[HN Gopher] An Oral History of the Time Six Doctors Swallowed Le... ___________________________________________________________________ An Oral History of the Time Six Doctors Swallowed Lego Heads Author : zdw Score : 7 points Date : 2023-01-27 06:45 UTC (16 hours ago) (HTM) web link (defector.com) (TXT) w3m dump (defector.com) | gumby wrote: | I once got into an argument with a coworker about the non- | reactivity and biocompatibility of PTFE (Teflon). What a fool: I | had worked with the stuff on medical devices at a previous | startup. | | In any case out of annoyance I swallowed some teflon plumbing | tape. A few days later I had to take an international flight and, | ta-da, excreted it in the aircraft toilet. That was lucky as I | had a convenient metal shelf and not a bowl of water. As I had | predicted it was intact and perfectly white. | | I sent my colleague a photo from my phone. He was annoyed when I | got home. | | PS: I had been carrying around a cheap disposable pen for this | purpose. I stole it from his desk. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-01-27 23:00 UTC)