[Keeker]

Excerpt from 'Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine' The Julien Press 1896.

"During the fray (May 12th, between part of Grant's army and a Confederate detachment), a soldier staggered and fell to earth; at the same time a piercing cry was heard in the house nearby. Examination of the wounded soldier showed that a bullet had passed through the scrotum and carried away the left testicle. The same bullet had apparently penetrated the left side of the abdomen of a young lady midway between the umbilicus and the anterior spinous process of the ileum, and become lost in the abdomen. This daughter suffered an attack of peritonitis, but recovered...
Two hundred and seventy-eight days after the reception of the minie ball, she was delivered of a fine boy, weighing eight pounds, to the surprise of herself and the mortification of her parents and friends. The doctor concluded that the same ball that had carried away the testicle of the soldier had penetrated the ovary of the young lady, and, with some spermatozoa upon it, had impregnated her. With this conviction he approached the young man and told him the circumstances. The soldier appeared sceptical at first, but consented to visit the young mother; a friendship ensued which soon ripened into a happy marriage."

Puts a slightly different slant on the expression, 'to shoot your load' does it not?

wtf that is crazy, fascinating tho.

[Keeker]

Yes, well, after being here for some 9 months I decided it was time I gave birth to a topic of my own. And, since I enjoy pointless but interesting or amusing true facts, this seemed just the thing to create to gather up some new ones.

So I have a few more where that came from... muahahahaha!

(Think yourselves lucky, I could have decided on a 'Keeker's Corny Old Jokes Thread'... I'm still somewhat tempted. I have lots.)

This is crazy:D

and you know who is the TRUE fighter there?
The sperm.

All hail the sperm!



even though i think it's more probable the doctor is the father, and smart as hell too

She's just been whoring around and is too embarrassed to tell.

This was attempted to be recreated on the show Mythbusters. I think they came to the decision that it would take impossible aim and elemental influence for it to happen, considering the gun being used, the distance the bullet had to travel, and the objects the bullet had to shoot through.

Not to mention the sperm would burn when the bullet struck them.

[Keeker]

Yeah but would this not be a pretty rough and deeply pitted surfaced old lead ball we're talking about here (having seen some of these)? Easy enough for microscopic things to hide in deep fissures. I've seen remains of modern lead bullets that have passed through deer and rabbits on into trees and fence posts that are well smashed up and folded over on themselves but still containing blood, hair and flesh from the creature they passed through.

So from my own eyes' experience I'd say, yes, this is perfectly possible.

This was attempted to be recreated on the show Mythbusters. I think they came to the decision that it would take impossible aim and elemental influence for it to happen, considering the gun being used, the distance the bullet had to travel, and the objects the bullet had to shoot through.

Yup. BUSTED.

It's more likely that the chick made up the story so her parents wouldn't think she was a whore for getting herself knocked up.

[Keeker]

This was attempted to be recreated on the show Mythbusters. I think they came to the decision that it would take impossible aim and elemental influence for it to happen, considering the gun being used, the distance the bullet had to travel, and the objects the bullet had to shoot through.

Yup. BUSTED.

It's more likely that the chick made up the story so her parents wouldn't think she was a whore for getting herself knocked up.

If you read the 1896 excerpt above it is the doctor who apparently makes the deduction. And who would the girl be shagging if she had just had something as severe as a gunshot wound and peritonitis? I'm pretty sure that would put most folk off their stride for a long while.

I've not seen 'Mythbusters' although the title would imply that the show's raison d'etre is to decry all myths, yes? Therefore one could assume a certain bias in order to make the show work? Although, again, not having seen it, perhaps they prove some true? Do they know how close the soldier was to the house? I also assumed the house was one of those flimsy two-planks-of-wood jobs they built over there in the 1800s? (Obviously if it was a proper stone one that wouldn't work.) Then even from my meagre shooting experience there's no problem for a projectile to fly through a flimsy bit of soft tissue, through a thin wall and into more soft tissue. Heck, a .22 bullet is technically still dangerous within one mile and that's a lower calibre than these fellows were using. And yes, freak shots can and do happen - that's what is 'remarkable' about these kinds of stories... they are some fun examples of a bit of Murphy's Law at work.

Here, explain the 'elemental influence' in this one:

In 1895 there were only two cars in the whole state of Ohio. They collided.


Or perhaps this is even better, and if it is a myth, then I don't care because it is another wonderful chain reaction:

Victorien Sardou, the French playwright and salon figure, knocked over his wine glass at a party. The lady next to him sprinkled salt on the stain. Sardou tossed some over his shoulder to ward off ill fortune, straight into the eyes of a waiter who was about to serve him. The man clutched his eyes and the platter crashed to the floor. The family dog attacked the fowl on the platter so greedily that he began to choke. The son of the house jumped up to wrestle the bone out of the dog's throat. The dog savagely bit the son's finger. It had to be amputated.

still that bullet got more action that lots of the dudes in this board

MOI included

I've not seen 'Mythbusters' although the title would imply that the show's raison d'etre is to decry all myths, yes? Therefore one could assume a certain bias in order to make the show work? Although, again, not having seen it, perhaps they prove some true?

Actually they want to believe in the myths, but they use science and down to the T methods to test them. Also, there's six/five people in the teams so it's not a matter of one guy testing and judging it done.

Check the show, it's very good and interesting. Especially the second and third seasons. It runs on Discovery and your nearest torrent site

[Keeker]

I've not seen 'Mythbusters' although the title would imply that the show's raison d'etre is to decry all myths, yes? Therefore one could assume a certain bias in order to make the show work? Although, again, not having seen it, perhaps they prove some true?

Actually they want to believe in the myths, but they use science and down to the T methods to test them. Also, there's six/five people in the teams so it's not a matter of one guy testing and judging it done.

Check the show, it's very good and interesting. Especially the second and third seasons. It runs on Discovery and your nearest torrent site

I'll look out for it, thanks.

[Keeker]

still that bullet got more action that lots of the dudes in this board

MOI included

And the winner is.... Dunkelheit!

Best post of the day sir!