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4/3/2004: Stomach full o' coin
A frenchman walks into the ER at Cholet General Hospital in western France. He complains of stomach pain and couldn't eat or shit. And this is what they found: a stomach containing a 12 pound mass of 350 coins, assorted necklaces, and needles.
lumberjim Saturday Apr 3 03:34 PM
were the coins worth enough to pay for their removal?
Nothing But Net Saturday Apr 3 03:34 PM
But at least it was a <i>low-carb</i> diet. 
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 3 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by lumberjim were the coins worth enough to pay for their removal? |
lumberjim Saturday Apr 3 04:50 PM
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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce He didn't have to pay, he died. |
i would normally assume you were kidding, but there's no smiley in your post.
Troubleshooter Saturday Apr 3 05:04 PM
You need to send that one on the the Darwin Awards.
Clodfobble Saturday Apr 3 05:56 PM
The guy suffered from pica, a mental disorder that causes one to have strong urges to eat things not normally eaten. Severe cases tend to eat a lot of the same thing; in this guy's case it was small pieces of metal.
Mild (non-compulsive) pica is often reported in pregnant women. I knew a pregnant woman once who told me she really, REALLY wanted to go drink some Pine-Sol from the kitchen and she couldn't figure out for the life of her why.
Troubleshooter Saturday Apr 3 06:15 PM
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Originally posted by Clodfobble The guy suffered from pica, a mental disorder that causes one to have strong urges to eat things not normally eaten. Severe cases tend to eat a lot of the same thing; in this guy's case it was small pieces of metal. Mild (non-compulsive) pica is often reported in pregnant women. I knew a pregnant woman once who told me she really, REALLY wanted to go drink some Pine-Sol from the kitchen and she couldn't figure out for the life of her why. |
I'm not calling bullshit, but damn, it must be pretty obscure. I never ran across it at the hospital.
ladysycamore Saturday Apr 3 06:24 PM
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Originally posted by Clodfobble The guy suffered from pica, a mental disorder that causes one to have strong urges to eat things not normally eaten. Severe cases tend to eat a lot of the same thing; in this guy's case it was small pieces of metal. Mild (non-compulsive) pica is often reported in pregnant women. I knew a pregnant woman once who told me she really, REALLY wanted to go drink some Pine-Sol from the kitchen and she couldn't figure out for the life of her why. |
Yet another reason to not get preggers, IMO.
Pica: Dirt Eating or "Geophagy"
Interesting: they say it's not an "eating disorder". IMO, eating things that you cannot digest (or aren't supposed to eat), sounds a bit disorderly to me.
Troubleshooter Saturday Apr 3 06:54 PM
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Originally posted by ladysycamore Interesting: they say it's not an "eating disorder". IMO, eating things that you cannot digest (or aren't supposed to eat), sounds a bit disorderly to me.
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It's yet another, in a long and growing list of, personality disorders. They know better yet do it anyway, and exhibit no measurable signs of any form of organic brain pathology.
So what is the colloquialism for these guys? Eaters?
Mav Saturday Apr 3 07:07 PM
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Originally posted by ladysycamore Yet another reason to not get preggers, IMO. |
Don't use the phrase "preggers" or "preggo" when refering to a pregnant woman
You don't know how annoying it is, it sounds like 14 year old girls gossiping on AIM "like OMG did you hear kelly is so pregger" It's like nails on a chalk board to me
I just cant stand it its so....ugh...xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 3 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by lumberjim for real? i would normally assume you were kidding, but there's no smiley in your post. |
SteveDallas Saturday Apr 3 07:26 PM
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Originally posted by Mav It's like nails on a chalk board to me I just cant stand it its so....ugh...
