Originally Posted By jonvn "Can a person's body actually fuse to an inanimate object?" Yes. Looks like they will be filing charges: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/12/national/a091912D86.DTL&tsp=1" target="_blank">http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/03/12/national/a091912D86.DTL&tsp=1</a>
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Just for (blank) and giggles, I looked to see if there is a Sheriff Bryan Whipple of Ness County, KS., and indeed there is, so it's not some made-up name as part of a prank. I'm not going to call to verify the story though.
Originally Posted By jonvn One thing that happens once in a while is if you have a ring, like a wedding ring, and you never remove it, and you've gotten a bit fatter. Your skin will actually grow around it. Gross picture included: <a href="http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/179_04_180803/cat10045_fm.html" target="_blank">http://www.mja.com.au/public/i ssues/179_04_180803/cat10045_fm.html</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Your skin will actually grow around it. Gross picture included:>> WOW!!! Did you see how much it increased her finger circumference? I'm thinking there has to be a way of making a bundle of money on the internet with this. Just develop a product which would apply the principle to a different appendage...
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The open sores makes sense. If she truly were seated all that time, the skin would break down due to lack of blood flow. Kind of like bed sores. Well, sounds like it's a legit story after all. What a strange world...
Originally Posted By jonvn "a different appendage..." I don't think you would really want to do that. The surgery would be rather painful.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< These days, an I.Q. of 50 seems to be average. (I know that's absurd) >>> That's right - the average American now has an IQ of half the national average!
Originally Posted By SuperDry I was listening to coverage of this incident in a foreign newspaper's podcast, and the way they introduced it was to read a headline similar to this topic's title, and then the announcer chuckled and commented that you could tell without reading any further that the story was going to be from the United States. It does seem that for some reason we as a nation are prone to have this sort of thing happen, although usually it manifests itself with a crazy woman that's found with hundreds of dogs or cats in her feces-laden home.
Originally Posted By dshyates "usually it manifests itself with a crazy woman that's found with hundreds of dogs or cats in her feces-laden home." you mean like this? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2epsnr" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/2epsnr</a>
