Nailgun mishap resulted in four-hour surgery to remove it
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from:msnbc.comMan shot nail into brain and didn't know it
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Must have been a liberal Democrat. They wouldn't notice one more hole.
troll
I don't know, JK. I think the GOP just found their new front-runner for the presidential election next year!
Politics aside, the man is probably sharp as a tack. :)
Only person who would poke a hole in their brains with a rusty old nail and not know it would be a dumb ass....ya cant fix stupid; stupid is as stupid does...
Perhaps this story explains Rick Perry?
Jesus leave it to a conservative to bring politics into a story about a guy with a nail in his head. Give it a break, will ya? Take a breath.
Wow...trolls, politics and incredibly lame puns all in one thread. You can't ask for much more than that.
So he went to the hospital to get it removed instead of Home Depot?
"Man shot nail into brain and didn't know it"
If you can't take humor and joking about a ridiculous headline like that, then get off newsvine.
Where in the White House does this guy work?
Not sure, but I think he just visited a Disney park.
Nah, he's commenting here. Right above this.
He got nailed by the old lady for goofing off just doesn't want to admit it, she wouldn't let him get hammered in the garage!
Seems like he has been nailing more than just boards. Four kids and finally engaged.
She wants to make it into a necklace? What she needs is a wedding ring.
If you look at the Xray the nail was shot into his head, from the back of the head...
I think the wife might have had a hand in the shooting...
Very hard to have accidentally shot a nail into the back of your own head. Espically when it was from a large framing gun, even if the safety was defeated..
Really ...what more needs to be said...the above quote explains everythng.
A flat head..dumb & dumber ...meet your long lost brother
More likely related to G. Bush
I'm glad he is alive and its good to know we've got a savior who just wasn't ready for him.
Mark my words: This is not the last time we will be hearing about this guy and his involvement in a power tool accident.
Men with nailguns do not mix anyway. Nailguns are for women!
Yes we see what they do with them they shot their boyfriend in the back of the heads and get them to make a neckless for them!
I think we should get rid of nail guns and go back to the old fashioned way of hammering nails. Nail guns are too dangerous. I hope he makes a complete recovery.
Ever hit your thumb with a hammer?
Yeah, it hurts, but shooting your brain with a nail gun might hurt just a little bit more.
Apparently not.
Took this guy a day to figure it out.
Hit your thumb with a hammer and EVERYTHING hurts instantly.
That and you will learn how humans learned to cuss.
Nail gun control, that's what we need is nail gun control.
Have a mandatory nail gun safety course that will issue a certificate that must be renewed every 5 years @ $132.50.
Have a 5 day waiting period before taking possession of any new nail gun.
Back round check, with a little questionnaire asking if your a drug user, have any felonies, or mental illness before taking possession of any new nail gun.
Limit the nail guns to 10 nails per magazine, and have only semi-auto nailing.
Another safety course and permit will be required for full-auto nail guns.
Hope This Father of 4 recovers quickly, be careful man.!! Buy a LOTTO ticket..
Unless you have removed/defeated the safety, a common nail-gun will not fire unless the shroud is depressed and the trigger is pulled...
I have seen people adjust them so they go-off when the shroud is depressed. I have also seen the same people nail their foot/shoe to the board/floor...
I have owned and used nail guns for decades, never shot myself yet. But I also do not mess with the safety...
Though you can chase a stray dog or cat away with a brad gun. No safety on those...
The nails from nail guns don't grip the wood as well as nails hammered in. I wouldn't want to be in a house built with nail guns in an earthquake.
Sure I used to hit my thumb, when I first learned to use a hammer at age 5. It's much better to teach a child to use a hammer and nails than to hit a ball with a bat. And yes, girls can build things too.
Elizabeth-1372999,
That is why good carpenters use coated and/or ringed nails in their guns...
The only place I still use a hammer is finishing work, siding, and roofing. Unless I'm working with OSB or particle board, which I usually refuse to do. Cheap material equals a cheap job/workmanship...
If you show-up on a normal job site without a nail-gun, you usually will not be hired. In Thailand they build with concrete and still use hammers, on the forms...
BTY - Two of my US daughters can swing hammers and have helped Dad. Though one is now a chem/bio engineer...
That's hitting the old nail on the head! (or is it hitting the old head with the nail?)
I guess the GOP has another Presidential candidate.
Hmmm... Couldn't be Perry, he'd miss. Not Gingrich, he'd hit one of his Exes. Not Santorum, doesn't believe in nailing except in the sanctity of marriage. Not Romney, he's made of paper - and paper beats rock (or hammer in this case). Must be Ron Paul, the ultimate "do it yourself man" - a little self-surgery in this case Ron?
Forgot - it could be H. Cain, he'd nail anything.
Ok this little thread just made my day!! Hahah Classic!!
I know the story has nothing to do with politics, but didn't Gingrich complain about Bill Clinton hammering while Gingrich was busy nailing on his own?
