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Strewth!
Posted: March 30th, 2020, 5:53 pm
by XFool
'Virus-fighting' scientist gets magnets stuck in nosehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52094804An Australian astrophysicist who hoped to create a device to help stop people catching the coronavirus has ended up in hospital - after getting magnets stuck up his nose.
Re: Strewth!
Posted: March 31st, 2020, 5:06 pm
by bungeejumper
It's rather nice to hear of a foreign-object-in-body-orifice story that's actually repeatable. I think most A&E nurses could tell you a few that aren't.
BJ
Re: Strewth!
Posted: March 31st, 2020, 5:47 pm
by Breelander
The bit that really made me think this guy is in line for a Darwin Award was:
"... using my last two magnets in a futile attempt to remove the magnets, and getting those stuck too..."
Re: Strewth!
Posted: April 28th, 2020, 9:44 am
by stewamax
Breelander wrote:The bit that really made me think this guy is in line for a Darwin Award was: "... using my last two magnets in a futile attempt to remove the magnets, and getting those stuck too..."
Any more and Santa will offer him a job and lay off Rudolph.