Posted on 06/28/2013 4:15:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Cold sore: Don’t reach for the superglue (Picture: File) A poorly (and confused) woman woke up in the middle of the night wanting to relieve her cold sores with cream – but ended up fastening her lips together after using superglue by mistake.
She was forced to call police, who feared she was a gagged hostage because she could only grunt and mumble down the phone.
The 64-year-old, from Dunedin, New Zealand, explained how she made the mistake.
‘I have all my ointments in a tray in the cupboard, so I got out of bed and I dived into the tray,’ she told New Zealand’s 3 News on condition of anonymity.
‘I couldn’t smell it because I was blocked up.
‘And then I got into bed and thought: what have I put on my mouth?’
Things didn’t get any easier once she called police.
‘I couldn’t speak on the phone, so I couldn’t tell them where I lived,’ she said. ’I couldn’t tell them my phone number.
‘The communication was “Do you live in Dunedin?” and I grunted “mmm”, and then the lady went through all the suburbs and then all the streets. She was very, very patient.
‘I had to tap on the phone, one tap for no and two taps for yes, and then it took a long time to narrow down the streets and then all the numbers too.’
Worried police sent a team of dog handlers round after believing the woman had been attacked in her home.
‘Ambulance received a call but, due to the muffled speech, they were unsure whether it was a medical event or whether someone had been gagged,’ said senior sergeant Steve Aitken.
The woman was free to talk again after the glue was removed at hospital using paraffin oil.. and is unlikely to keep superglue next to cold sore cream again.
I hope it works just as well on Pelosi and Wasserman-Schultz.
Why didn’t she just drive to the hospital?
Or perhaps, just perhaps, grabbed the bottle of fingernail polish remover.
Now hang on a second... This technique “could” prevent certain types of cold sores, plus the side effects my prove thearoputic for some.. </humor>
I thought caller ID was everywhere by now.
Was this done intentionally by a man (and a husband?)
Her true worth immediately increased in her husband’s view.
This is critically important news. Thanks so much for posting the article twice. What would FR do without articles like this? Regular news articles are so boring.
Admin Mod: please move this to breaking news, thanks.
He was so overcome with incredulity he was also speechless during this episode...
I have mixed feelings...
If she was a hooker her stock value would have fallen dramatically. ;-)
Husbands everywhere are modifying Burt’s Bees lip balm tubes.....
Good thing she wasn’t looking for Vagisil...
Of course phoning the police wouldn’t have been as confusing.
....and she doesn’t have any nail polish remover around?
Regular news articles are too depressing. Let me know an article with a glimmer of hope, and I will post it. Trying to keep head out of oven.
Regular news articles are too depressing. Let me know an article with a glimmer of hope, and I will post it. Trying to keep head out of oven.
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