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CoryWire Saturday Apr 3 09:01 PM
I came across this disorder at Willard Mental Institution, where I interned for a (thankfully) short while. This guy somehow ate a pair of jeans! Not sure if he cut them up or what. I also found pica mentioned in DSM III:
"The essential feature is the persistent eating of a nonnutritive substance. Infants with the disorder typically eat paint, plaster, string, hair, or cloth. Older children may eat animal droppings, sand, bugs, leaves, or pebbles. Pica usually remits in early childhood, but may persist into adolescence or, rarely, continue through adulthood."
It is a pretty rare disorder.
xoxoxoBruce Saturday Apr 3 10:10 PM
Hey, welcome to the Cellar Cory, it's always good to have another nut wrangler around. 
I must, however correct you. "nonnutritive substance" = "bugs", is definitely not true. I'll let the animal droppings slide though.
Troubleshooter Sunday Apr 4 12:03 AM
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Originally posted by CoryWire I also found pica mentioned in DSM III: |
The DSM-IV actually has caffeine addiction in it and the DSM-II had homosexuality listed as a disorder.
And I don't know if I'm too new here or not but, welcome and enjoy.
blase Sunday Apr 4 01:18 AM
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Originally posted by Troubleshooter You have to be careful of the DSM. I only jokingly refer to it anymore. All it really is, is a catalog with which to systematically button-hole people so you can do what you want to with them. The DSM-IV actually has caffeine addiction in it and the DSM-II had homosexuality listed as a disorder. And I don't know if I'm too new here or not but, welcome and enjoy. |
hot_pastrami Sunday Apr 4 04:45 AM
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Originally posted by Mav I'm sorry but this is my hugest internet pet peeve in the world... Don't use the phrase "preggers" or "preggo" when refering to a pregnant woman |
Beletseri Sunday Apr 4 08:55 AM
I seem to remember (getting old here folks, help me out), that some forms of pica indicate a specific nutritional deficit. This occurs sometimes with undiagnosed celiacs who have malabsorption problems. It is always useful to check out the physiology before calling something a psychological problem or disorder.
ladysycamore Sunday Apr 4 02:33 PM
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Originally posted by hot_pastrami One of my pet peeves is when somebody tries to use their own anal-retentive pet peeves as leverage to alter the behavior of others. But of course, I'm just, like, the HUGEST pill! LOL! LMAO! |
HAAAAAAAAAAA!!
I mean, like, gyah! It's, like, only the internet...hehe.
Kitsune Sunday Apr 4 03:36 PM
a stomach containing a 12 pound mass of 350 coins
"Hey, buddy, got any spare change?"
"Just a second..."
Torrere Sunday Apr 4 06:01 PM
A friend of my mother's told us the story of that guy about a month ago.
Approximated, to the best of my recollection:
Mark: "And by the time that he went in for surgery, he had consumed 12 pounds of coins."
J: "Wow! How did he survive?"
Mark: "Well, that's the thing, he didn't."
wolf Sunday Apr 4 07:30 PM
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Originally posted by Troubleshooter Ok, I want either a DSM-IV referrence or a legitimate web link for that one. I'm not calling bullshit, but damn, it must be pretty obscure. I never ran across it at the hospital. |
The number is 307.52, incidentally.
Edited to add: pica is not a personality disorder, it's an eating disorder! And contrary to LadySyc's post, is about eating pretty much ANY nonnutriative substance, not just dirt. There is a phenomena related to pica that involves pregnant women having a craving for a certain white clay, but that's supposed to be linked to some mineral in the clay.
Welcome, new folks.
Oh, and with respect to the DSM ... I prefer "Big Book O' Crazy."
Elspode Sunday Apr 4 07:58 PM
New Moneymaking Idea
How about DSM IV Trading Cards? This X-Ray could be the first in a series...
Slartibartfast Sunday Apr 4 10:30 PM
Pica pikachu!
bluesdave Monday Apr 5 12:25 AM
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Pica pikachu! |
Troubleshooter Monday Apr 5 09:41 AM
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Originally posted by bluesdave That cartoon's not as funny as it might at first appear. My mum used to be a nurse in a large hospital, and every now and then some idiot would try to knock themselves off by swallowing Drano. They take days to die, and they suffer in excruciating pain!
