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Newsfilter : Lightning exits woman's bottom. Unfortunately, there's no video.
I think there is a spa in Arizona that offers this treatment.
posted by R. Mutt at 3:46 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by R. Mutt at 3:46 PM on October 13, 2006
Doctors at the city hospital where she was treated for burns to the mouth and rear said: "The accident is bizarre but not impossible."
Well, I'd think that the fact it happened would be enough to make it "not impossible."
posted by piratebowling at 3:47 PM on October 13, 2006
Well, I'd think that the fact it happened would be enough to make it "not impossible."
posted by piratebowling at 3:47 PM on October 13, 2006
I've always thought eastern european women were hot. now THAT'S HOT!
posted by wavespy at 3:49 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by wavespy at 3:49 PM on October 13, 2006
Funny, when I tried Google Image for Natasha Timarovic, I got an image of North Korea's "Dear Leader".... Odd.
posted by R. Mutt at 3:51 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by R. Mutt at 3:51 PM on October 13, 2006
I had a similar experience that resulted from a malfunctioning electric device. Except the electrical jolt entered the other way and exited my mouth.
From here on out, I won't be buying refurbished version of that device!
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:04 PM on October 13, 2006 [1 favorite]
From here on out, I won't be buying refurbished version of that device!
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:04 PM on October 13, 2006 [1 favorite]
I shouldn't make an ass crack about this should I?
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 4:08 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by Holy foxy moxie batman! at 4:08 PM on October 13, 2006
Burning sensations on the mouth and rear? Yeah, I've been there.
posted by null terminated at 4:11 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by null terminated at 4:11 PM on October 13, 2006
Fortunately for Ms. Timarovic, she was not passing wind at the moment of the lightning strike.
(Please, for the love of God, do not click on that rather NSFW link.)
posted by Dr. Wu at 4:17 PM on October 13, 2006
(Please, for the love of God, do not click on that rather NSFW link.)
posted by Dr. Wu at 4:17 PM on October 13, 2006
There was a man from glass
Who had balls made of brass
Once in foul weather
They did knock together
And lightning shot out of his ass
posted by Eekacat at 4:25 PM on October 13, 2006
Who had balls made of brass
Once in foul weather
They did knock together
And lightning shot out of his ass
posted by Eekacat at 4:25 PM on October 13, 2006
i saw that happen at a mexican restaurant once ...
posted by pyramid termite at 4:49 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by pyramid termite at 4:49 PM on October 13, 2006
I could be said the woman had a hot ... nevermind.
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 5:04 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by BrodieShadeTree at 5:04 PM on October 13, 2006
That's just her William Wallace impersonation.
posted by bob sarabia at 5:12 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 5:12 PM on October 13, 2006
All the weird stuff happens in Eastern Europe.
posted by Liquidwolf at 5:31 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by Liquidwolf at 5:31 PM on October 13, 2006
Was the lightning accompanied by monkeys?
Maybe flying monkeys?
posted by darkstar at 6:01 PM on October 13, 2006
Maybe flying monkeys?
posted by darkstar at 6:01 PM on October 13, 2006
Last week I got stomach flu shortly after eating Indian take-out. She got off light.
posted by jimmythefish at 6:46 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by jimmythefish at 6:46 PM on October 13, 2006
Interesting. It's not monkey eating his own... oh wait, were not even supposed to talk about that.
posted by smallerdemon at 7:01 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by smallerdemon at 7:01 PM on October 13, 2006
Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported.
posted by dhartung at 7:02 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by dhartung at 7:02 PM on October 13, 2006
Funny, when I tried Google Image for Natasha Timarovic, I got an image of North Korea's "Dear Leader"....
seriously, what's up with that?
posted by dminor at 7:08 PM on October 13, 2006
seriously, what's up with that?
posted by dminor at 7:08 PM on October 13, 2006
This sounds like something Mythbusters will end up testing, having previously tested farts, "brown notes" and urine streams.
posted by Tube at 7:09 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by Tube at 7:09 PM on October 13, 2006
the part about shoes saving her life sounds bogus to me. mouth-to-feet and mouth-to-bum both involve lighning passing through the vital organs, and i bet a damp shower curtain conducts at least as well as damp floor.
if anything, the shoes made it worse because now she's famous for having lighning shoot out her ass.
posted by waxboy at 7:10 PM on October 13, 2006
if anything, the shoes made it worse because now she's famous for having lighning shoot out her ass.
posted by waxboy at 7:10 PM on October 13, 2006
seriously, what's up with that?
posted by dminor at 7:08 PM PST on October 13 [+] [!]
