Stuck! A Polly Pocket up her nose
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A few years ago (Boxing Day 1999) my, then, three year old daughter got a Polly Pocket (small toy) stuck up her nose. It was right at the top, and we couldn’t get it out, so I had to take her to casualty at the local hospital. She was perfectly happy and asked where we were going as I put her in the car. I said in a very ‘calm way’ “we’re going to a place where they are able to pull things out of people’s noses without hurting them.” “Oh, good” she replied. “They’ll be able to pull out the Polly Pocket”. “Yes”, I said.
So we got to casualty and it’s absolutely heaving with people, so there’s a bit of wait to be seen by a doctor. After about half an hour this bloke hops in off the street, in total agony. He’s obviously dropped something (very} heavy onto his foot. I immediately stood up and offered him my seat. My daughter then walked up to the poor chap and said “what you stuck got up your nose then?” The whole waiting room erupted into laughter!
>>> Edited by srebbe64 on Friday 3rd December 16:02
So we got to casualty and it’s absolutely heaving with people, so there’s a bit of wait to be seen by a doctor. After about half an hour this bloke hops in off the street, in total agony. He’s obviously dropped something (very} heavy onto his foot. I immediately stood up and offered him my seat. My daughter then walked up to the poor chap and said “what you stuck got up your nose then?” The whole waiting room erupted into laughter!
>>> Edited by srebbe64 on Friday 3rd December 16:02
titiany said:
Aww - bless her.
Has anyone else done a similar thing? I stuck raisins up my nose when I was a kid. I had to sneeze them out.
A friend of mine is a nurse and she said that one young lad was complaining of headaches and they couldn't cure him. Eventually they x-rayed his head and discovered a plant that was growing from the back of his nose, through his sinuses up to his inner ear. It turns out that some months earlier he had pushed a tiny mustard seed up his nose and the moisture and the warmth was a perfect growing environment!
How disgusting is that?
srebbe64 said:
Aww - bless her.
Has anyone else done a similar thing? I stuck raisins up my nose when I was a kid. I had to sneeze them out.
A friend of mine is a nurse and she said that one young lad was complaining of headaches and they couldn't cure him. Eventually they x-rayed his head and discovered a plant that was growing from the back of his nose, through his sinuses up to his inner ear. It turns out that some months earlier he had pushed a tiny mustard seed up his nose and the moisture and the warmth was a perfect growing environment!
How disgusting is that?
My sister had a 'Girl's World' - a strangely freaky plastic woman's head, which had growing hair etc.
I decided to try the hair curlers on all my fingers... needless to say they were just the right size to go on but not come off, so my folks spent about 3 hours of Christmas Day 1984 along with a full bottle of Fairy Liquid trying to prise them off again!
Fingers have never been the same since.
Must say it didn't stop me from checking out other places to stick my fingers throughout my childhood!
I decided to try the hair curlers on all my fingers... needless to say they were just the right size to go on but not come off, so my folks spent about 3 hours of Christmas Day 1984 along with a full bottle of Fairy Liquid trying to prise them off again!
Fingers have never been the same since.
Must say it didn't stop me from checking out other places to stick my fingers throughout my childhood!
My brother had three trips to casualty as a nipper to get lego "oners" taken out of his nose.
Best comment "from the mouth of babes" though was my eldest when she was about three.
Right in the middle of a crowded Safeways she chirps up "Ooh look mummy, Tampax for when you get your period"
Apparently, the whole isle stopped for a few moments while shoppers either cringed or wet themselves with laughter
Best comment "from the mouth of babes" though was my eldest when she was about three.
Right in the middle of a crowded Safeways she chirps up "Ooh look mummy, Tampax for when you get your period"
Apparently, the whole isle stopped for a few moments while shoppers either cringed or wet themselves with laughter
When we were kids, my brother got a bead up his nose on Christmas eve.
went to emergency (only one other patient waiting), my mother explained the problem to the Doctor. The Doctor called his collegue over and asks "You want the bead in the nose or the pain in the neck?"
Everyone laughed.
went to emergency (only one other patient waiting), my mother explained the problem to the Doctor. The Doctor called his collegue over and asks "You want the bead in the nose or the pain in the neck?"
Everyone laughed.
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