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Man Gets So Drunk He Unknowingly Swallows His House Keys
Last week, a Chinese man went to the hospital after experiencing severe chest pain and was shocked to learn that his discomfort was caused by the house keys he thought he had lost the night before after getting drunk with his friends.
On June 7th, a 26-year-old man, identified solely as Chang, from Guangdong, China, went out for drinks with his friends, to celebrate the end of another long work week. When he got home in the middle of the night, he searched for his keys, but couldn’t find them, so he called someone inside and asked them to let him. He was pretty drunk, so he didn’t give his lost keys a second thought, instead going straight to bed. The next morning, as the numbing effect of the alcohol started to wear off, Chang started experiencing a sharp pain in his chest, so he went to the local Dongguan Hospital to have it checked out.
When doctors performed an X-ray of his torso, they were shocked to see what looked like a key lodged in his esophagus. They asked him about it, and he admitted to losing his house keys the night before, but couldn’t offer any explanation as to how they wound up inside his body.
Staff at Dongguan Hospital analyzed the situation and decided that allowing the keys to pass through Chang’s digestive system and be eliminated naturally was too risky. At the same time, trying to pull it out using endoscopy equipment could rupture his esophagus. The third option was an emergency surgery.
After the anesthesiologist administered Chang a drug that helped relax his muscles, a gastroenterologist was able to pull out the metal key and plastic access card from the man’s esophagus.
Link:https://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-gets-so-drunk
Dream Job: If You Could Get Paid To Travel The US To Taste One Type of Food, Which Would it Be?
The makers of Reynolds Wrap announced they are seeking someone willing to spend two weeks getting paid to travel the country-eating barbecue. The company said the "Chief Grilling Officer" will receive $10,000, plus pre-paid travel and lodging costs, to travel the country for two weeks in August while "tasting and savoring BBQ ribs from some of the top BBQ rib cities in the country."
The Ideal Distance Between You And Your In-Laws
Having your family live nearby has its perks, but when does “nearby” turn into too close for comfort? According to a new survey, people have very specific ideas about exactly how much distance they prefer between where they live and where their parents or in-laws reside.
The survey of over 2,000 adults from Ally Home, a digital financial services company, finds more than half (57%) of respondents say there should be at least some driving distance between where their family or partner’s family lives and where they live. And a majority agree there should be a 15 to 45-minute buffer zone between themselves and parents or in-laws.
But it’s not just the distance that matters. Over a third of respondents (37%) say family shouldn’t live close enough to “just pop in and say hello,” with even more millennials (42%) stressing they don’t like that. The survey also asked what stresses them out the most when dealing with family and coming in at number one with 52% is a road trip with parents or in-laws and no access to a radio. Following in second place is dealing with a father/father-in-law who has opposite political views (40%), and number three is living within five minutes of parents or in-laws (38%).
Source:Apartment Therapy