I just ate a thumbtack

[crptcblade]

Should I be worried?

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From what I understand, you have perforated your colon so many times that is has evolved a tough skin made of a titanium / leather compound.

You should be fine.

[Siddharth Rout]

Tomorrow morning ... YES!!!!

[Hack]

That depends...what did you have with it?

You know perfectly well that only Chardonnay goes with tacks...anything else is uncivilized.

[dee-u]

I'm glad you didn't step on it. You should also eat a thumb and a bulletin board.

[Hack]

With a nice slice of sharp cheddah...mmmm-yummy

[techgnome]

well, I guess we can no longer accuse crptcblade of being tack-tless.... unfortunately (for him, entertainment for us... maybe), in the end, this too shall pass.

-tg

[mendhak]

Should I be worried?

If you run into a wall really fast, you can stay stuck to it for a few minutes.

[Shaggy Hiker]

People have eaten nails, tacks, and glass. There is some slight chance that it will lodge in your stomach or intestine and cause trouble, along with the slight chance that you will digest at least part of it. However, the most likely case is that you will have to watch closely to even notice when it leaves, which will probably be tomorrow, though could be the following day. Eat a whole can of corn right away, and when you see the corn (you will, we don't digest much of that, so if you eat a whole can of whole kernel corn, you'll see it) then you can be pretty sure that the tack is either in there somewhere, or left on the previous shuttle.

The tack will be really shiny when it comes out.

[dee-u]

The tack will be really shiny when it comes out.

He may need to dig it up to find it if not visible at first.

[Siddharth Rout]

Tomorrow morning ... YES!!!!

So how did it go?

[crptcblade]

Nope

[Siddharth Rout]

Nope can mean you things...

1) you are constipated
2) It is still pinned to one of your intestines

which one is it?

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

Aww hell you guys... I was eating...

[dee-u]

3. His stomach digested it. He is now tackful.

[Siddharth Rout]

aww hell you guys... I was eating...

wysiwyg

[Hack]

IE = Intestinal Evacuation

[Shaggy Hiker]

Aww hell you guys... I was eating...

So what sick, masochistic, perverse, impulse caused you to read this thread while eating?

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

So what sick, masochistic, perverse, impulse caused you to read this thread while eating?

The sick, masochistic, perverse impulse that causes me to constantly underestimate the ability of CCers to post vividly graphic descriptions of their fecal matter.

[techgnome]

Amateur.... if you can't stand the posts, get out of the forum... :P

-tg

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

Oh I can stomach it alright. I have a lot of intestinal fortitude. Don't be so anal.

[BillGeek]

The sick, masochistic, perverse impulse that causes me to constantly underestimate the ability of CCers to post vividly graphic descriptions of their fecal matter.

Flattery won't get you anywhere.

[oceanebelle]

How did you eat the thumbtack anyways?

Is that your girlfriend's idea of proposing? It might be similar to a news article I read a few weeks ago about a girl swallowing her engagement ring - to be after eating her ice cream voraciously.

You need to correct your girlfriend's perception of an engagement ring. But then I suppose she'll only propose to you once?

[Shaggy Hiker]

He probably thought normal rings were not tacky enough.

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[MaximilianMayrhofer]

[insert facepalm]

[homer13j]

Should I be worried?

If you ate the thumbtack on purpose then I would say yes, you should be worried.

[wossname]

In Soviet Russia, thumbtack eat YOU!!

[Shaggy Hiker]

You could also swallow one of those cow magnets. That should work.

[EntityX]

You guys are coming up with some good ones.

[Lord Orwell]

i didn't know you were french. Just remember that Pica Syndrome can be controlled with medicine. (*citation needed)

[mar_zim]

Should I be worried?

No.

[EntityX]

However, the most likely case is that you will have to watch closely to even notice when it leaves, which will probably be tomorrow, though could be the following day.

That is not something that I would be too interested in watching closely.

[InvisibleDuncan]

You need to correct your girlfriend's perception of an engagement ring. But then I suppose she'll only propose to you once?

Shouldn't be a problem for Joe - he's got lots of other cousins.

[mar_zim]

and you're one of them?

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

No, but...... my mama is.

Suck it!

[Shaggy Hiker]

It's been days. Does crptcblade have a perforated colon, or has the issue passed?

[mendhak]

I think we're all waiting for the answer to that one. Come to think of it, CC has become really quiet as we wait for him to respond. You could hear a pin drop.

[mar_zim]

I think he's too worried to reply in this thread.

C'mon joe it's just a thumbtack. Get over it.

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