Saturday, August 22, 2009

Does August have an 'R' in it?

Oyster from Marennes-OléronImage via Wikipedia

Bad oyster costs man his legs



No, it wasn't some weird Nemo-esque robbery cum hit, it was just a serious case of eating oysters at the wrong time of the year and sadly getting infected with the virus Vibrio vulnificus.

PANAMA CITY, Fla., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An Ohio man lost both his legs after contracting an infection from eating oysters while on a wedding trip to Florida.
Poor bugger. Maybe he wasn't supposed to get married in the first place? More of his sad story at the link.


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