up their rear at the same time. Natasha? What did your husband Viorel say. Natasaha - I will say.... I will say... three? Viorel - are you crazy, Natasha? I had TWO hammerhears up there. TWO. THREE? You are crazy in the head. I can see this as a Newlywed Show question

Host – Ok ladies, we asked your husbands – how many hammerheads have they ever had stuck up their rear at the same time. Natasha? What did your husband Viorel say.

Natasaha – I will say…. I will say… three?

Viorel – are you crazy, Natasha? I had TWO hammerhears up there. TWO. THREE? You are crazy in the head.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551344 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551344 Put this guy into a spin tomograph. The hammers will come right out. Put this guy into a spin tomograph. The hammers will come right out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551351 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551351 There's a Romanian saying: "Cui pe cui se scoate" which means "You can get a nail out by using another nail." (literal translation). To give you a taste of what it actually means: you can recover from a hangover by drinking more. This will help you get in his train of thought. :) There’s a Romanian saying: “Cui pe cui se scoate” which means “You can get a nail out by using another nail.” (literal translation). To give you a taste of what it actually means: you can recover from a hangover by drinking more. This will help you get in his train of thought. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551352 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551352 His problem was to hesitate to insert the claws first. It may hurt a bit at first, but one should never go in without planning the all important exit strategy and its careful application (use a plastic bucket). Some people just can't learn... IamInnocent, and too lazy to sign in. His problem was to hesitate to insert the claws first. It may hurt a bit at first, but one should never go in without planning the all important exit strategy and its careful application (use a plastic bucket).

Some people just can’t learn…

IamInnocent, and too lazy to sign in.

]]> By: aldasin http://boingboing.net/2009/07/24/hammer-as-cure-for-c.html#comment-551112 aldasin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-551112 It was the decision to try the 2nd one that makes this guy a true mutant, a pioneer. Mere freaks and low-lifes such as myself sometimes make it to the precipice and turn back, but the true mutant leaps without a second thought. It was the decision to try the 2nd one that makes this guy a true mutant, a pioneer. Mere freaks and low-lifes such as myself sometimes make it to the precipice and turn back, but the true mutant leaps without a second thought.

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