Six adults volunteered to swallow LEGO figurine heads and monitor their own poo
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It takes about two days for LEGOs to pass through the body. Science!
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Hmm.... offer to pay enough, and people will do just about anything.
Hmm.... offer to pay enough, and people will do just about anything.
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Wow, talk about a plastic story that's full of crap....
I'll see myself out, thanks...
I'll see myself out, thanks...
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Of course, the one noted point is that kids aren't "little adults", and that transit times in kids might vary due to the difference in relative size. My infant daughter ingested a metal gear, and she didn't pass it for three days (my mom, in a fit of guilt - she was watching her at the time - kept it ever since).
Regardless, the humor in the paper is amusing.
Regardless, the humor in the paper is amusing.
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Doesn't the time taken to pass depend on diet?
If I eat sweetcorn with kernels only a little smaller than the head of a Lego minifigure, I have little yellow lumps in my poo 6-8 hours later (yes, I poo that often!). But I eat masses of fibre, fruit and vegetables, and I imagine that it would take a lot longer for the toilet to reveal my dietary patterns if I lived off burgers and fries instead.
If I eat sweetcorn with kernels only a little smaller than the head of a Lego minifigure, I have little yellow lumps in my poo 6-8 hours later (yes, I poo that often!). But I eat masses of fibre, fruit and vegetables, and I imagine that it would take a lot longer for the toilet to reveal my dietary patterns if I lived off burgers and fries instead.
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Checked calendar. OK November.
So I assume there will be Lego challenges on YouTube soon.
So I assume there will be Lego challenges on YouTube soon.
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She swallowed a Metal Gear?! Wow! Better keep Solid Snake away from her, he might use her as a weapon against them. /s
That being said, indeed it's a funny and interesting science study on very mundane but necessary questions.
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No.
Nah, not really.
Ah, yeah, I think I'm out. I mean, maybe if I was certain there was a substantial amount of money buried in there...
Beyond that, I'm not really sure why this study was necessary. Doesn't everything pass through in a few days? Is there really anything with the tiny size and smooth shape of a LEGO head that could conceivably get stuck? Even if something sat in the stomach for awhile, wouldn't the gastric acid erode nearly all materials away?
I have lots of questions.
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My dog will chew up sticks and shit bricks of splinters. Guts are pretty damn resilient.
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Though cheaper, that is not a reasonable brick heads birthday present for my nipper 
btw JENNIFER OUELLETTE articles are fast becoming something of a boon for ars imho.
btw JENNIFER OUELLETTE articles are fast becoming something of a boon for ars imho.
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Jebus.If I suggested this experiment to my family they'd conclude 'It's time for Papa to be let out to pasture in the nice home with nice people to make sure he doesn't have a hankering for Lego burger.' Hail science. They do what I can't for the good of All
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We are going to have a thread about swallowed pointy objects, arn't we. With X-ray pics, no doubt.
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Only if someone swallowed a my little pony, though with that bunch, I'm not classing it as accidental
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My parents relate stories of my toddler years (which I do not remember). Apparently I was too fond of glass consuming a broken Vicks bottle and a light bulb. Kids will eat the darndest things.
"....just want to know, while the revolution lasts,
Will it enable me to swallow broken glass....."
With apologies to the author, as it's a song snippet I recall from college radio in the 80's.
"....just want to know, while the revolution lasts,
Will it enable me to swallow broken glass....."
With apologies to the author, as it's a song snippet I recall from college radio in the 80's.
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There are no problems, however, with letting chickens gnaw on dog bones.
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'Tis the season:
Edit: OK, what kind of joyless, humorless fucks downvotes Mr. Hankey?
*facepalm*
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Just to be the pedantic one, but Lego officially states that it is a LEGO brick and the plural is LEGO bricks. LEGO by itself is the company name.
One reference: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index. ... go-pieces/
One reference: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index. ... go-pieces/
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