Posted on 11/29/2018 12:17:38 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
That sounds about right. My brother had the knack for that kind of experimentation, swallowing down chewing gum, cardboard, marbles, and the heads of plastic toy army men before discovering pennies to be the superior indicator material. The digestive tract worked a magical transformation of dull pennies to bright and shiny.
Since a state mental hospital was involved, one suspects that the patient had autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia, which are frequently associated with pica eating disorders.
My father, an old time country doctor, accidentally swallowed a dental appliance and resorted to the same technique to recover it. About two days later he recovered the dental appliance, carefully cleaned and autoclaved it and continued to use it for years.
LOL
I know the feeling.
On vacation with my family. We went to a restaurant. I accidentally left my retainer on the food tray. The contents of the food tray went into the garbage. We drove back to the restaurant and the waitress pointed me to the thing out back and I had to go through it. Luckily I found it quickly. The waitress gave me some bleach and I scrubbed my retainer with my toothbrush. Putting that in my mouth the first time was not fun.
That is one crappy story, if you ask me!
Over here we assess the FART score differently.
Some scientists are trying to cure Cancer....others are pooping Legos.
LOL. Excellent point!
(Maybe because that wouldn't have made them famous?)
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