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(Chicago Tribune) Fail Man experiencing chest pains decides to try to remove his own pacemaker, with predictable success rate   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 58
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St_Francis_P [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 02:22:53 PM
The man may have had underlying mental and medical issues, police said.

Oh really.
 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 03:42:07 PM
I think it would be easy to figure out. It's not like he walked to the river and threw it in. Just look about the house for the pool of blood and find the bloody object next to it.

I could so do this for a living.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 04:02:50 PM
Tony Stark made it look so easy.
 
Feral Duhbya
2011-11-01 05:47:34 PM
St_Francis_P: The man may have had underlying mental and medical issues, police said.

Oh really.

We're done here.
 
A challenger appears
2011-11-01 05:47:36 PM
I got a pain in my chest...and I can't breef.
 
oryx
2011-11-01 05:48:49 PM
It was probably an alien implant, not a pacemaker.
 
thamike
2011-11-01 05:49:17 PM
A challenger appears: I got a pain in my chest...and I can't breef.

www.zuguide.com

CAN YOU BREEF?
 
Ben Enya [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 05:50:42 PM
Man, you'd think Cheney would have doctors to handle that kinda crap.
 
Uncle Wiggly [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 05:51:00 PM
i1207.photobucket.com
 
enricofermi
2011-11-01 05:51:09 PM
mayalassiter.com
 
DMW Devil
2011-11-01 05:52:19 PM
Too soon, relative to Drew's dad's news?
 
rebelyell2006
2011-11-01 05:53:33 PM
It's the only reasonable thing to do.
 
Nosmo King
2011-11-01 05:56:15 PM
I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?
 
NYRBill
2011-11-01 05:57:11 PM
came here for Tony Stark pics ...
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 05:57:38 PM
I'm thinking the guy just played waaaaay too much TF2 and just wanted to overcharge his heart.

www.blogcdn.com
 
WolfinPDX
2011-11-01 05:58:14 PM
______________________________________________________________________
 
BroVinny
2011-11-01 05:58:51 PM
Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

BSOD?
 
Hassan Ben Sobr
2011-11-01 05:59:52 PM
Something's askew with this story.
 
Cagey B
2011-11-01 06:00:11 PM
He forgot to say "Kali-Ma". Yet another needless heart surgery fatality from lack of preperation.
 
radioman_
2011-11-01 06:00:54 PM
Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

You might ask a doctor if that's a good idea, not us basement dwelling fappers. It just sounds wrong. Cool, but wrong.
 
bravian
2011-11-01 06:03:19 PM
Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

etherealmind.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com

/the vast majority of code that goes is written in java
//at least it was 5 years ago when I worked for a medical device company
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 06:04:05 PM
Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

How about "If found, please call [insert local mortuary here]."
 
BroVinny
2011-11-01 06:04:11 PM
Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

"Don't taze me, bro!"
 
thamike
2011-11-01 06:05:53 PM
DMW Devil: Too soon, relative to Drew's dad's news?

Who in the what now?
 
Clete Orris
2011-11-01 06:07:36 PM
WolfinPDX: _____________________________________________________________________ _

niiiiiice

+eleventy
 
TravelingFreakshow
2011-11-01 06:07:49 PM
Great. Now we have to keep the remote control AND the knitting needles from grandpa.
 
burton160w
2011-11-01 06:18:02 PM
Not a shocking story (puns come free). I've had clients who have removed their fingernails and toenails, broken their bones on purpose... and the one guy who decided his eyes needed removal.

/CSB
 
monkey_licker
2011-11-01 06:19:06 PM
I can't believe nobody has commented on this man's name yet - Channing Askew. Come on folks, that's a classic :)
 
Nosmo King
2011-11-01 06:20:45 PM
My electro Doc is cool. He said he has seen a little lightning bolt tattooed over one. And he said one time this guy's ICD stopped a .38 bullet!
 
Clete Orris
2011-11-01 06:20:49 PM
monkey_licker: I can't believe nobody has commented on this man's name yet - Channing Askew. Come on folks, that's a classic :)

If I was saddled with that name, I'd rip out my pacemaker, too.
 
blackmtnmantheonly
2011-11-01 06:21:51 PM
We have a Darwin candidate here.
 
monkey_licker
2011-11-01 06:23:06 PM
Clete Orris: If I was saddled with that name, I'd rip out my pacemaker, too.

Not only that, but it describes his mental state - slightly Askew.
 
xtrc8u [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 06:23:53 PM
Shocked, SHOCKED I tell you.

/oh, wait
//nevermind.
 
Texas Gabe
2011-11-01 06:24:55 PM
There was definitely something off about Mr. Askew.
 
Drew [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 06:26:22 PM
DMW Devil: Too soon, relative to Drew's dad's news?

