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AdolfOliverPanties		2013-01-25 08:31:49 PM

It took a team of 50 doctors to remove a pencil jammed into the brain of a 19-month old girl.

Must have been one fark of a big operating theater.

sno man		2013-01-25 08:43:58 PM

AdolfOliverPanties: It took a team of 50 doctors to remove a pencil jammed into the brain of a 19-month old girl.

Must have been one fark of a big operating theater.

Or fifty tiny doctors...

Hold my pencil tiny doctor.

AdolfOliverPanties		2013-01-25 08:48:05 PM

sno man: Hold my pencil tiny doctor.

I love Elton John songs.

nekom		2013-01-25 08:50:25 PM

Simpsons did it.

/best of luck to the kid and family

FloydA		2013-01-25 09:06:04 PM

If only the kid had been carrying a concealed colored pencil of her own, she would have been able to defend herself.

beautifulbob		2013-01-25 09:18:29 PM

And nothing of value was lost. Even though it ran through both hemispheres doctors say nothing vital was damaged. Future air head for sure.

Anyone else get the sidebar x-ray of the head that took a full clip from an air hammer?

/Glad she's ok

CruiserTwelve		2013-01-25 09:35:31 PM

Why do they have to point out that the pencil was colored? If it was white would they have pointed that out? Buncha racists.

Mugato		2013-01-25 09:39:41 PM

I was going to be snarky and ask what color the pencil was but it was orange.

Amos Quito		2013-01-25 09:40:13 PM

A "colored" pencil?

/We still have a long way to go, America

fusillade762		2013-01-25 09:46:00 PM

Mugato: I was going to be snarky and ask what color the pencil was but it was orange.

This. Glad they covered the important stuff.

nekom: [img152.imageshack.us image 640x480]
Simpsons did it.

/best of luck to the kid and family

Extended warranty? How can I lose?!?

AbbeySomeone		2013-01-25 10:16:49 PM

The cynical Farkette in me wants to know how soon charges will be brought against the parents for endangering the child.
My mothering sense can't imagine the horror of the incident.

/shudder

sno man		2013-01-25 10:36:54 PM

AbbeySomeone: The cynical Farkette in me wants to know how soon charges will be brought against the parents for endangering the child.
My mothering sense can't imagine the horror of the incident.

/shudder

The endangering was the not having the eagle eye on the weester on a chair, never mind the reckless use of coloured pencils.

OnceMoreWithFeeling		2013-01-25 10:45:50 PM

Indeed, it was a pencil of color.

MmmmBacon		2013-01-25 10:51:53 PM

Ban colored pencils!

serial_crusher		2013-01-25 11:13:58 PM

Is 19 month old enough for colored pencils? (Evidently not)
Maybe give the kid crayons next time?

Beerguy		2013-01-25 11:34:00 PM

MmmmBacon: Ban colored pencils!

That doesn't go far enough, ban toddlers!

Philbb		2013-01-26 02:54:13 AM

Beerguy: MmmmBacon: Ban colored pencils!

That doesn't go far enough, ban toddlers!

Your position goes to far, we should just ban toddlers!

DrPainMD		2013-01-26 02:54:43 AM

FTA: "The orange-colored pencil pierced the girl's eye..."
and
"The pencil entered over the right eye..."

That's some mighty fine reporting.

BronyMedic		2013-01-26 03:13:13 AM

Neuroplasticity is farking awesome.

This Face Left Blank		2013-01-26 03:15:35 AM

nekom: [img152.imageshack.us image 640x480]
Simpsons did it.

/Leaving satisfied.

KrispyKritter		2013-01-26 03:18:54 AM

Ticonderoga is feeling pretty smug right about now.

/ you can have my #2 when you pry it from my cold, dead hands

cowgirl toffee		2013-01-26 03:19:03 AM

FloydA: If only the kid had been carrying a concealed colored pencil of her own, she would have been able to defend herself.

It all depends on how many pieces of lead it could carry.

Boonaroo		2013-01-26 03:20:10 AM

FTFA . . . . She is expected to make a full recovery.

Minus an eye.

BronyMedic		2013-01-26 03:22:40 AM

Boonaroo: FTFA . . . . She is expected to make a full recovery.

Minus an eye.

Nope. Look at the CT Slice.

tribktla.files.wordpress.com

It went around the globe, not through it, and through the basilar bones into her brain. It doesn't even look like it involves the optic nerve.

AverageAmericanGuy		2013-01-26 03:25:11 AM

Mega Steve		2013-01-26 03:30:18 AM

Philbb: Beerguy: MmmmBacon: Ban colored pencils!

That doesn't go far enough, ban toddlers!

Your position goes to far, we should just ban toddlers!

When toddlers are outlawed, only outlaws will have toddlers

LordOfThePings		2013-01-26 03:35:54 AM

Kids always color outside the lines.

Osomatic		2013-01-26 03:40:31 AM

CruiserTwelve: Why do they have to point out that the pencil was colored? If it was white would they have pointed that out? Buncha racists.