It's just a coincidence because both Natasha and Kim are in the news lately.
Now if you want to know if this chick is hot (because you do), lets just assume she's butt ugly.
posted by beno at 7:18 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by dminor at 7:08 PM PST on October 13 [+] [!]
It's just a coincidence because both Natasha and Kim are in the news lately.
Now if you want to know if this chick is hot (because you do), lets just assume she's butt ugly.
posted by beno at 7:18 PM on October 13, 2006
somebody go get a shitload of dimes...wait - wrong movie.
posted by docpops at 8:16 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by docpops at 8:16 PM on October 13, 2006
waxboy: it's not like her anus was on the shower curtain, so there's gonna be some air gap. Air is an extremely good insulator. (the fact that lightning can jump through several MILES of the stuff is because it's staggeringly powerful.)
Had her feet been on the floor, that would have been a much broader, wet surface area. She would have been a much lower-resistance target, would have attracted a lot more of the electricity, and probably would have died. As is, because she wasn't as good a conductor, enough of the electricity went elsewhere to save her.
For the rest of her life, she'll have to put up with lightning jokes, but .... that's probably better than the alternative.
posted by Malor at 8:20 PM on October 13, 2006
Had her feet been on the floor, that would have been a much broader, wet surface area. She would have been a much lower-resistance target, would have attracted a lot more of the electricity, and probably would have died. As is, because she wasn't as good a conductor, enough of the electricity went elsewhere to save her.
For the rest of her life, she'll have to put up with lightning jokes, but .... that's probably better than the alternative.
posted by Malor at 8:20 PM on October 13, 2006
The last time I laughed this much the police were called. I live in an apartment block, and not the first floor. My lower level neighbors were the old fucks that called them. I had been at an 'Irish pub' and once home, accidentally knocked my mouse a little. Screen-saver endeth, metafilter appearth. Bladder control simply fucked off. I urinated so hard for so long the poor old buggers living beneath very nearly drowned. Still laughing and they can hear it.
posted by econous at 9:19 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by econous at 9:19 PM on October 13, 2006
So that whole "where the light don't shine" thing, it's technically over, isn't it?
posted by c13 at 9:54 PM on October 13, 2006
posted by c13 at 9:54 PM on October 13, 2006
I guess her husband will think twice before asking for some unconventional sex...
Sorry, Y.T., your dentata is now oficially obsolete.
posted by cardoso at 1:03 AM on October 14, 2006
Sorry, Y.T., your dentata is now oficially obsolete.
posted by cardoso at 1:03 AM on October 14, 2006
Had her feet been on the floor, that would have been a much broader, wet surface area. She would have been a much lower-resistance target, would have attracted a lot more of the electricity, and probably would have died.
Cool. Her ass saved her ass.
posted by hal9k at 6:16 AM on October 14, 2006
Cool. Her ass saved her ass.
posted by hal9k at 6:16 AM on October 14, 2006
Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported.
It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.
posted by bink at 6:55 AM on October 14, 2006
It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.
posted by bink at 6:55 AM on October 14, 2006
(I hope jonmc is ok.)
It was a close shave. Thank God it wasn't monkeys.
posted by jonmc at 12:51 PM on October 14, 2006
It was a close shave. Thank God it wasn't monkeys.
posted by jonmc at 12:51 PM on October 14, 2006
Gawd...since the current path couldn't have missed her heart or spinal cord by much, she's one incredibly lucky person.
posted by pax digita at 1:33 PM on October 14, 2006
posted by pax digita at 1:33 PM on October 14, 2006
Having grown up in the lightning capital of the world, one of the things they teach you is that, in the case of a sudden storm when you're stuck outside with no safe places for shelter, that you're supposed to crouch down like you're taking a dump so that in the unlikely event that you're struck by lightning, it will exit your ass. I always thought they were kidding, but apparently not.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:07 PM on October 15, 2006
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 7:07 PM on October 15, 2006
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