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2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

http://luckychance.livejournal.com/364182.html(first hand personal account of nominee) http://georgechance.livejournal.com/2006/08/19/ (the nominee's husband's posting of hospital contact info for friends to send flowers, etc.)

An acquaintance of mine, apparently in need of a thrill and some extra cash, answered a request looking for people who would like to swallow common household items while being filmed for the internet and interviewed before and after.

While uncertain what that might pay, it can't be enough to justify the outcome.

This young woman selected a small ladies' wristwatch, and managed to choke on it quite forcefully during her attempt to swallow it, but perservered during the discomfort and got it down. Two bouts of ipecac later- one on the way home while driving- many other things returned to the surface, but not the watch.

Over the next month, our intrepid heroine managed to develop the mother of all chest colds. One month to the day after her foray into professional swallowing, she went to the ER with severely painful breathing and found that- lo and behold- the watch had been stuck in her esophagus for four full weeks, and had to be surgically removed in order to restore pulminary fuction.

Moral of the story? What you see on the internet might damn well be true- even if it's really, really stupid.

Submitted on 08/20/2006

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Wow, cool story! I am going to nominate this one as a PA, mainly because you apparently know the victim! I suppose people will do ANYTHING for money these days. I wonder if she'll try and sue her "employer" now! :-)


Sheryl said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Thanks for the story and the links. I'm staying neutral on this one. I can see the stupidity but it just doesn't seem stupid enough to me. Different people see things differently, I guess.


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I'm pretty sure the carnival and stage magic types who turn swallowing the inedible (or faking it) into entertainment study various techniques and work their way up slowly to extremes. I like this one as much for its cautionary tale value as for the stupidity factor, which I also see as strong.


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