X-ray for toothache reveals nail embedded in man's skull

[Yamialpha]

LITTLETON, Colorado (AP) -- A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth -- a four-inch (10-centimeter) nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/16/nailgun.accident.ap/index.html

 

[Heiroglyph]

I hate it when that happens!

 

[waitingforwonderful]

You can always count on Littleton for awesome stories.

LITTLETON, Colorado

 

[S Walch]

how on EARTH could you not notice a 4 inch nail embeded in your head??

This is just plain silly..

 

[Mr.Pious]

Lots and Lots of Vicodin

 

[Stefania777]

LITTLETON, Colorado (AP) -- A dentist found the source of the toothache Patrick Lawler was complaining about on the roof of his mouth -- a four-inch (10-centimeter) nail the construction worker had unknowingly embedded in his skull six days earlier.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/16/nailgun.accident.ap/index.html

Oh, I saw this on TV, that is some pretty crazy stuff.

 

[drboyd]

Wait till they start looking around the rest of his body....

"Wha'? I have no idea how that thing got there! I never saw it before - I swear it!"

 

[Ave Maria]

how on EARTH could you not notice a 4 inch nail embeded in your head??

This is just plain silly..

That's what I'm trying to figure out! How on earth do you shoot a nail through the roof of your mouth and not notice it?!

 

[Yamialpha]

That's what I'm trying to figure out! How on earth do you shoot a nail through the roof of your mouth and not notice it?!

Perhaps he went into a state of shock similar to that of which people who are shot feel.

 

[I'ddie4him]

I just saw this on TV too, and I had to wonder what he did to not notice shooting himself with a nailgun ??? Was he so engrossed in other things that it didn't register ??
Hey, I just shot myself with a nailgun ...........

 

[praying]

This is the second one we've seen in this hospital where the person was injured by the nail gun and didn't actually realize the nail had been imbedded in their skull

It must be the thin Colorado air.

 

[Yamialpha]

It must be the thin Colorado air.

Lol probably so.

 

[ptgd1st]

Maybe thats why my tooth hurts.

 

[Phylogeny]

That looks like a BIG nail he has up his......nose

Did anyone notice he has to pay about $100,000 in medical bills?! It's a friggin' house mortgage.

 

[Christ Aficionado]

i know. seriously. how do you not notice that?

 

[S Walch]

Maybe it damaged the part of his brain that registers pain...

Or he's just really really REALLY silly.

 

[BlessedMan]

That looks like a BIG nail he has up his......nose

Did anyone notice he has to pay about $100,000 in medical bills?! It's a friggin' house mortgage.

I'm waiting for the actual nail to show up on Ebay soon...

 

[S Walch]

lol, I can see it now

"The 4 inch nail that was embedded in a mans skull that he didn't notice - being sold on ebay"

 

[Yamialpha]

lol, I can see it now

"The 4 inch nail that was embedded in a mans skull that he didn't notice - being sold on ebay"

Which is worse-the fact that he had a nail up his nose, the fact that it is a possibility that the nail would be sold on e-bay, or the fact that the nail would probably go for a large amount of money?

 

[BlessedMan]

Which is worse-the fact that he had a nail up his nose, the fact that it is a possibility that the nail would be sold on e-bay, or the fact that the nail would probably go for a large amount of money?

Definitely the latter...