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Posted: Aug 04 2010 06:49 pm

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Have you ever been so drunk that you passed out and your dog ate your toe? I haven't either, but luckily for Michigander Jerry Douthett, he has. It turns out Jerry has type 2 diabetes and a wound on his toe had becoming dangerously infected. After a night of drinking Jerry passed out in his chair and the family dog Kiko decided to do a little doggy doctoring. From the article: "'The toe was gone,' said Douthett. 'He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn't find it anywhere else in the house. I look down, there's blood all over, and my toe is gone.' [Douthett's wife] Rosee, 40, rushed her husband to the hospital where she's a gerontology nurse — Spectrum Health's Blodgett Campus. Kiko had gnawed to a point below the nail-line. When tests revealed an infection to the bone, doctors amputated what was left of the toe."

http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92586227_dog-eats-mans-big-saves-his-life.htm
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/08/dog_eats_rockford_mans_big_toe.html

Posted: Aug 04 2010 07:11 pm

Bizarre!

Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

That's one kick ass dog. Do you think the dog knew what was going on and consciously decided to eat the toe to help?

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

That is such an odd story. This is the sort of thing that is almost a miracle.

Posted: Aug 05 2010 12:41 am

Various animals have far more senses and intuition then we can even comprehend.

Posted: Aug 05 2010 12:54 am

as soon as I told the wife about this when i read the article, a bit about it came up on the news. very weird synchronicitous thing going on, but whatevs. it happens

Joined: Nov 03 2006 Posts: 763

That is ridiculous.. .let's just hope he doesn't do it to a good toe. Might be right about that "sensing" business.

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you cant blame him for everything. he said "YES WE CAN" not "YES I WILL"

This is somewhat unrelated, but on the topic of the differences between I Can, I Will.. and I May

I really dislike, for example when a person asks a teacher can i go to the bathroom. The implied question is legally can i, given school rules of needing your permission, go to the bathroom. It's not a question of physical possibility. Basically it's not a physically can i go to bathroom, the answer to that is yes.. it's a legally can i (or within school rules) go to the bathroom. There's a subtle difference of context within the word "can". I'm kinda annoyed by the inability of teachers to understand this context of the word "can".

Posted: Aug 06 2010 02:34 pm

JonSnow wrote:

That is ridiculous.. .let's just hope he doesn't do it to a good toe. Might be right about that "sensing" business.

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you cant blame him for everything. he said "YES WE CAN" not "YES I WILL"

The implies context is rightfully.

Like when a person's ask a teacher can i go to the bathroom. The implied question is legally can i, given school rules of needing your permission. It's not a question of physical possibility. I'm kinda annoyed by the inability of teachers to understand context of the word "can".

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