Thicke.org

This is a pretty weird story.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Four years ago, Etienne Verhees broke two vertebrae falling off a ladder, after which doctors put a metal plate in his neck to help heal the wound.

This week, the Belgian coughed up one of four screws used to hold the plate in place.

“I have had a cold for the past few days,” Verhees told daily Gazet Van Antwerpen. “I had a terrible cough a few days ago. That’s when I suddenly felt something in my mouth.

“It turned out to be a screw.”

One of the doctors involved told the paper he assumed the screw had moved because of an infection Verhees suffered following a second operation, which caused his neck to swell.

I’ve heard of things like this before, but you could always find the path back. For instance, a person has stomach surgery and coughs up a sponge. That makes sense, but how does a screw get from being on the neck bone, to being in the mouth. That’s a Fantastic Voyage for sure….