Nail Embedded in Man's Skull for 6 Days

[GameMaster]

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


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://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/01/16/nailgun.accident.ap/story.xray.kusa.jpg

I don't see how he could've not felt the impact or feel any pain when it happened. Must not be a lot of nerves in that area. Or it was just so quick and fast.

[dropCGCF]

Wouldn't he have had sinus problems?

[ZebraRampage]

That makes me cringe..ah..I would freak out if I found out that there was a nail shoved up the roof of my mouth into my skull.

[Typhoid]

Honestly...how can you not know you lodged a nail into your face?

[Teuthida]

There was a guy who had a nail in his head for a few years without knowing it. Shot himself with a nail gun and apparently didn't feel it. Twas in Guiness World Records.

[Ginkasa]

It looks like it had to have entered from his mouth... How could you do that on accident?


*shrugs and walks away*

[KillerGremlin]

I can imagine it. Well, maybe not imagine it, but believe it. Despite the fact that it looks like it would hurt like hell, it's totally in the realms of reality. I mean, this has happened numerous times.

[Teuthida]

Drunk?

[Happydude]

wasn't there any bleeding? any pain? no feedback? i don't see how the guy didn't feel something like that...anyway, its good that he;s allright now.

[ZebraRampage]

I don't know if any of you have seen this, but there was this thing on tv where an old lady got stabbed in the back of the neck at a store, but didn't know or feel it, and she was just walking around with the knife there the whole time. It wasn't till she got home and her daugther saw it and pulled it out that she felt it there. I guess these things happen. Also, whenever you get a cut, but it doesn't hurt till you see it, must be similar to this.

[KillerGremlin]

Actually, you would not need to be intoxicated. An object such as a nail or a knife does not really cover much space. If the nail was driven into your body fast enough, it would just pass through the skin, and it would feel like someone just hit you in the face. There would be virtually no sign of penetration, if something penetrated you at such a high velocity, and you just might not notice it.

There are hundreds of cases of medical tools being left inside patients every year. I know that is totally different then being impalled with a sharp object, but having a piece of metal lodged someplace in your body is not an uncommon thing.

=/

[Blackmane]

...


Holy....

[Teuthida]

I had a slab of wood stuck in my finger. Like a gigantic splinter parallel to the bone. My skin healed around it and after a few years I didn't even feel it anymore.

[Typhoid]

I have a chunk of graphite from a penicl thats been in my right palm since grade 4.

You can still see it.

The scary thing, my brother has the exact same thing, and since grade 5, in the same spotm on the same hand.

[Ace195]

Hrm something tells me that typhoid's family hit the low end of the gene pool.. J/k typhoid... I remember one time I happened to see a construction accident where the guy was shot in the back with a nailgun and didn't even notice it until someone told him.. Thankgod it was just a brad but it was still super wierd he didn't even flinch..

[Ginkasa]

I have a chunk of graphite from a penicl thats been in my right palm since grade 4.

You can still see it.


Oh! I have a piece in my right index finger. S'creepy.


*shrugs and walks away*

[ZebraRampage]

I have a piece in my middle finger on my left hand. It's been there since third grade I think.

[Crash]

I used to have one in my right thumb, but it's lots of run to try to dig it out.. so now it's gone.. twas there for a good few years.

[Happydude]

what in the world do you people do with your pencils? eesh

[DimHalo]

i have a piece of pencil lead stuck in my right palm. been there since ... 5th grade I believe

[Typhoid]

what in the world do you people do with your pencils? eesh


I think its pretty obvious that we all jam them into our raw flesh at high speeds than leave it inn there.

[Yugi Starwind]

oh, i read about that. crazy stuff. and the way it went in..weird..

[Happydude]

I think its pretty obvious that we all jam them into our raw flesh at high speeds than leave it inn there.
Thank you Mr. Obvious :)

[Yugi Starwind]

i actually have some in my left hand(lead) in there from about when I weas 6 years old. 10 year old lead in me..

[KillerGremlin]

Wait a tick........why don't you just get the lead removed from you?

And it can't be "lead." Lead is highly toxic. Pencils have been made out of graphite for a while now.

[DimHalo]

i think we all know that it is not actually "lead" but it is pencil lead... very few people walk around saying "i need some more graphite for my mechanical pencil"

I haven't gotten mine removed because it doesn't bother me, it would cost money, and it makes for an interesting anecdote for quiet situations

[jeepnut]

I haven't gotten mine removed because it doesn't bother me, it would cost money, and it makes for an interesting anecdote for quiet situations

Assuming it hasn't already been covered. Of course, people do forget things so you might be able to get away with retelling it.

[Ginkasa]

One time, in 7th grade, during the first Science Club meeting, we made graphite. It was sweet.

Just... FYI...


/me shrugs and walks away

[Canyarion]

:wtf: You all have pencil points in your hands?

And about the nail.... Argh I can't believe that didn't hurt.
"Oh yeah that's true, I shot a nail in my mouth a few days ago. Totally forgot about it!" :rolleyes: