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2003-05-05 - 4:22 p.m. "Comedy does not tell of famous and powerful men, but of base and ridiculous creatures, though not wicked; and it does not end with the death of the protagonists. It acheives the effect of the ridiculous by showing the defects and vices of ordinary men." Umberto Eco, Name of the Rose A 33-year-old man was hospitalized in Wichita, Kan., in November with a coat hanger stuck in his throat. Surgeons retrieved the hanger and found something else there: A dime-sized balloon containing cocaine. The man informed police (in writing) that he had an explanation: At a party, "someone" had slipped the balloon in his drink. He had accidentally swallowed it, heard that it contained cocaine and decided a coat hanger was the best way to extract it. -- Wichita Eagle, Nov. 14, 2002; Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 21, 2002 � |