Woman swallows fork trying to remove roach from throat(+ x-ray photo)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/11/03 | (AP/ Effi Sharir)

[Diddle E. Squat]

An X-ray showing a fork lodged sideways in the stomach of a 32-year-old woman who accidently swallowed it while using it to scoop a cockroach out of her throat, in the northern Israeli town of Tiberias on July 10.

[Dog Gone]

I always use one of those Taco Bell "sporks" to dig out throat roaches.

[Dog Gone]

How did the roach get in her throat?

There's only two ways, and one is much longer than the other.

[Frank_Discussion]

Fell out of the clip?

[armymarinemom]

OK.... Everyone sing with me.....I don't know why she swallowed the fly....perhaps she'll die.

[Diddle E. Squat]

How did the roach get in her throat?

The same way the elephant got in Groucho's pajamas...

[MattAMiller]

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Oh, GAH. That made my throat contract involuntarily.

[InvisibleChurch]

where's the cockroach? she'd be dead if that fork was in her like that .... is that hospital administered by the democratunderground?

[Saundra Duffy]

Ban table forks!

[AngryJawa]

"I always use one of those Taco Bell "sporks" to dig out throat roaches."

If you frequent TB enough I'm sure you'll end up digging out all manner of foreign objects from your airway.

[DainBramage]

Like my Pappy used to say "Forkin women!"

[Nick Danger]

See, this is what happens when you don't have the proper tools. If this woman had had one of my patented RoachFork^TM's, this never would have happened.

Listen freepers, I'm telling you this as a public service. You never know when you, too, will suddenly find a cockroach in your esophagus. It can happen to any of us. So be prepared. Order your RoachFork^TM today. Get one for your boss, too. Only three dollars two fifty-six, available from roach coachlunch-truck drivers everywhere.

[b4its2late]

Do you have a picture of the roach?

[Redmen4ever]

ADAPTED FROM THE NURSURY RHYME:



I know an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a fork. What a dork to swallow a fork. She swallowed the fork to catch the spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a nurse. She must have been cursed to swallow a nurse. She swallowed the nurse to catch the fork, she swallowed the fork to catch the spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a doctor. Which way she swallowed the doctor’s a guess, because he was a proctologist. She swallowed the doctor to catch the nurse, she swallowed the nurse to catch the fork, she swallowed the fork to catch the spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a lawyer. He came in the foyer, so she swallowed the lawyer! She swallowed the lawyer to catch the doctor, she swallowed the doctor to catch the nurse, she swallowed the nurse to catch the fork, she swallowed the fork to catch the spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a judge. As though he was fudge, she swallowed a judge! She swallowed the judge to catch the lawyer, she swallowed the lawyer to catch the doctor, she swallowed the doctor to catch the nurse, she swallowed the nurse to catch the fork, she swallowed the fork to catch the spider that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed the U.S. Supreme Court. She died of a split decision.

[danmar]

using it to scoop a cockroach out of her throat

Is the cockroach, OK?

[Conspiracy Guy]

And they are too small for a proper warning sticker.

[Conspiracy Guy]

That will cause people to catapult food toward their faces. This is an endless cycle of insanity.

[steveo]

bump for later remark.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Do you have a picture of the roach?

[CyberCowboy777]

*grin*