“Now that you work in a hospital, I can’t stop asking all sorts of uncouth questions about the body once things have gone wrong. I find it quite satisfying in a disgusting sort of way. However, those stories about the various and sundry items people insert in various bodily nooks and crannies break my brain a little. The vacuum cleaner story is at the top of that list….”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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