You farker, I just snorted out loud. Nice job.

cowgirl toffee		2013-01-26 03:40:34 AM

BronyMedic: Boonaroo: FTFA . . . . She is expected to make a full recovery.

Minus an eye.

Nope. Look at the CT Slice.

[tribktla.files.wordpress.com image 300x170]

It went around the globe, not through it, and through the basilar bones into her brain. It doesn't even look like it involves the optic nerve.

It looks like she was somehow able to move her eye out of the way of danger.

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GranoblasticMan		2013-01-26 03:46:37 AM

KrispyKritter: Ticonderoga is feeling pretty smug right about now.

/ you can have my #2 when you pry it from my cold, dead hands

Ew...

cowgirl toffee		2013-01-26 03:57:34 AM

A pencil sharpener would make the perfect get-well gift for that little girl.

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Radioactive Ass		2013-01-26 04:07:32 AM

How many times do I have to tell you?

If you run around with that thing you're gonna put your eye out!!!

\your mom was right... again
\\your mom.. heh

jtown		2013-01-26 04:20:18 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: [picayune.uclick.com image 600x828]

s3-ak.buzzfed.com

Note the flesh colored adhesive bandage from another panel.

AppleOptionEsc		2013-01-26 04:21:05 AM

beautifulbob: And nothing of value was lost. Even though it ran through both hemispheres doctors say nothing vital was damaged. Future air head for sure.

I ain't no medical doctor (and I'm sure I'm missing the joke), but (from my limited understanding)the reason a bullet does such horrendous damage to the brain is because the shock-wave is about the size of a fist. While horrible, the impact of a pencil is...pencil sized.
/brain allegedly stops growing at 13 or so
//so he will hopefully be normalish

No Time To Explain		2013-01-26 04:28:55 AM

Oh, ooowww, that made me cringe

/how do people with skull implements survive shiat like this with minimal long term injuries?
//best of luck and well wishes to the kid, will have one hell of a story
///eye for an eye, I say

nicknasty		2013-01-26 05:22:10 AM

Now that's a Headache with Excedrin written all over it, in color

bigredmoose		2013-01-26 05:56:28 AM

She Jokered herself

bigredmoose		2013-01-26 05:57:03 AM

bigredmoose: She Jokered herself

/Tada!

GBB		2013-01-26 05:58:47 AM

This is about as bad as the 911 call we got the other day of a kid that was climbing peg hooks at a local store, slipped and impaled himself in the eye with a peg.

After all the cringing, I could only imagine that the parent must not have been monitoring, so the kid is just hanging there. Someone comes up, "hey, how much is this?? No price tag!"

MBrady		2013-01-26 06:54:50 AM

FloydA: If only the kid had been carrying a concealed colored pencil of her own, she would have been able to defend herself.

So the obvious solution is to ban pencils in school

NipplesMcGee		2013-01-26 07:14:01 AM

Quantum Apostrophe		2013-01-26 07:52:12 AM

jtown: AverageAmericanGuy: [picayune.uclick.com image 600x828]

[s3-ak.buzzfed.com image 425x563]

Note the flesh colored adhesive bandage from another panel.

Flesh is muscle, and should be myoglobin-red. Never understood why they'd call a pencil color "flesh" if it's a kind of pink. Just call it "skin" colored.

HindiDiscoMonster		2013-01-26 07:58:04 AM

But was it a scary looking assault pencil?

/These are the important questions...

big pig peaches		2013-01-26 08:06:02 AM

That is some irresponsible parenting.

LDM90		2013-01-26 08:10:26 AM

big pig peaches: That is some irresponsible parenting.

You sound childless. Kids fall sometimes.

AverageAmericanGuy		2013-01-26 08:15:19 AM

LDM90: Kids fall sometimes.

And she better stick with that story if she knows what's good for her.

OBBN		2013-01-26 08:35:24 AM

Good thing this didn't happen in England. There would have either been an immediate ban on all pencils or a requirement that everyone must wear safety glasses while engaging in the dangerous extreme sport of coloring.

lenfromak		2013-01-26 08:38:56 AM

Amos Quito: An ~~"colored"~~ African-American pencil?

FTFY

lack of warmth		2013-01-26 08:49:11 AM

AppleOptionEsc: beautifulbob: And nothing of value was lost. Even though it ran through both hemispheres doctors say nothing vital was damaged. Future air head for sure.

I ain't no medical doctor (and I'm sure I'm missing the joke), but (from my limited understanding)the reason a bullet does such horrendous damage to the brain is because the shock-wave is about the size of a fist. While horrible, the impact of a pencil is...pencil sized.
/brain allegedly stops growing at 13 or so
//so he will hopefully be normalish

I would hope your brain would grow with you through the growth spurts of puberty. Talk to a teenager (of any age), that brain hasn't stopped growing yet.

I do agree with idea of the shock-wave theory, but would also add that bullets usually don't stay intact and fragments will travel separately.

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute		2013-01-26 09:25:01 AM

And to my untrained eye it looks like it went in thru her LEFT eye and ended next to her RIGHT ear. Not the way it is reported in the story.

Colored pencil. Never sounded racist till now. Geez. They finally got to me.

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