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Nail in the brain isn't such a pain
Ananova ^
| November 10, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 11/10/2006 3:08:57 AM PST by MadIvan
An Austrian carpenter accidentally shot a four inch nail into his brain and didn't even get a headache.
Tom Schoenitz, 30, was working on a roof in Salzburg when he bumped into a colleague who was holding a nail gun.
His head knocked against the gun and the pressure accidentally activated it - shooting a nail through the carpenter's skull and into his brain.
Schoenitz, who told emergency workers he felt no pain, was rushed to hospital where the nail was removed after being embedded in his head for 90 minutes.
Doctors said they are running tests on the man to find out whether there has been any damage to his brain.
Dr. Alois Karlbauer from Salzburg hospital said: "The man was very lucky to survive."
TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: austrian; head; nail
If it happened in America, I'd say he was a Democrat voter.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:08:58 AM PST
by
MadIvan
To: Mrs Ivan; odds; DCPatriot; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; ...
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:09:15 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
It'd have just gone on through. Nothing there to stop it
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:14:21 AM PST
by
digger48
(there went breakfast)
To: MadIvan
Those nail guns are
dangerous. Any power tool can be, but a chain saw and a nail gun kinda head the list.
The brain of course is where pain signals are received and reacted to, not particularly where they can originate. You might expect unpredictable symptoms from damage to the brain, ranging from stroke and death to psychological symptoms to . . . this case.
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:19:29 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
To: MadIvan
doctors are now reporting his only symptom to be a 'strong desire to go into politics'
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:21:29 AM PST
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: verum ago
..and asking for a "Hillary! '08" button.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:22:21 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
I took one in the knee. I felt pain. Don't recommend it.
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:24:41 AM PST
by
bad company
([link:www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083006J.shtml | The Path to 9/11])
To: MadIvan
Last year I saw an episode of "Trauma: Life in the ER" where a guy had a 4 or 5 inch knive through his head, and he was walking and talking like it wasnt even there. (I think he had pissed his wife off) Anyway, he came out of the ordeal just fine. It was pretty amazing.
MM
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posted on
11/10/2006 3:29:25 AM PST
by
motormouth
(Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.)
To: MadIvan
This requires an ouch.
Ouch!
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posted on
11/10/2006 4:43:17 AM PST
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: MadIvan
Unless he'd shot himself in the foot, then he'd clearly be Republican.
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posted on
11/10/2006 4:44:17 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: Mrs Ivan
"Perhaps was Uzbek. They have bone in head!" Love, Ivan
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posted on
11/10/2006 4:49:48 AM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
What's needed is nail gun control.
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posted on
11/14/2006 10:29:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Monday, November 13, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: MadIvan
At least this story had a point.
This one really hit it right on the head.
I wonder if this was written by an embedded reporter?
Okay, I'll stop now.
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posted on
11/14/2006 10:30:24 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(I last updated my profile on Monday, November 13, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv
What's needed is nail gun control. . . . in the form of only nailing what you intend to, just as 2A advocates say "gun control" is only firing accurately.
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posted on
11/15/2006 3:58:19 AM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
(The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters except PR.)
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