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Do Not Ingest Non-Chocolate Coins
Posted: 2004-02-19 01:04pm
by Admiral Valdemar
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3503967.stm
Well at least we know where the medical bill payment came from.
Posted: 2004-02-19 01:08pm
by haas mark
I'm not sure whether it's fortunate that this man is doing it solely compulsively..
~ver
Posted: 2004-02-19 01:09pm
by Soontir C'boath
A very nice piggy bank the stomach is. Wish he didn't have to pay the medical bill though
~Jason
Posted: 2004-02-19 01:31pm
by Uraniun235
The coins and other items were so heavy they had pushed the man's stomach down between his hips.
Ouch.
Posted: 2004-02-19 05:59pm
by beyond hope
Just when I thought I'd seen everything, I see an X-ray of a man with his pelvis keeping his stomach from falling out.
Posted: 2004-02-19 06:18pm
by Howedar
That's pretty disturbing.
Posted: 2004-02-19 06:32pm
by Queeb Salaron
4,050 francs. Thats.... ::calculates:: ...$786.10.
Too bad Francs aren't legal tender anymore.
Posted: 2004-02-19 11:08pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
I'm wondering what compelled him to swallow coins. Wouldn't he have noticed something really wrong sometime in the course of the time he was swallowing them?
Posted: 2004-02-19 11:14pm
by darthdavid
My mom once counsled a person who ate saftey pins (she told me about this after hearing this story).
Posted: 2004-02-19 11:53pm
by beyond hope
It had me thinking about people testifying that they'd thrown up pins because of witchcraft, and wondering just how common this disorder is.