›Like a hole in the head !!
Travis Bogumill, a construction worker in Eau Claire, Wis., was shot with a nail gun that drove a 3 1/4 inch nail all the way into his skull, and the only difference he can see is that he`s not quite the math whiz he used to be.
A co-worker accidentally bumped his head with the gun, and the nail went in so deep that the only thing visible was a small hole in Bogumill`s scalp.
He remained conscious, turned to his co-worker and said, "You just nailed me in the head," Bogumill recalled. He said, "it felt like somebody was smacking my head repeatedly with a hammer."
Doctors told Bogumill that he shouldn`t have been able to walk or talk after the accident, and that they`re baffled why he wasn`t knocked unconscious.
The nail lodged in an area of the brain typically involved in processing math according to Dr. John Lamoureux.
"You could give me two two digit numbers and I could multiply them within seconds in my head. But now you give me a piece of paper and multiplying 56 by 23 is still difficult," Bogumill said.
›Spitiful!!
Thousands of men lined up in northern Germany last week to take part in extensive saliva testing in a search for the pedophile killer of an 11-year-old girl.
›Well, it worked !!
Norias, Texas - Six men believed to be illegal aliens from Mexico were killed by a freight train while sleeping on the tracks.
"The train crew saw some debris on the tracks," said Letty Garza, a spokeswoman for the Border Patrol.
"That next split-second, they saw heads raise up and then six people were killed instantly."
Illegal aliens and transients sleep on the tracks because they think snakes won`t get them there.
›Blew up my lung !
When a 24-year-old man showed up at a British hospital emergency room with chest pains, doctors also heard a loud crunching sound each time his heart beat and felt air bubbles under his skin. According to the British Medical Journal, the patient disclosed that the day before he had blown up about 20 party balloons. Doctors concluded that the man had burst some of the little air sacs in his lungs when he blew up the first balloon, then inflated himself a little bit more each time he blew up another balloon. His symptoms cleared up within 10 days.
›No luck with a tow truck
It started out as just a simple fender-bender but a couple of hours later the driver, Chinnamma Sebastian, 49, Philadelphia, PA, wound up in a hospital in critical condition with multiple injuries. Sebastian stood in a grassy area near the location of the minor accident and watched as her car was hooked to the flatbed of a tow truck, when suddenly the 1988 Mercedes went into reverse and rolled off. The car ran over her and hit the tow truck driver, who suffered minor injuries. It finally stopped when it hit another tow truck.
›Wiggin!!
Ankara, Turkey - Under Turkish law, women can be fined up to a quarter of their salaries for appearing in public with their heads covered with cloth. To sidestep the law, women in central Turkey`s Islamic strongholds have been buying and wearing wigs, in hospitals and state offices.
›Dying for a soda ??
A man whose son was crushed to death by a soda vending machine has filed a $500,000 wrongful-death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the machine. The 27-year-old man apparently rocked the machine, which fell, pinning him against a wall and crushing his chest.
The father decided to sue after learning that his son`s death was not an isolated incident. "The penalty for jiggling a machine to get a quarter out or a free Coke shouldn`t be death," said the man`s lawyer. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission found that between 1978 and 1995, at least 37 deaths and 113 injuries resulted from falling vending machines, which can weigh 1,000 pounds.
›Dead ahead !!
A dead woman gained enough votes to advance to a runoff for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, leaving political experts puzzled and her party wondering what to do if she wins. Jacquelyn Morrow Lewis Ledgerwood died of a heart attack at age 69 on July 15, too close to the election to have her name taken off the ballot.
She received 21 percent of the vote Tuesday in a field of four, finishing second behind an air conditioner contractor who got 46 percent.
›$3000,000 for a party!!!
Frivolous Lawsuit Department - A Canadian woman drank too much at the office Christmas party, then declined the company`s offer for a cab ride home. Of course, she got into a serious wreck on the way home. which resulted in brain damage. And now, an Ontario court ordered a company to pay $300,000 for hosting the party.
›Sow Cruel!!
A 31-year-old Vietnamese woman, Phan Thi Hien, forced her 10-year-old stepson to stitch up his moutha as punishment for stealing 200 dong (1.3 cents).
The boy was beaten severly and given a needle and thread by his stepmother and was forced to sew his lips together, while she stood watch over him. Newpaper reports state that Hien could be prosecuted on charge of ill-treating the child. Incedentally, she has not been arrested since she has a younger child to take care of.
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