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They know better, or at least better ways to do it. Any suffering is there own damn fault.
wolf Monday Apr 5 10:33 AM
People who die by Drano are the ones that want it to be painful.
And actually, you don't see that very often. Caustic drain cleaners take away any possibility of an open casket funeral.
I've seen more people who attempted to kill themselves with toothpaste than Drano. (the toothpaste guy also drank several bottles of listerine and took an assortment of OTC meds, and washed it all down with tequila. I always thought that bourbon went with mint, but people do improvise.)
Slartibartfast Monday Apr 5 12:43 PM
blue, its funny when it is a cartoon, not funny when it is real life. A lot of things work that way. Bugs Bunny touches high voltage wires: funny. Real life Joe does the same thing: not funny.
bluesdave Monday Apr 5 09:17 PM
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Originally posted by wolf And actually, you don't see that very often. Caustic drain cleaners take away any possibility of an open casket funeral. I've seen more people who attempted to kill themselves with toothpaste than Drano. |
Apart from Drano, people also consumed petrol, kerosene, insecticides, and various household cleaning agents. I guess they were in such a distressed emotional state that they did not think about the repercussions of what they were doing (ie. that they might not die quickly, and painlessly).
Troubleshooter Monday Apr 5 09:32 PM
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Bugs Bunny touches high voltage wires: funny. Real life Joe does the same thing: not funny. |
After the fact.
mrnoodle Tuesday Apr 6 03:59 AM
speaking of cartoons, i've just spent much of the last 3 days watching a Tom and Jerry marathon on TV. if there is a way to die, T&J covered it at some point.
except for falling from cliffs, which was kind of Wile E Coyote's exclusive thing. (other types of falling are covered, however)
jdbutler Tuesday Apr 6 10:23 AM
[quote]Originally posted by Clodfobble
[b]The guy suffered from pica, a mental disorder that causes one to have strong urges to eat things not normally eaten. Severe cases tend to eat a lot of the same thing; in this guy's case it was small pieces of metal.
Yes, I heard of a guy like that...He had a marked propensity for eating his words by nibbling on typewriter keys...You might say he was an elite amongst the picas! 
wolf Tuesday Apr 6 10:38 AM
owie
Slartibartfast Tuesday Apr 6 11:14 AM
I have heard the story of some king in Europe that used to eat a page of the Bible every day. Would that fall in the category of Pica, or just silly?
jdbutler Tuesday Apr 6 11:20 AM
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast I have heard the story of some king in Europe that used to eat a page of the Bible every day. Would that fall in the category of Pica, or just silly? |
lumberjim Tuesday Apr 6 11:24 AM
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Originally posted by jdbutler Eating Bibles??! HOLY SHIT!!!
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jdbutler Tuesday Apr 6 11:41 AM
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Originally posted by lumberjim well, eventually, I guess that would be true. |
Elspode Tuesday Apr 6 01:14 PM
Wolf, what does the DSM IV say about inveterate pun-making?
Troubleshooter Tuesday Apr 6 01:17 PM
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Originally posted by jdbutler Yes, I heard of a guy like that...He had a marked propensity for eating his words by nibbling on typewriter keys...You might say he was an elite amongst the picas!
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wolf Tuesday Apr 6 01:42 PM
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Originally posted by Elspode Wolf, what does the DSM IV say about inveterate pun-making? |
jdbutler Tuesday Apr 6 02:19 PM
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Originally posted by wolf Shoot on sight. |
In any event, grizzly old veterans such as myself have a tendency to return fire rather accurately... then confiscate your weed and burn down your village.
Did you ever work the "Elopement Ward" at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital? You remind me of a certain committment officer that tortured the "High Porch" Platoon.
Luv' ya' anyway...
wolf Tuesday Apr 6 02:37 PM
With all of man's science, research, and experience we have yet to discover a cure for the common pun.
