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misk@piefed.social to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 days ago

A 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with a World War I shell lodged in his rectum

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A 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with a World War I shell lodged in his rectum

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misk@piefed.social to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 13 days ago
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Doctors had to operate on the patient with the help of bomb disposal experts. He could yet be charged with possession of ammunition
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    Who says the French aren’t brave!

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    measuring about 20 centimeters long and just over three centimeters in diameter.

    Town in question: Toulouse

    Man in question: same

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    That’ll really help you blow your load

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    flared base ppl.

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    100 years ago, someone made that shell with absolutely no possible concept of where it would end up.

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    Who needs a partner when one has access to WWI munitions?

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    This headline sounds like the start of a bad joke.

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    Getting pounded by artillery

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    I heard it nearly killed um!

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      It didn’t, it only rectum

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    Oh no, something went south during filming for the 12 Monkeys remake?

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    Time traveler

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