Friday, August 13, 2010

“Bean Town” or "Pod Person"

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2010-08-12-pea-in-lung_N.htm

A Massachusetts man feared to have developed a tumor in his lung was instead found to have inhaled a pea that began sprouting. Had it continued to grow, the man could have become a vegetable.

The man had reported feeling sick, but doctors always can tell its more serious when their patient starts turning green.

Doctors were reluctant to tell the man about his ailment, but they knew they had to spill the beans.

The pea was removed and his lung re-fertilized for next year’s planting.

The man certainly doesn’t intend to grow another pea in his lung. What makes more sense is crop rotation.

The human pea-insulator has a new nickname: “I Pod.”

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