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.

[Diddle E. Squat]

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hold Mu Silverware Alert

[Blood of Tyrants]

What tha....

[Conspiracy Guy]

Always use a spoon for removing roaches.

[Liberal Classic]

*crunch* *crunch* *crunch* Mmmmm. Roaches.

[Huck]

What was Arafat doing in her esophogus? Nevermind, I don't want to know.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well, they did say Q-tips were dangerous...

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[GilesB]

I don't know which is worse....the reason or the result!

[Neanderthal]

Calling Uri Geller.

[savedbygrace]

That's gotta hurt.

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL

[r9etb]

Lucky they got to her in time. I heard she was trying to figure out how to eat one of those big magnets they use down at the auto wrecking yard....

[DainBramage]

When I was young I had to swallow a roach when a cop pulled up beside me.

BTW is Sylva Ware a Jewish name?

[Liberal Classic]

Soon we'll see a warning lable:

WARNING: FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ORALLY EXPEL INVERTEBRATES WITH THIS IMPLEMENT. SERIOUS INJURY MAY OCCUR.

[Fester Chugabrew]

FR ROCKS!

[theFIRMbss]

"It's better to have
a cockroach deep in your throat
than no roach at all."

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I guess it's like Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, eat it."

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

fork

[MrB]

No one has actually asked this, but have danced around it.

How did the roach get in her throat?

[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*

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

:D

[azcap]

She should a have just swallowed some liquid drain cleaner. That would have disolved the roach and eliminated her clog.

 

clog.

[onehipdad]

LOL - reminds me of the time my buddy Big Al snorted one right off the top of a hot cigarette lighter..:-))!

[RogerWilko]

How can a fork fit sideways in your throat like that? It doesn't look possible! I think it's got to be phony!

[JusPasenThru]

The fork is now in her stomach, folks, if it is an accurate photo, ie. not doctored (no pun intended) or simply lying on the abdomen. Could be that they're monkey-fishing in Israel.
BTW, someone needs to forward the picture to www.placebojournal.com. They love stuff like this and would publish it in a heartbeat. (The doc realizes how many medical expressions he uses without even thinking about it).

[AndrewC]

How can a fork fit sideways in your throat like that?

That is not her throat, unless she has ribs up there.(...maybe she swallowed them too?)

[pubmom]

She should have consulted Ms. Manners for the proper way to remove roaches from one's mouth during dinner.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Uh Oh. Looks like she's just forked.

[wimpycat]

I hate it when that happens.