# It finally happened - after 3 years in X-ray! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374 "2006-12-23T20:11:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/41 "2006-12-25T15:56:31Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Well, so I am stupidhead! And I ain’t stinking something up my butt in the hopes that I’ll feel any better! [/QUOTE] I’m going to go out on a limb here and conjecture that it is stinging up there already. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/42 "2006-12-25T15:57:45Z")
Heck, it may not even be an acronym, it may just be a contraction for **F** oreign **OB** ject… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/43 "2006-12-25T16:19:29Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] Now, I’d think you could stick up something lonf, thin & sharp to reach & pierce the squash’s skin, then insert a tube into the squash to suck out its innards & collapse the outer skin which could then be withdrawn. [/QUOTE] Just when I thought I’d have nothing to contribute to a thread with this subject matter, you come along. Uncooked squash is fibrous and hard as a brick, so your suggestion would not work. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/44 "2006-12-25T16:59:43Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] Up your ass, sure, but up your _urethra_?! [/QUOTE] Taken out of context, this quote could come back to haunt you. _In_ context, it ain’t so great either. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/45 "2006-12-25T18:59:21Z")
Worst thing I’ve seen up a urethra was a Bic “4 colour” pen. I assume the guy was just hoping he could pee in the snow in green, blue, black or red at the touch of a button. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/46 "2006-12-25T19:03:23Z")
The surgeon tried without success to gut the squash, for the reasons **Chefguy** said. Cutting open the bowel to get something out also means ending up with a colostomy bag. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/47 "2006-12-25T23:06:47Z")
Now we know. \*\*What feels better: a good bowel movement or sex? ( 1 2 ) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/48 "2006-12-26T01:39:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] Yep, the gold standard of Radiology was finally attained a few weeks ago when a patient presented in the ER with a “foreign object in the rectum.” A guy came in with a vibrator stuck inside him so far he couldn’t retrieve it. The ER docs placed a flexible tube up past the ‘object’, inflated a balloon on the end of the tube, drew it back, and retrieved the vibrator. It wasn’t foreign at all. It was made in Illinois. [/QUOTE] That’s a great line, but I think I should complain about the poor level of service in your ER. A truly caring doctor would have changed the batteries. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/49 "2006-12-26T02:52:03Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] That’s a great line, but I think I should complain about the poor level of service in your ER. A truly caring doctor would have changed the batteries. [/QUOTE] As a matter of fact, back when I was a Rad Tech student, a resident from another hospital told me that, while he was doing his ER residency, a guy came into the ER twice within a few days with the same complaint: foreign object in rectum. He swears that, the second time, he said, “Do you want me to take it out or just change the batteries?” If he did, then he truly became a Legend In His Own Time. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/50 "2006-12-26T04:42:25Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Just when I thought I’d have nothing to contribute to a thread with this subject matter, you come along. Uncooked squash is fibrous and hard as a brick, so your suggestion would not work. [/QUOTE] Hence the necessity of heating the patient up to 350 degrees for an hour before attenmpting the procedure. I think Alton Brown may suggest an unglazed terracotta pot be shoved up as well to improve the convection currents. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/51 "2006-12-26T05:48:08Z")
During my employ as an ER tech, a young lady arrived one evening and refused to divulge the nature of her complaint to anyone but the Doc. He accompanied her into the minor OR, and after ~ 10 minutes she exited the room, and the ER. Quickly. The Doc emerged holding a stalk of celery in his forceps and asked, “Who wants salad?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/52 "2006-12-26T08:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] As a matter of fact, back when I was a Rad Tech student, a resident from another hospital told me that, while he was doing his ER residency, a guy came into the ER twice within a few days with the same complaint: foreign object in rectum. He swears that, the second time, he said, “Do you want me to take it out or just change the batteries?” If he did, then he truly became a Legend In His Own Time. [/QUOTE] I might say something like that and I know some docs that would too. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/53 "2006-12-26T20:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Dr\_Paprika] I’m still waiting for the Matchbox car. [/QUOTE] Y’ever seen _Jackass: The Movie_? You should see _Jackass: The Movie_. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/54 "2006-12-26T23:41:56Z")
I once saw a list of objects that doctors have had to pull out of people’s poo chutes. I’ve forgotten all of them except one - a magazine. A _magazine_? WTF? :eek: “Hey, I think I’ll take that copy of _House and Garden_, roll it up, and jam it right up my jacksie! Yup, sounds a plan!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/55 "2006-12-27T07:06:43Z")
I’ve seen _Jackass: The Movie_. That’s the main reason I’m still waiting. And everyone know celery is best used for garnishing Caesars. **Most** of the doctors I know would make some snarky comment. ---
**Author:** ![Adoptamom\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Adoptamom\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adoptamom_II)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374/56 "2006-12-27T12:39:28Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] The Doc emerged holding a stalk of celery in his forceps and asked, “Who wants salad?” [/QUOTE] Please tell me the patients name was Mary and she was on her period. That will complete my little internal snicker over celery being a garnish for a bloody mary 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-finally-happened-after-3-years-in-x-ray/385374.md?page=2)