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.

[Tom Tildrum]

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

[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?

[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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

[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.

[aruvqan]

Originally Posted by WhyNot

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

That would seriously suck.

[Senegoid]

Were there any nearby reports of anybody waking up in a bathtub full of ice with a message like "Call 911 NOW!" scrawled in lipstick on the tile?

[Little Nemo]

Considering the air quality in Los Angeles, the lungs may have just been trying to escape.

[Senegoid]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Considering the air quality in Los Angeles, the lungs may have just been trying to escape.

See comment by NoClueBoy in post 19, above. If you lived in L. A. (especially in the Valley) in the 60's, it really WAS that bad! With all the pollution regulation that's come down since then, it's gotten much better. Still BADDDD, but back then it was that much worse!

[Antigen]

Maybe it's an evolving lungfish who went a little too far towards "lung".

[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.

[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.

[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.

[aruvqan]

I figure that they will discover they are animal lungs that someone bought to make whatever one makes out of lungs [something like a tripe soup, just lung. Maybe hagis]

I remember from doing gross anatomy that mammal organs tend to all look similar - just different in size from human.

I really do hope it wasn't a set of lungs headed for a transplant.

[Marley23]

Originally Posted by blondebear

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

Be on the lookout for a hirsute fellow who enjoys pina coladas and has perfect hair.

[Wheelz]

Originally Posted by aruvqan

That would seriously suck.

Well... not without lungs, it wouldn't.

[Imago]

Gods, and I thought my Monday was shitty.

[NoClueBoy]

Do they look Talaxian? Neelix lost a pair.

[Eve]

Originally Posted by aruvqan

I figure that they will discover they are animal lungs that someone bought to make whatever one makes out of lungs.

Like, the worst balloon animals ever. Last time I hire that party clown.

[cmkeller]

If I'd seen that, I would have screamed at the top of my lungs...and those lungs.

[Enderw24]

Guys, this story isn't that funny. Right now there's a guy out there worried sick about the state of his lungs. I'm sure that he'll breathe easier when they get back to their rightful owner.

[dngnb8]

I see you all have breathed life into this story

[Boyo Jim]

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

[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'.

[NoClueBoy]

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

[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!

[Bumbershoot]

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

[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.