Nah it's fine - my dad would think it was hilarious
 
DMW Devil
2011-11-01 06:37:55 PM
Drew: DMW Devil: Too soon, relative to Drew's dad's news?

Nah it's fine - my dad would think it was hilarious

Thank god you have a dad who wholeheartedly loves and supports what you do :^)
 
theMagni
2011-11-01 06:39:58 PM
bravian: Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

[etherealmind.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com image 250x332]

/the vast majority of code that goes is written in java
//at least it was 5 years ago when I worked for a medical device company

I don't know, I've used embedded Java before and I'd have to go with C or Assembly for something like a pacemaker. Java's not going to fit in 256 Bytes of Flash and 24 Bytes of RAM.
 
Nosmo King
2011-11-01 06:44:12 PM
theMagni: bravian: Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

[etherealmind.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com image 250x332]

/the vast majority of code that goes is written in java
//at least it was 5 years ago when I worked for a medical device company

I don't know, I've used embedded Java before and I'd have to go with C or Assembly for something like a pacemaker. Java's not going to fit in 256 Bytes of Flash and 24 Bytes of RAM.

That's way to technical... I was thinking more like "No Jumpstart Needed" or a pic of Ace Freely from Kiss... "Shock Me!"
 
theMagni
2011-11-01 07:03:03 PM
Nosmo King: theMagni: bravian: Nosmo King: I got a pacemaker last year... I've been wanting to get a tattoo on it...

Thinking about the "Intel inside" logo

Any other suggestions?

[etherealmind.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com image 250x332]

/the vast majority of code that goes is written in java
//at least it was 5 years ago when I worked for a medical device company

I don't know, I've used embedded Java before and I'd have to go with C or Assembly for something like a pacemaker. Java's not going to fit in 256 Bytes of Flash and 24 Bytes of RAM.

That's way to technical... I was thinking more like "No Jumpstart Needed" or a pic of Ace Freely from Kiss... "Shock Me!"

If I ever get a tattoo, it would be of the ANSI shock hazard warning.

I'd put it on my leg, but that's me.
 
Rik01 [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 07:08:21 PM
People doing crazy things has become old hat. Now, I must say that I didn't think there could be so many pace maker jokes!

My cardiologist has a big display of them on his wall. Some old style ones look like they should be hand cranked.
 
Fano
2011-11-01 07:09:11 PM
Cagey B: He forgot to say "Kali-Ma". Yet another needless heart surgery fatality from lack of preperation.

Problem was, he had betrayed Shiva
 
Fano
2011-11-01 07:11:51 PM
You can't remove "dont't let the sun catch you crying" from your heart
 
poot_rootbeer
2011-11-01 07:23:04 PM
GIS, where are your pictures of Brock Samson with H.E.L.P.eR's head embedded in his chest???
 
wildcardjack
2011-11-01 07:41:03 PM
I was surprised at the number of farkers mentioning their own pace makers.

I shouldn't have been, between the average physical state of farkers and the self selected sample group effect of this thread.
 
theMagni
2011-11-01 07:53:25 PM
wildcardjack: I was surprised at the number of farkers mentioning their own pace makers.

I shouldn't have been, between the average physical state of farkers and the self selected sample group effect of this thread.

I don't have a pacemaker. I'd get the ANSI tattoo because I'm an Electrical Engineer.

I'm in great shape, I bike to work and teach spin classes.
 
BroVinny
2011-11-01 07:55:15 PM
theMagni: wildcardjack: I was surprised at the number of farkers mentioning their own pace makers.

I shouldn't have been, between the average physical state of farkers and the self selected sample group effect of this thread.

I don't have a pacemaker. I'd get the ANSI tattoo because I'm an Electrical Engineer.

I'm in great shape, I bike to work and teach spin classes.

encrypted-tbn1.google.com
 
Uncle Wiggly [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 07:57:45 PM
enricofermi: [mayalassiter.com image 500x278]

so close to a simulpost ... and with an image at that ... if I were to repost the caption it would be:

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME ...

unless you're a comic book character
 
Aigoo [TotalFark]
2011-11-01 08:36:07 PM
NYRBill: came here for Tony Stark pics ...

This
 
Nosmo King
2011-11-01 08:59:29 PM
Rik01: People doing crazy things has become old hat. Now, I must say that I didn't think there could be so many pace maker jokes!

My cardiologist has a big display of them on his wall. Some old style ones look like they should be hand cranked.

I actually thought of putting a hand crank out of mine too...

Still trying to find the perfect tat for it.
 
Hassan Ben Sobr
2011-11-01 09:39:55 PM
monkey_licker: I can't believe nobody has commented on this man's name yet - Channing Askew. Come on folks, that's a classic :)

Eh?
 
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