Pole taken to hospital with screwdriver in head

March 8, 2013 @ 6:26 am

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish doctors say a 25-year-old man has undergone a three-hour operation to remove a screwdriver lodged about five centimeters (two inches) into his head.

Dr. Jan Kochanowicz, one of the doctors who treated the man in the Polish city of Bialystok, said the man apparently fell and lost consciousness, but does not remember that.

When he regained consciousness he was at first aware only of pain in a hand before realizing something else was wrong. He walked to his car, looked in a mirror and noticed the screwdriver, penetrating his forehead just above his right eye.

Kochanowicz told the station TVN24 the man smoked a cigarette before calling a neighbor who got him to the hospital.

The screwdriver did not damage the man's eyes or brain.


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  • The Dude Abides wrote...
    SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....
    March 9, 2013 9:06 am
    many pollock jokes available here. Let's just make this thread about that.
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  • The Dude Abides wrote...
    A pollock walks into a bar...
    March 9, 2013 9:08 am
    he tells the bartender "give me your best screwdriver!" He leaves in an ambulance.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    My sources tell me that several US Hospitals
    March 10, 2013 11:43 am
    Have had members of the Tea Party admitted to the emergency room with Flag poles with Don't tread on me flags inserted up their butts.I can only guess its some type of initiation rite gone bad (or good??)
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