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Swallowed pen removed from woman's stomach 25 years later, still usable
NYDailyNews.com ^ | December 19 2011 | Rheana Murray

Posted on 12/20/2011 6:26:27 AM PST by Daffynition

A bizarre doctor’s visit turned up a 25-year-old pen in the pit of an elderly woman’s stomach – and when it removed, it was still usable.

The 76-year-old woman, whose story was reported in the British Medical Journal Case Reports, was seeing a gastrointestinal specialist for stomach-related problems, including weight loss and diarrhea.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: napl; pen
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
And a Connecticut connection.

"Baron Bich has done for ballpoints what Henry Ford did for cars: he has produced a cheap but serviceable model."

21 posted on 12/20/2011 7:21:59 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: WinMod70

LOL...*I don’t know why.....* :)


22 posted on 12/20/2011 7:23:00 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition

I still watch the reruns - that show can never be surpassed - in the pure hum-drum chaos and humor of every day life.


23 posted on 12/20/2011 7:26:26 AM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason..)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Luckily she didn't swallow it sideways.


24 posted on 12/20/2011 7:26:48 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition; Slings and Arrows
She was using the pen to poke her tonsils, examining them with a handheld mirror as she stood on stairs

She must have been preparing for her career.

College?
Carnival.

25 posted on 12/20/2011 7:27:33 AM PST by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Daffynition

LoL......

That is TOO funny.

Ahhhh....so cute.

LoL


26 posted on 12/20/2011 7:29:02 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: sodpoodle

Me too! Even if I’ve seen them 10X, still love them. ...our dog enters a room, just like Kramer. We shoulda named him *Kramer*.


27 posted on 12/20/2011 7:32:31 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition

Was it a Bic Banana?


28 posted on 12/20/2011 7:32:41 AM PST by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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To: Daffynition

This story is hard to swallow.


29 posted on 12/20/2011 7:36:09 AM PST by bunkerhill7
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To: Ezekiel
Good thing she had *Life Alert*>
30 posted on 12/20/2011 7:37:41 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition

Internal memo?


31 posted on 12/20/2011 7:39:48 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Badabing Badablonde

32 posted on 12/20/2011 7:42:28 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition

My SuperFat Mt Blanc fires .410 shells.


33 posted on 12/20/2011 7:50:06 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
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To: Daffynition

Yeah, it’s bad, but the writing equipment at the washington post has caused way more diarrhea. Oh, their writing is diarrhea. Sorry.


34 posted on 12/20/2011 8:04:37 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: bunkerhill7

35 posted on 12/20/2011 8:16:38 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: JoeProBono
Mr Bond, Question is...where do you carry it?


36 posted on 12/20/2011 8:18:52 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: blueunicorn6

But we’re talkin’ the NYDaily Snooze here. :)


37 posted on 12/20/2011 8:20:37 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: CrazyIvan
Performance art.
38 posted on 12/20/2011 8:24:56 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Salamander
Got any cotton balls?


39 posted on 12/20/2011 8:27:52 AM PST by Daffynition ( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
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To: Daffynition

Brings to mind the song about the old lady who swallowed a fly.


40 posted on 12/20/2011 8:28:53 AM PST by Nea Wood (Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
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