# Blowing It Out Your Ass, ... Literally!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-it-out-your-ass-literally/375880>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-it-out-your-ass-literally/375880 "2006-10-10T01:50:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-it-out-your-ass-literally/375880/1 "2006-10-10T01:50:46Z")

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> A WOMAN has suffered severe burning to her anus after being struck by lightning which hit her in the mouth and passed right through her body.
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> “It was incredibly painful, I felt it pass through my torso and then I don’t remember much at all.” Doctors at the city hospital where she was treated for burns to the mouth and rear said: "The accident is bizarre but not impossible.
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> “It appears to have earthed through the damp shower curtain that she was touching as she bent over to put her mouth under the tap. If she had not been wearing the shoes she would probably have been killed by the blast.”

Source: [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20548077-13762,00.html](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20548077-13762,00.html)

I have no words to express about this.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowing-it-out-your-ass-literally/375880/2 "2006-10-10T06:46:51Z")

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[Already in progress.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=391538)