More Things to Worry About
It only happens to 600 patients a yr (out of 50m surgeries), but jeez, 600 patients
catching fire in the OR? (Bonus: Oxygen makes it like a blowtorch.)
WBAL-TV (Baltimore) via WMTW-TV (Portland, Maine)
London's
Daily Mail found a man who said he was forced to
yank out 13 teeth with his pliers because he couldn't find a gov't dentist. (Bonus: He smiled for the camera.) (Double Bonus: "It didn't hurt as much as you might think.")
Daily Mail
In Nova Scotia, Penny Boudreau confessed to strangling her only daughter, 12, supposedly because her boyfriend Vernon MacCumber gave her
the ultimatum, her or me (and as you can see by the photo, what woman
wouldn't sacrifice her only child for a cutie like Vernon?).
Daily Mail (London)
Most Undignified Death: He lost control of his car near Los Banos, Calif.; it rolled down a hill; he survived and climbed back to the highway; another driver ran over him.
Modesto Bee
A man robbed two convenience stores in Colorado Springs last week within an hour of each other, wielding a small sword, and the thing is, both clerks independently told police that they recognized the sword as
a "bat'leth," a Klingon sword, from Star Wars.
KMGH-TV (Denver)
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