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Man Takes Up Internal Farming

RockDoctor writes "'A Massachusetts man who was rushed to hospital with a collapsed lung came home with an unusual diagnosis: a pea plant was growing in his lung.' Just that summary should tell you enough to work out most of the rest of the details, but it does raise a number of questions unaddressed by the article: How did the pea roots deal with the patient's immune system? What would have happened if the situation had continued un-treated? I bet the guy has a career awaiting him in PR for a pea-growing company."

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  1. My mom used to tell me... by ITBurnout · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...not to inhale my food. Guess she was right.

  2. This really is by ciderbrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    a 'Lung'gume.

    Hmmm Hmmm. see what I did there.

  3. So, we could say... by garg0yle · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...he's achieved inner peas?

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