Comments on: Pen, removed from woman's stomach after 25 years, still works http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ken Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490399 Ken Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490399 A friend of mine went in for an x-ray as a high-schooler, for some reason, and they discovered a sewing needle in the skin of his belly, lodged in a bunch of scar tissue.  The eye could be seen clear as day.  Apparently he crawled over a needle as a baby, and likely cried, etc., but they couldn't figure out why, I'm sure.  He knew something felt funny there his whole life, but never knew why.  And also, they decided it should just stay in there, so (as far as I know) it's still there and he's 35 or so years old now. A friend of mine went in for an x-ray as a high-schooler, for some reason, and they discovered a sewing needle in the skin of his belly, lodged in a bunch of scar tissue.  The eye could be seen clear as day.  Apparently he crawled over a needle as a baby, and likely cried, etc., but they couldn’t figure out why, I’m sure.  He knew something felt funny there his whole life, but never knew why.  And also, they decided it should just stay in there, so (as far as I know) it’s still there and he’s 35 or so years old now.

]]> By: Ken Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490397 Ken Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490397 While we're updating people on the latest news, though: it's 2012 now.  That happened about 6.7 months ago. While we’re updating people on the latest news, though: it’s 2012 now.  That happened about 6.7 months ago.

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490126 vrplumber Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490126 Did she drink some sodium Bic-arbonate? Did she drink some sodium Bic-arbonate?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490069 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490069 I can get a quarter in mine. I can get a quarter in mine.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490047 oasisob1 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490047 Please let that pen show up on ebay. Please let that pen show up on ebay.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1490040 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1490040 A friend of mine wadded some paper into her ears as a toddler.  It wasn't discovered until she was in high school despite poor hearing test results.  After it came out, she spent a few days acting like she had a hangover and why-is-everybody-yelling??? A friend of mine wadded some paper into her ears as a toddler.  It wasn’t discovered until she was in high school despite poor hearing test results.  After it came out, she spent a few days acting like she had a hangover and why-is-everybody-yelling???

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489999 blueelm Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489999 I love the nice touch about it being useful sometimes to take a patients claims to have done something to themselves seriously. I love the nice touch about it being useful sometimes to take a patients claims to have done something to themselves seriously.

]]> By: bo1n6bo1n6 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489959 bo1n6bo1n6 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489959 It'll only cost a dime to try... It’ll only cost a dime to try…

]]> By: Skeptical Scalpel http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489923 Skeptical Scalpel Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489923 You are only about a week late to this story. Here's my tweet from 7/20/2011: It still works. Pen removed from woman's stomach after 25 years. http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120720/10991/pen-stomach-working-25-years.htm You are only about a week late to this story. Here’s my tweet from 7/20/2011:

It still works. Pen removed from woman’s stomach after 25 years. http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120720/10991/pen-stomach-working-25-years.htm

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489918 blueelm Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489918 I don't think I could fit a dime in my adult nostrils! I don’t think I could fit a dime in my adult nostrils!

]]> By: relawson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489898 relawson Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489898 yyyyyep. I was coming to post the same! yyyyyep. I was coming to post the same!

]]> By: rattypilgrim http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489871 rattypilgrim Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489871  It wasn't your fault. Nature abhors a vacuum.  It wasn’t your fault. Nature abhors a vacuum.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489847 Funk Daddy Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489847 I know, inflation. That dime isn't worth squat now unless that is a compound interest bearing fee free sinus cavity. edit - inflation! I know, inflation. That dime isn’t worth squat now unless that is a compound interest bearing fee free sinus cavity.

edit – inflation!

]]> By: ferd http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489846 ferd Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489846 You've probably initiated a new Federal committee to investigate dimes, pens and the children of America. (sarcasm) You’ve probably initiated a new Federal committee to investigate dimes, pens and the children of America. (sarcasm)

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489844 Funk Daddy Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489844 I was just about to post about how I can no longer read the word "Hello" freestanding without hearing it in Lionel's voice in my head. I was just about to post about how I can no longer read the word “Hello” freestanding without hearing it in Lionel’s voice in my head.

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489831 RJ Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489831 <blockquote>While she was interrogating a spot on her tonsil with the pen she slipped, fell and swallowed the pen by mistake.</blockquote>Ah, the old "I slipped and fell on it" excuse.

While she was interrogating a spot on her tonsil with the pen she slipped, fell and swallowed the pen by mistake.

Ah, the old “I slipped and fell on it” excuse.

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489832 grimc Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489832 Whoever wrote that missed out on a prime Lionel Richie "Is it me you're looking for?" gag. Whoever wrote that missed out on a prime Lionel Richie “Is it me you’re looking for?” gag.

]]> By: ferd http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489830 ferd Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489830 My mind just wandered off to John Cameron Swayze.  The outboard motor in the fish tank was one of my favorites.  Wasn't there an ad with a Bic pen fired from a rifle?  Ah, when the U.S. manufactured products that lasted. My mind just wandered off to John Cameron Swayze.  The outboard motor in the fish tank was one of my favorites.  Wasn’t there an ad with a Bic pen fired from a rifle?  Ah, when the U.S. manufactured products that lasted.

]]> By: bo1n6bo1n6 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489822 bo1n6bo1n6 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489822 When I was a kid I stuck 2 dimes in my nose(I know..I was only 6..)to make my nostrils look funny and they got stuck, long story short...I used a pen to dislodge them, one went out fine the other disappeared... Moral of the story: No matter how funny it is to put dimes in your nose, the gag isn't worth it.  When I was a kid I stuck 2 dimes in my nose(I know..I was only 6..)to make my nostrils look funny and they got stuck, long story short…I used a pen to dislodge them, one went out fine the other disappeared… Moral of the story: No matter how funny it is to put dimes in your nose, the gag isn’t worth it. 

]]> By: donovan acree http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489820 donovan acree Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489820 Who would test that?  Who would test that? 

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/26/pen-removed-from-womans-sto.html#comment-1489792 xzzy Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=173277#comment-1489792 The disgusting part is it's a felt tip pen. I suspect that's not ink they're writing with! The disgusting part is it’s a felt tip pen. I suspect that’s not ink they’re writing with!

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