Monday, April 27, 2009

A Whole New Meaning to Tree Hugger


Russian doctors found a fir tree growing inside a man's lungs the other day.
Isn't that nuts?
I guess he inhaled a seed and it sprouted.
Here is the story
From the pictures I found through google-image searches it looks more like he swallowed a small branch than a tree sprouted in his lung, but who knows.
(the guy in the story i linked to above kinda looks like he could be related to Vin in a distant way. am i wrong?)

4 comments:

Kevin said...

Gah! I saw this the other day. (And the post-op pics as well...)

There was a childhood saying when I was younger (i dunno how common it was) that if you ate an apple (with the seeds also) an apple tree would grow in your gut. I guess it was all true...

Mom said...

You find the weirdest stuff! Like Kevin, we were told that if we swallowed watermelon seeds a watermelon would grow in our stomach.

Lyd said...

This is SO crazy!! I heard about this the other day on the news! haha I can't believe it! I wonder what I would do if I had a freakin flower growing on my brain instead! hahahaha

Katy Wilson said...

I just don't think that is possible...it's too weird...also, about yoru calendar idea...i think that would be kind of cool...a calendar and every day has someone random's birthday on it, and you could put their address and see how many cards you get, i'd send a random birtday card to someone...it sounds fun! Maybe I'll invent it...