Slog - Comments on Need a Post-Thanksgiving-Gorge Appetite Suppressant? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su Check out this CNN report about the 10-pound hairball removed from the stomach of an 18-year-old woman. (Complete with post-op hairball photo.) You're welcome.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:28:33 -0800 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:06:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by pretentious thank you for reminding me that i am not as jaded as i thought.

]]> pretentious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854886 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:35:21 -0800 Comment by Gomez Between you and Jen, I'm just glad SOMEBODY on the interwebs is awake this morning.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854891 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854891 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:48:23 -0800 Comment by seattle98104 Hey, I'm here, working in an empty office. Hooray.

]]> seattle98104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854892 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:49:44 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Now THAT is a picture I did not need to see this morning. Blecth.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854895 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:15:25 -0800 Comment by DaiBando Red or white wine with that?

]]> DaiBando http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854897 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:39:49 -0800 Comment by genevieve That hairball looks like a small otter.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854910 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:15:40 -0800 Comment by Stephanie I'm really, really sorry I looked at that.

]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854920 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:04:57 -0800 Comment by Amelia Wow.... WOOOOW......

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854925 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:21:54 -0800 Comment by Peter The technical term for a human hairball is a trichobezoar

]]> Peter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854926 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:23:56 -0800 Comment by Jo OK. This would not be nearly as gross if I hadn't started by day by almost stepping on a similar-looking (but way smaller) hairball that my roommate's cat so kindly coughed up this morning.

But still. Eeeww.

]]> Jo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854931 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c854931 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:50:31 -0800 Comment by RainMan Fans of Cecil Adams may remember a column he wrote some time ago about bezoars. Hairballs of goats and other animals were allegedly treasured in medieval and Renaissance times. Queen Elizabeth I (the one from the 16th century) supposedly had one among her crown jewels. I'll have to check out the Royal Hairball on my next trip to Britain.

]]> RainMan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855004 Life Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:57:02 -0800 Comment by Peter I only knew about bezoars from reading comic books -- there's an old issue of Neil Gaiman's Sandman that features one in the plot...

]]> Peter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855050 Life Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:20:16 -0800 Comment by Ben I'll admit it: I know bezoars from Harry Potter.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855051 Life Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:24:27 -0800 Comment by allan uh, yea... thanks 4 that.

]]> allan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/need_a_postthanksgivinggorge_appetite_su#c855203 Life Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:06:24 -0800