Accidentally swallowed AirPod still worked, even in a man’s stomach … ‘magical,’ says owner

9to5mac.com/ ^ | 05/03/2019 | Ben Lovejoy

[dfwgator]

I put beans in my ears.

[Vermont Lt]

After you’ve eaten them? Ha ha.

[xrmusn]

I put Q tips into my ears, against all warnings not to. So, I am an ear criminal.
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Grandma or someone else back in the middle of the last century said

“Don’t put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow”.

Double meaning to that...without email, much tv and ALL the kids had to do was go outside and enjoy the fresh air etc, you could keep a kid amused for hours while he was trying to put his elbow in his ear.

[GoldenPup]

Gives a whole new meaning to the expression, “blow it out your ass”. 😹

[dfwgator]

Gives a whole new meaning to the expression, “blow it out your ass”.

[KittyKares]

The hearing aid survived the wash and also survived the electric dryer.
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You were lucky. I’d be afraid to try that with mine.

[Gay State Conservative]

A few years ago I had several polyps removed during a routine colonoscopy. One of the sites bled so they had to "go back in" (yuck!) and install several metal clips of some sort to stop the bleeding. They told me that the clips would "pass" naturally.

I didn't ask for a detailed explanation.

[headstamp 2]

I had to retrieve an early Samsung smart phone stuck in a toilet. Got caught and jammed in the trapway at the top.

Pulled the toilet and while attempting to push it out from the other end the phone rang. Partially or fully submerged overnight.

Another sh***y job completed.

[thecodont]

Well this story had a happy ending.

41% battery still remaining! All you Apple haters are just going to have to seethe over this one.

Truly remarkable device.

Amazing! I'm sure this has medical applications and the Apple team is working on it.

[Yaelle]

So how do you skip to the next song if you don’t like that one? Press the kidney?

[jackibutterfly]

"....couldn’t they at least make them flesh colored....people look REALLY goofy walking around with them sticking out of their ears, and worse if they are talking to themselves, too."

If they were flesh colored, then they would really look like they were talking to themselves. At least since they're white, you know that people are really talking on the phone and that they are not crazy.

[trisham]

Sometimes it’s better not to know.

[NonValueAdded]

“This, too, shall pass ...”

[Swordmaker]

Accidentally swallowed Apple AirPod still works, both inside and after being retrieved from stomach. LOL!—PING!

Swallowed Apple AirPod Still Works Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[Swordmaker]

I hate those things....couldn’t they at least make them flesh colored....people look REALLY goofy walking around with them sticking out of their ears, and worse if they are talking to themselves, too. (But, then, I’m getting old)

You can buy vinyl sheaths for them on Amazon to custom color them to your preferred choice. They even have patterns as well. . . Such as big cat prints, if that floats your boat.

[Swordmaker]

LOL. How many years behind Samsung has Apple been certifying IP68 phones?

How often do you go swimming with your Samsung phone?

Apple started providing 30 minute/1 meter IP67 water resistant phones in September 2016. They were dust resistant long before that.

A few of Samsung’s phones claimed a 30 minute/1.5 meter plus IP68 rating starting in that same year, but testing labs found in testing multiple models of the same phone results of water leakage was “iffy” at less than 1.5 meters, leading them to conclude they were really just IP67.

[Jane Long]

Why anyone would put these radiation emitting devices next to their brain is beyond me. The AirPods send a RFR signal from the right ear pod to the left ear pod...traveling right thru your brain!

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[Jane Long]

I had a great aunt who swallowed her hearing aids (yes, BOTH) several years ago.

They were reddish in color and about the size of a large capsule. She thought they were her meds.

They made it out, but weren’t working, once....er....cleaned. :-O

[kaehurowing]

This too will pass.

[generally]

They say the average person swallows bugs/spiders every so often during sleep. But googling for the info doesn’t reveal much hard data.

You probably eat a lot more bugs in your food! (Daily.)