Giant inflatable colon to teach about important health issues

WNDU ^ | 04/18/2014

[Responsibility2nd]

 

Niles, Mich. You can take a tour through an inflatable colon on Friday.

It will be on display at Niles High School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public is invited to come check it out.

It is an interactive display and students will be on site to educate visitors.

The giant colon is being presented by Michiana Hematology Oncology. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women.

It is estimated that nearly 127,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year alone.

[roamer_1]

Definitely time to revisit Dave Barry's hilarious article:

Miami Herald: A Journey into my colon - and yours --Dave Barry

[left that other site]

You mean the famous spokesman for the gastrointestinal system, Colon Bowel will be the guest speaker? I can hardly wait!

[Uncle Chip]

What a waste of good air —

[SparkyBass]

C:[enter]

*giggle*

[bravo whiskey]

This should be at the congressmen and staffer entrance to congress and it should be partially filled with solid materials for more realism

[driftless2]

That’s not a colon...that’s what traverses through a colon.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

How many IRS agents did the doctor find up there?

[Responsibility2nd]

Any minute now, I expect John Kerry to come crawling out of that thing.

[dfwgator]

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Speaking of Dave Barry, “Giant Inflatable Colon” would be a great name for a rock band!

[The KG9 Kid]

Without even having to look to confirm, I was absolutely certain that pic would make this thread.

[BenLurkin]

[a fool in paradise]

"That's not mine. I'm telling ya baby, that's not mine. I don't even know what this is! This sort of thing ain't my bag, baby!"

[Billthedrill]

“One book, “Giant Inflatable Colons And Me: This Sort of Thing Is My Bag Baby”, by Barney Frank.” Hmm...

[Slings and Arrows]

Worst case of toxic megacolon I've ever seen.

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maybe they’ll make one big enough to drive through, and then they can call it the Hershey Highway.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DANG!

[Verginius Rufus]

The country of Panama seems to be ambivalent about the alimentary canal. They have a city named Colon, but also something called the Colon Free Zone.

[RichInOC]

[Georgia Girl 2]

:-) Snicker.