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A 24-year-old Frenchman shows up at hospital with a World War I shell lodged in his rectum
(english.elpais.com)
Who says the French aren't brave!
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measuring about 20 centimeters long and just over three centimeters in diameter.
Town in question: Toulouse
Man in question: same
flared base ppl.
100 years ago, someone made that shell with absolutely no possible concept of where it would end up.
That'll really help you blow your load
Who needs a partner when one has access to WWI munitions?
This headline sounds like the start of a bad joke.
Time traveler
I heard it nearly killed um!
It didn't, it only rectum
Getting pounded by artillery
Oh no, something went south during filming for the 12 Monkeys remake?