FRom BBC.
A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.
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“I’m not a vegetarian because I like animals; I’m a vegetarian because I hate plants!”
Mom always said, “Don’t inhale your food!”.
My mum always said that if I didn’t clean my ears with a facewasher, potatoes would start growing down there. I always thought she was just trying to scare me.
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Somewhere in the dusty annals of my mind, I recall a story of a toddler that had a chronic sinus issue. Eventually, after many doctors appointments and meds and a problem that wasn’t getting better, his head was xrayed and it was discovered the tot had jammed a bean or pea pod up his nose and it had sprouted. I forget how big it got in that yucky enviroment.
In Russia, plants eat YOU!
I’m glad the doctors got to the root of the problem.
Awww, c’mon you knew this thread would start to degenerate in that direction sooner or later.
He’s pioneering a new branch of pulmonology.
I’ve always thought that that Russian was a seedy character.
There’s a kernel of truth in this observation, but hopefully we can stem the influx of pulmonary puns.
I recall a story about a girl who had lung problems for years; it finally turned out that as a toddler she’d managed to inhale a sprig of a Christmas tree and it had been slowly growing ever since.
There was a thread about this one here. I thought it was debunked. Fir one thing, it look more like a branch than a seedling and for another there was no way it would be that green without sunlight. Also, it was posted in the Daily Mail.
[sub]My pun was actually a typo that I opted not to correct.[/sub]
Don’t know about a girl, but the one I heard was about a 61-year-old woman.
I’m skeptical. How can a tree be green having grown without light? Or having grown at all with photosynthesis?
Someone else is skeptical.
Anyone who believes these stories is a sap.
It seemed to work OK in WALL·E
Puts a whole new twist on “Gotta pee.”
By absorbing nutrients from the body it’s embedded in I assume. Something that’s full of a lot more high energy organics than you’ll find in the soil. And as pointed out, this isn’t the only story about something like this happening. In fact, to quote the very story you linked to:
Which does imply that it IS possible for plants to grow in the dark, if poorly.
It was discovered when the doctors noticed him coughing up phloem.