# Man grows pea plant inside lung.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016 "2010-08-12T03:49:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/21 "2010-08-12T20:36:24Z")

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Most people are already dead when they’re pushing up daisies.

As we speak, hippies are trying to figure out how to grow pot in their lungs. Peas brother.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/22 "2010-08-12T21:43:45Z")

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Oh shit, I need to get my stomach checked for watermelons.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/23 "2010-08-13T06:52:01Z")

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Pea plants which in my day were called marijuana…

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/24 "2010-08-13T07:30:28Z")

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> [@Enderw24](#):
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> It was discovered when the doctors noticed him coughing up phloem.

_golf clap_

And then they took the pea outta him…

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/25 "2010-08-13T17:33:06Z")

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He’s really gotta pea.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/26 "2010-08-13T17:59:46Z")

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Now that he’s cured, it’s time to turn over a new leaf.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-grows-pea-plant-inside-lung/550016/27 "2010-08-14T20:51:57Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> And as pointed out, this isn’t the only story about something like this happening.

Uh-huh, the Weekly World News has printed a lot of issues so I wouldn’t be at all surprised that there are other stories out there.

Color me :dubious:😃 about any seed getting beyond a tiny sprout stage in the human body before dying.

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