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Docs Extract Nails, Coins, and Scrap Metal from Man’s Stomach.

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:26:41 +0000

From The Kitchener-Waterloo Record

LIMA, PERU — “They call me the hardware store,” says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru.

Doctors in the city of Cajamarca say they removed 1.5 pounds of metal from Abanto’s stomach, including nails, coins, and rusted copper wire and scrap metal…

…The 26-year-old construction worker ate the metal for months, and told Peru’s Channel 9 television that he may now do it in public “as sport.”

“I swallowed 17 nails in February and didn’t die,” he said. “Five-inch nails, all in one day.”

Full Story Here >>.

Two Things.

First of all the competitive eating world could always use a few more “extreme” events like eating scrap metal, so I whole-heartedly support Abanto’s dream of making his neurosis a career.

Second, I just happen think the proclamation “I ate 17 nails last February and didn’t die” is an instant classic.

Claws for Cuddles: Man Looking for Hugs Attacked by Panda

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:21:33 +0000

A Chinese man who was attacked by a giant Panda after breaking into the animal’s cage in order to cuddle with it did not apparently consider that the unasked for affection would likely provoke the beast.

Link to full story here.

Artist's depiction of a typical panda encounter.

Now I’m not the kind of guy that thinks a developed sense reason and finer emotional sensibilities are always incompatible, but stories like this make countering that argument a lot harder than it ought to be. Come on nature lovers, help me out for a change!

The Suicide Heart

The Runs — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:02:26 +0000

This is a strange story. A man who received the heart of a suicide victim later commits suicide. Even stranger, hehad married the original heart-owner’s wife.

“HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – A man who received a heart transplant 12 years ago and later married the donor’s widow died the same way the donor did, authorities said: of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”

Man with suicide victim’s heart takes own life

Strange Doughy Mass Creates Sewer Problems

The Runs — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:00 +0000

Here’s a weird one: in Lewiston, Maine, an unidentified substance has blocked a sewer pipe causing all sorts of sewer-blockage trouble.

Mysterious, doughy blob clogs sewer

City crews discovered the clog earlier this month after responding to complaints of blocked sewer lines downtown. Jones said crews opened a manhole at the Bates Street intersection and saw the clog – an oozing, white blob that looks like uncooked dough.

“We’ve tried punching through it, but each time we do, it just oozes back over the hole,” he said. “It really looks like dough.”

Check out the picture provided with the article.

And now for something completely (sort of) different

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:23:00 +0000

I am reminded almost daily why I love the internet (yes, in that way) by sites like this one.

http://www.weirdasianews.com/

Not Your Mother’s Christmas Ornaments

The Runs — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:46:00 +0000

Check out this page of bizarre Christmas Ornaments. Who wouldn’t be inspired by an unborn fetus ornament? What would I do without the internet and my Christmas Poo Ornament? This is a good roundup of various funny, strange, and disturbing Christmas Ornaments. I believe some might even be for sale.

Did I mention that the unborn fetus ornament comes with a gun?

Weird Christmas Ornaments