bergman@m2c.org (Michael Bergman) (11/20/89)
-From: rutgers!retix.retix.com!alexs@hplabs.HP.COM (Alex M. Stein) Reprinted from Chemical & Engineering News: "A weird encounter with a non-screw-on beer-bottle cap was reported recently by physician Karanvir Prakash and colleagues at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, N.Y. "The subject, a man aged 36, was `watching a tense baseball game on a hot summer afternoon.' He was opening a bottle of beer with his teeth when the compressed gas inside blew the loosened cap down his throat. Off to the emergency room. The cap had to be removed surgically because its serrations were `firmly embedded' in mucous membrane. The physicians' report of the episode describes the cap carefully as `measuring 2.7 cm in diameter and bearing the words MILLER HIGH LIFE.' The patient came out okay. "The episode `highlights the hazard of opening bottles of carbonated drinks with the teeth,` say Prakash, et al. They suggest that such drinks be marketed only in cans. You could cut your fingers, but that would appear to be preferable to a bottle cap in the throat." -- Alex Stein alexs@retix.com -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. Remember: If you POST your joke instead of mailing it, I will not reply.