Dispensary Corner 13 Aug 10
August 13, 2010
COUGHING up a pea-ball.
A 75-year old US man, Ron
Sveden was surprised to find that
his suspected lung cancer was in
fact a pea sprouting in his lung.
Already an emphysema sufferer,
Ron had feared the worst after
months of coughing fits and
fatigue, followed by weeks of
dehydration and pneumonia.
His doctors also prepared for
the worst after a lung x-ray
revealed a sinister small dark
lump in the lung tissue, and when
a biopsy turned down cancer as a
possibility they decided surgery
was the only answer.
Whilst under the knife doctors
discovered under an inflamed
encrusted mass was an
unidentifiable “grungy” ball that
“looked like a pea”.
Gobsmacked surgeons sent the
mass to a pathologist, who confirmed
it was a sprouting vegetable.
Following surgery Ron got the all
clear and is now back home.
TRADING ginseng.
The Finance Department for the
Czech Republic is considering a
proposal from North Korea to pay
back 5% of its $11 million debt
with twenty tonnes of ginseng root.
Accrued during the Soviet era,
the debt to the Czech Republic
was largely due to the provision of
trams and heavy machinery.
Although not an “official offer”
the Czech Republic minister for
finance told press that “we had
calls from dealers willing to trade
ginseng, so it would be good
business for the state”.
LEGLESS on Kilimanjaro.
A group of three Vietnam,
Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans
who suffered the loss of five legs
between them, has managed to
conquer the epic 19,330ft climb
to the top of Tanzania’s Mount
Kilimanjaro in just six days.
“If three amputees from three
different wars and two different
generations with literally one good
leg can climb Kilimanjaro, our
other disabled friends can get out
and go hiking or go biking or swim
a mile, can get out and lead a
healthy life,” said climber Kirk Bauer.
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