Did any of you lose any lungs in Los Angeles?

[Eve]

Los Angeles County officials are investigating what appeared to be a pair of lungs found on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles. A citizen called to report what she thought were the organs about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 13100 block of Avalon Boulevard, said Sgt. Robert Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "We don't know what they are," Dean said. "It's really weird."

For goodness sake, if you are going to be careless enough just to leave your lungs lying around like that . . . It's bad enough when people drop their gum wrappers on the sidewalk!

[Sunspace]

There wasn't a package with Canadian postmarks nearby, was there?

[gunnergoz]

No, but I left my heart in San Francisco once.

[tdn]

They're mine.

Please don't ask me to describe them.

[Asimovian]

I was pretty sure I saw that guy walking out of the alley with the trenchcoat drop something, but it was dark, and I couldn't be sure. And I was gonna miss the start of the Dodger game.

[Sailboat]

Originally Posted by Asimovian

I was pretty sure I saw that guy walking out of the alley with the trenchcoat drop something, but it was dark, and I couldn't be sure.

No, no, he didn't walk out of a dark alley. He lunged out of an alley.

[Rachellelogram]

Originally Posted by Sailboat

No, no, he didn't walk out of a dark alley. He lunged out of an alley.

I will say, though, that lung-ed is a much funner way to pronounce that word than lunjed.

[Tom Tildrum]

Wow, the smog still must get really bad there, if someone literally coughed up a lung.

[Sunspace]

Originally Posted by gunnergoz

No, but I left my heart in San Francisco once.

I left my spleen in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but I don't think that counts.

[Greg Charles]

That's sort of a rough neighborhood. Whoever it was should consider themselves lucky if they got to keep the rest of their organs. As Tom mentioned, lungs don't do you much good in LA anyway.

[Eve]

My L.A. friend Donna says they're not hers, but now that the police said "maybe they're dog lungs," she will check her dog to see if he dropped them while she was walking him.

[picunurse]

My guess is, someone stole a cooler.

[Asimovian]

Originally Posted by picunurse

My guess is, someone stole a cooler.

Thus, a perfectly good story was ruined by the application of logic.

[Musicat]

Originally Posted by picunurse

My guess is, someone stole a cooler.

And then cooler heads prevailed?

[WhyNot]

Originally Posted by picunurse

My guess is, someone stole a cooler.

And someone had to make some phone calls which left two families very disappointed today.

[aruvqan]

Originally Posted by WhyNot

And someone had to make some phone calls which left two families very disappointed today.

That would seriously suck.

[Zebra]

13100 block of Avalon Boulevard. Is that near where they found the Black Dalia? Maybe they're hers.

[blondebear]

Sounds like somebody made good on a "I'll rip yer lungs out!!" threat.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Sounds like somebody made good on a "I'll rip yer lungs out!!" threat.

Police have an APB out for the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent, possibly holding a Chinese menu in his hand.

[Joey P]

Originally Posted by blondebear

Sounds like somebody made good on a "I'll rip yer lungs out!!" threat.

I'd like to meet his tailor.

[Tapiotar]

Originally Posted by Joey P

I'd like to meet his tailor.

At least we know the victim's name is Jim.

[dngnb8]

Originally Posted by Tapiotar

At least we know the victim's name is Jim.

His hair was purrrrfect

[jpsultan]

A pair of lungs flops into a bar.

At the far stool is a man with an obvious internal organ fetish. As the lungs flop over to a stool the man checks them out the whole way.

Once the lungs are at the bar, the man instantly buys them a drink and says: "How 'bout coming back to my place later for a little fun?"

"Not tonight," the lungs reply, "I forgot my diaphragm."

[Spiff]

Originally Posted by jpsultan

A pair of lungs flops into a bar.

At the far stool is a man with an obvious internal organ fetish. As the lungs flop over to a stool the man checks them out the whole way.

Once the lungs are at the bar, the man instantly buys them a drink and says: "How 'bout coming back to my place later for a little fun?"

"Not tonight," the lungs reply, "I forgot my diaphragm."

Boo!

But really, !

