Many people have party tricks and some resort to desperate measures to impress.
This was certainly the case for a man in China who was hospitalised two days after swallowing eight six-inch-long nails to show off to his friends, reports southcn.com.
The man from Xinjiang Auonomous Region claimed to be a 'sword swallower' and ingested the nails, on May 17 but it wasn't until May 19 that he realised something was wrong.
Ouch! The man swallowed eight six inch nails after telling his friends that he was a sword swallower
The 28-year-old began to feel sharp pains in his stomach two days after ingesting the sharp objects.
Once he arrived at the hospital, he was told by doctors that the nails had pierced his stomach and he would have to have surgery immediately to stop his situation from becoming life threatening.
He told reporters: 'I didn't feel anything after swallowing the needles. It never occurred to me it would be so bad.'
The man said he had done something similar when he was 20 but the nails were excreted.
He said that this time he passed one nail but the others remained in his stomach.
Ma Han, Deputy Director of General Surgery Ma Han said that the man had seven nails in his system, three had accumulated in the stomach cavity while four other nails were scattered in the ribs and intestines.
The nails were successfully removed and the man is recovering.
This isn't an isolated case.
In 2015, a desperate man swallowed a five inch saw blade and screw for a £600 bet.
The man, named as Xiao Gong, was working in Ningbo, east China, and had been worried about rent.
However, while Gong won his bet, he was admitted to hospital for lacerations in his stomach and almost lost his life.
Painful: He managed to pass one of the nails but the others remained in his system (File photo)
Credit- Daily Mail
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