Those pesky plants — they’ll even grow inside humans:
A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.
Ron Sveden had been battling emphysema for months when his condition deteriorated.
He was steeling himself for a cancer diagnosis when X-rays revealed the growth in his lung.
Doctors believe that Mr Sveden ate the pea at some point, but it “went down the wrong way” and sprouted. [...]
He is currently recovering at home with his wife Nancy, who joked that God must have a sense of humour.
Yeah Priapus sure has a quirky sense of humor…
Just a note, those who are not familiar with Priapus don’t want to click that link if you’re at work.
I guess the guy made peas with Jesus.
and now i have a brand new fear.
Priapus…Huh. I think I dated that guy.
Now, see, here’s a god I can sink my teeth into….no, wait…
One would think that having nose-hairs with little leaves on the end might have tipped him off.
Now that the lil tendril has been removed, it might be wise to try to appease ol’ Priapus for aborting his peafictly begotten child.
In the UK we call these part of the year for the media the “silly season”, when not much is going on. Consequently, stupid stories like this make the headlines.
Lots of people (mainly children) inhale foreign bodies. They cause a reaction in the lungs. So unexplained cough, gets a chest x ray which shows them up. His inhaled pea was removed. Where is the evidence (not that it is relevant) that it was sprouting a few millimetres. Cooked peas don’t sprout. So why was he inhaling a raw pea? Strange habit.
This came from USA today, not exactly a first rate news source. I’ve not seen it written up in a medical journal, which if it is true it should be. Just a normal everyday story of a man who inhales a pea and then has it removed.
But that’s a lot less interesting….
I heard of a poor woman who used part of a sweet potato as a pessary for a prolapsed uterus, and it sprouted leaves.
I don’t want to start any blasphemous rumours
But I think that God’s got a sick sense of humour
There was a guy in Russisa last year who had a pine tree growing in his lung (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1169861/Shocked-Russian-surgeons-open-man-thought-tumour–FIR-TREE-inside-lung.html).
He probably saved a bunch of money on car fresheners and mints.
plants growing is people’s lungs are actually LESS common now than in the past due to decreased smoking rates. The pea lung man already had some lung issues. so his ability to cough it up was decreased. I don’t want to sound judgmental but i bet that Russian guy smoked, I haven’t meet many Russians who don’t smoke.
If you don’t believe God has a sense of humor one word Platypus