[Eve]

As of June 13:

Coroner's officials in Los Angeles have taken custody of a pair of lungs found late Sunday night. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the organs and officials state that they plan to "dispose of them." "They're not of forensic value," Lt. Fred Corral told the Los Angeles Times.

The lungs, which are animal in origin, were spotted on Avalon Boulevard Sunday evening and police took them in for further analysis. Initial tests showed that they were not human and more tests must be conducted to determine exactly what animal they are from.

Some have already begun speculating on the lungs' origins, saying that they may be tripe (the inner organs of an animal) "to be used for food." That would certainly be one possibility, yet it would be odd that the lungs just be dumped on the sidewalk, unless they fell out of a container.

[Asimovian]

And now, we can all breathe easier.

[Bumbershoot]

Originally Posted by Eve

As of June 13:

Free the LA Lungs! This is an outrage!

All they were doing was hanging out on a Sunday evening when they were taken into custody and subjected to medical examination. And they are still being held! Were they charged with a crime? Were their rights explained to them? Since when is it against the law to be an internal organ? This kind of discrimination cannot be tolerated!

I think the LA police are cold-hearted and they have some 'spleening to do.

[Anamorphic]

Well I can't swear that they're not mine, but I'm assuming I'd know by now if they were missing.

[Boyo Jim]

One of them could be from ligendary rock & roll guitarist Link Wray, who lost a lung to tuberculosis. Yeah, he lost it about 50 years ago, but who knows how long it might take to show up again?

[Rachellelogram]

It's just a flesh wound.

[NoClueBoy]

Oh, sure! It's all fun and games. Until someone loses a lung!



irl, I had terrible asthma when I lived in L.A. as a child in the 60s. Was told it was smog related. Smog alerts would keep us inside during recess.

[Boyo Jim]

Kid, don't mess with those cigs! You'll put a lung out playing around with them.

[Left Hand of Dorkness]

I know people say Los Angeles will take your breath away, but c'mon.

[bouv]

For those looking for a link to a full story, here it is.

Anyone else thinking of that scene from Futurama?
"I take lungs now, gills come in 2-3 weeks..."

[Asimovian]

Originally Posted by bouv

Anyone else thinking of that scene from Futurama?
"I take lungs now, gills come in 2-3 weeks..."

Yes. Yes, indeed.

[Imago]

Gods, and I thought my Monday was shitty.

[NoClueBoy]

Do they look Talaxian? Neelix lost a pair.

[Boyo Jim]

Maybe, but the guy who lost the lungs must be breathless awaiting their return.

[user_hostile]

Originally Posted by Boyo Jim

Maybe, but the guy who lost the lungs must be breathless awaiting their return.

Don't hold your breath.

[NoClueBoy]

Someone is Waiting To Exhale

[Kimballkid]

Oh good you found them!! Could you please ship them back to me ASAP.

[WhyNot]

Shipping should be cheap; they're lights.





(And THAT, my friends, is a true word nerd pun!)

[outlierrn]

Probably belong to Abby Someone.

[dngnb8]

Originally Posted by outlierrn

Probably belong to Abby Someone.

Win

Why thank you doctor......

[Regallag_The_Axe]

Lungs? Hmm, let me check this pile of human organs I keep around for various sketchy and ill-advised experiments...

Damn it, I knew left something out there! How the hell am I supposed to complete the super-Frankenstein without six complete sets of lungs?! Looks like I need to take another 'hunting trip'.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by Regallag_The_Axe

Lungs? Hmm, let me check this pile of human organs I keep around for various sketchy and ill-advised experiments...

Damn it, I knew left something out there! How the hell am I supposed to complete the super-Frankenstein without six complete sets of lungs?! Looks like I need to take another 'hunting trip'.

How could you make such a stupid mistake? This isn't brain surgery, you know!

[NoClueBoy]

She's tidied up and I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING!

[Bumbershoot]

Now that you mention it, I have been feeling a little out-of-breath lately...

[Capt Kirk]

Just saying,
Face eating in FLA?
Random lungs in LA?
Sounds like........
THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IS NIGH
Just a warning folks, no cause for alarm

CAPT

[Sigmagirl]

I was going to make haggis tonight, but I forgot to mark the package, and now you'll just have to eat spaghetti again, dammit.