It is not the hammering, it is leaving the nails as evidence...
Yup... The Newt was busy working on wife #3 while still married to wife #2. And as he was beating his chest in righteous indignation over Clinton/cigars and girls, Newty was asking wife #2 if she’d be OK swinging in an “open marriage”.
Meanwhile, the evangelical religious right is wiping their brow in relief as to the moral question here “well, at least he asked her permission. Must be her fault because she said no”.
So, the “moral majority is neither, the party of “family values” has none, and as such, they’re OK running a serial adulterer/pathological liar as President and a homewrecker as First... uhhh, Third Lady.
Wow... what in the heck happened to the republican party? Did all the reasonable and sensible men and women die off?
Loaded nail gun is put to your head.
How this happened is more puzzling than anything.
The gun fires, and you don't think you got hit by a nail?
Seems to me like the brain damage was done instantly.
The brain damage that caused him to put a nail gun to his head was probably hereditary.
Sounds like a problem with the nail gun. You have to push the safety head down against the wood, then pull the trigger to fire the nail.
Either it has a mechanical problem or he has modified it to fire just by pushing down the safety head.
Any hard surface will allow it to fire.
All nail guns come with a rapid fire trigger attachment.
But, the trigger has to be held, which he did.
Maybe his head was made of wood?
There are two basic types of nail gun safeties/systems. 'Bump' fire, where the gun is fired from the nose safety as long as the trigger is depressed, very fast, very dangerous. Used in production settings.
Obviously the type this gentleman was using.
The other is sequential fire, where the nose safety has to be depressed, then the trigger pulled to fire the gun. Much safer. But slower.
Most guns, especially framers, can be modified to use either.
"Not tonight, darling, I got a headache"
"So? I've had a nail in my head and didn't complain"
Yep ...................No way around it got to be a Democrat . Ill Obama land
'it got to be a democrat'... seriously?
Cann't be a Democrat - Having a manual tool would indicate they work for a living...
Goes with the Republican jokes. O.K., so it could have been either Bill Clinton or Newt Gingrich, granted. Hard to tell the Party when they are under the gun! (or holding the gun).
Well, of course he didn't know it. He had a nail in his head.
Good Night!!!!!!!! Just one news article...... Just one!!!!! Without any politics? Dag gum it would be sweet!!!!!...... Good God it's getting old!!!!! And still we have 11 months to go.....
I'm gonna say he's a lucky guy!!!
Amen, Amen, Amen!
It's like you get to the point of kinda dreading to come to the vine because you already know everything is going to be politics regardless of the article. Makes you want to scream SHUT UP WITH THE POLITICS!!!!!! And lets talk about the article at hand..... Can't we all just get along? I've seen kids that don't act out like they do on these blogs..... Just saying....
Aw, c'mon. I get so much phishing and spam from fake credit card companies and politicians that I really don't mind a laugh once in a while. It's the serious political comments that disturb me.
a political slam is a political slam regardless of how much butter and jelly you spread on it. TheLum is one hundred percent right! Talk about the article, not you political views.
Did anyone else notice that the line right under the headline says four hour surgery, and in the body of the report, the hospital spokesperson said it took two hours? Does anybody proofread anymore?
Maybe they are counting the prep and the closing. (The opening of the skull, and later the placing of the wire mesh.) Either way, that was fast for brain surgery.
No. It was four hours, two for the actual surgery, and another two for the talk in the OR about how he could have shot a nail in his head, then didn't realize he had done it.
Too much automation in this world of today......
And the automatic tools are supposed to be more safe!
Hmmm...well that just goes to show you how much damage was done...since he didn't know he had a nail in his brain. ;)
What some people will do for a sharper mind! However, I guess it's better than getting screwed.
No dain bramage.....amage.......amage?
Go Ravens!
the lack of the x-ray in this article is greatly frustrating
I saw the x-ray but when I went back to check it was replaced by an advertisement. Go figure.
That's because the brain itself has NO pain-sensors which means once any object penetrates into the brain you won't feel anything at all even while it was killing you. That's why he felt the jab of pain when the nail penetrated his skull but nothing else once it was in there.
Then why do people experiencing strokes have the worst headaches of their lives?
I don't no the answer to that but when i had my stroke i never had a headache.
The scary part is...he already has four kids.
Maybe you are closing in on the motive.
I guess that part of the brain he wasn't using! Wait until he tries to make love to wife and forgot how.
Hi,
I've seen the x-ray on other sites. Can someone with nailgun knowledge explain why the head of the nail is at the back of his head and the point at the front? If he shot himself in the forehead like the reports are saying then the head of the nail would be closest to his forehead.
I'm not saying this is a made up story but why show a fake x-ray?!
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who noticed that the x-ray and the story don't align. MSNBC and BBC news both cite the x-ray image is from the hospital/patient. I know that not everything you read is true, but this is like something from one of those checkout line tabloids. Gotta get those ad dollars!!!