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Bomb squad called to ER after a patient turned up with a WWII artillery shell lodged in his rectum, police say
Yahoo ^ | 4 Dec 2021 | Joshua Zitser

Posted on 12/05/2021 8:45:41 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Bomb disposal experts were called to a hospital in Gloucester, England after a man told doctors that there was a World War II anti-tank shell lodged inside of him, authorities said.

The item had already been removed by doctors by the time the bomb squad arrived, the spokesperson added, and the EOD confirmed that the shell was "not live" and "therefore not a danger to the public."

The Sun was first to report that the unnamed patient told doctors at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital that he "slipped and fell" on the two-inch-wide artillery shell.

The media outlet reported that the shell was part of his military memorabilia collection.

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Could happen to anyone.
1 posted on 12/05/2021 8:45:41 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Damn near killed him.


2 posted on 12/05/2021 8:46:13 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I hate it when that happens.


3 posted on 12/05/2021 8:46:36 PM PST by BipolarBob (WHY are there no Democrats on Mt. Rushmore?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Never anything bigger than a 20mm round. Sheesh....


4 posted on 12/05/2021 8:48:05 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

He was just attempting to give himself explosive diarrhea...


5 posted on 12/05/2021 8:48:13 PM PST by politicket
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6 posted on 12/05/2021 8:48:38 PM PST by PGR88
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I don’t think we need to know anything more about this story...


7 posted on 12/05/2021 8:48:46 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Some things case lube just doesn’t cover. Or so I’ve heard.


8 posted on 12/05/2021 8:48:59 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Jamestown1630

Now THAT’S what I call a ‘Suppository’.


9 posted on 12/05/2021 8:49:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

He probably slipped because of all the lubricant.


10 posted on 12/05/2021 8:49:43 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There are internet sites dedicated to x-rays of the wacky things people have had lodged in their several nether orifices . . . always by falling on them.


11 posted on 12/05/2021 8:49:46 PM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A real “hang fire” incident.


12 posted on 12/05/2021 8:49:53 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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13 posted on 12/05/2021 8:50:25 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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I wonder if the gerbil is ok.


14 posted on 12/05/2021 8:50:33 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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What you did there, I see it.


15 posted on 12/05/2021 8:54:32 PM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There are some cases not even a “Slip & Fall Lawyer” would touch!


16 posted on 12/05/2021 8:54:46 PM PST by lee martell
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I have to wonder if a creative collector wasn’t after him for a gambling debt...


17 posted on 12/05/2021 8:55:00 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Slipped and fell...wink,wink


18 posted on 12/05/2021 8:55:10 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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There’s a better way....


19 posted on 12/05/2021 8:56:36 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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20 posted on 12/05/2021 8:56:44 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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