(Nope, I've never spent time where the sky is brown and yellow and the plants are as smart as the people. I suspect that commitment officers throughout the world share certain traits. )
jdbutler Friday Apr 9 08:23 AM
[quote]Originally posted by wolf
[b]With all of man's science, research, and experience we have yet to discover a cure for the common pun.
(Nope, I've never spent time where the sky is brown and yellow and the plants are as smart as the people.
The sky...Thank God! For a moment I thought you were referring to our underwear!
xoxoxoBruce Friday Apr 9 08:18 PM
You have underwear?
wolf Saturday Apr 10 02:07 AM
He must have moved to Pittsburgh from somewhere else. You know, like civilization?
jdbutler Monday Apr 12 08:43 AM
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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce You have underwear?
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Undertoad Monday Apr 12 08:47 AM
I'm surprised that with the Iron City Beer it isn't brown in front too.
jdbutler Monday Apr 12 09:07 AM
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Originally posted by Undertoad I'm surprised that with the Iron City Beer it isn't brown in front too. |
Clodfobble Monday Apr 12 09:08 PM
As to Woofies suppository that I must have moved here from another civilization,
Whoa there.
Big difference between a supposition and a suppository, man.
BIG difference.
xoxoxoBruce Monday Apr 12 09:11 PM
That's why they're "brown in the back".
jdbutler Tuesday Apr 13 08:30 AM
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Originally posted by Clodfobble As to Woofies suppository that I must have moved here from another civilization, Whoa there. Big difference between a supposition and a suppository, man. BIG difference. |
Please remind me to pitch my Dan Quayle Remedial Spelling Book at the next trash pick-up.
lumberjim Tuesday Apr 13 09:54 AM
inuendo: (def) an Italian suppository.
novice Tuesday Apr 13 10:07 AM
Butt off course it is
jdbutler Tuesday Apr 13 10:34 AM
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Originally posted by lumberjim inuendo: (def) an Italian suppository. |
The Washington Post's Style Invitational asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition: I would spell your word inuend-OH!
This could be a new thread for all of the sicko's: Such as:
“Afropros”: Anything relevant to the black community.
“Alcoholyc” - A drunken man of the cloth.
“Arnold Schwanzenegger”: The well-hung, male porn star that lost the California governors race.
“Au Bone Pain” The café of choice for overworked porn stars, chiropractors, and those afflicted with osteopornosis.
"Osteopornosis": A degenerate disease, usually found in teenage boys, characterized by a stiffening of the bone.
“Aunticipation”: What you experience when you are getting frisky and inebriated with your mother’s sister.
“Asspoles”: Polish Assholes.
"Battoo" - Those hideous colored markings left on your skin after being beaten with a Louisville Slugger.
“Bleat their meat”: What lonely shepherds do for fun. (Baaad!)
C'mon guys, send those submissions in!!!
Most creative submission receives a trip to England to witness the “Crap Circles”: (The mysterious markings left in fields by terrified UFO abductees) , a book of “Early English Cliterature”: (Soft porn of the Middle Ages), and an overnight frolic with a
“Krakoe” (A drug addicted prostitute from a city in Southern Poland).
Do not suffer from a “Wimpulse” ( A sudden inclination to act spinelessly), send in your contributions! Beware of the Woofie though, she shoots punsters on sight. Have Fun...
chrisinhouston Thursday May 6 08:42 AM
Here's another image for IOTD in the "stranger then life X-ray" department!
"A Los Angeles construction worker who had six nails driven into his head in an accident with a high-powered nail gun is expected to make a full recovery, doctors said."
chrisinhouston Thursday May 6 08:44 AM
Let me try that as a gif.
Happy Monkey Thursday May 6 09:07 AM
Brains are wierd.
Pi Thursday May 6 11:55 AM
Well I find it a kind of strange to see so many nails pumped in that guy's hand in so different directions. He shouldn't have poured coffee over the Don's suit...
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