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As you know, mental_floss is on a mission to help people feel smart. Well, it’s a shame we couldn’t get to Roderick Vecsey of Connecticut before he was charged with second degree assault after throwing a carrot at his wife. The carrot hit her in the eye and as of this story’s printing (hours later), she was still blind in that eye. Not a very smart thing to do. I guess on the bright side, maybe he should apply for a Guinness World Record for most blindings by carrot - one.
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In the category of odd stabbing implements, Tim recently saw a patient in the ER who had choked on a sausage and tried to extricate it by sticking a feather duster down his throat. Upside: he got the sausage unstuck. Downside: the feather duster poked all the way through his esophagus. Why he didn’t just use the Heimlich maneuver, I have no idea.
posted by Mary on 7-20-2006 at 1:12 pm
Sure he could get into the record books with that one, but what would happen if someone tried to break the record?
Who said carrots were good for your vision?
posted by DK on 7-21-2006 at 10:50 am