Monday, August 06, 2007

On the run

It beats surgery ... but there could be another way. Indian police recently forced a man to eat 40 bananas in the hope he would "produce" the gold necklace he had snatched and swallowed. He did - but only after a second meal. But it raises the question of "why bananas"? Did they provide bulk to move everything along? Would laxatives not have done the same thing (could all those movies be wrong?)? It's even stranger because I like bananas when I'm feeling unwell in the tummy - and I find it hard to imagine them being used for the opposite efffect. And I suppose the next question is: once your necklace was recovered, how much do you want it back?

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