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Anyone ever swallowed some Lego, or wondered if their children have?

MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,500
in Everything else LEGO
These guys have done some research.

Just love the acronyms. My only issue is their use of the term "Legos" - but you can't have everything, even in a research paper...
Baby_YodaThe_Stud

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  • Renegade007cjhRenegade007cjh Member Posts: 696
    edited November 2018
    Never swallowed LEGO but did get a Playmobile milk bottle stuck up my nose, which blocked my nostril and I had to have it removed in A&E (I was about 5!).  I know, I know - that'll teach me to play with inferior brands (but I had LEGO, too!).
  • HuwHuw Administrator Posts: 7,076
    I have a similar tale! Except mine was a 1x1 round brick up my nose. I can't remember how it was extracted but I do recall it being yellow!

    LuLegoMaffyDkiki180703Baby_YodaPolyphemus
  • MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,500
    My youngest girl also had a Lego insertion incident. She had a cylinder like @Huw up her nose when she was 5! We didn't find it for a week, whilst her nose got more and more snotty! A quick trip to the doctors sorted it out eventually! We didn't keep the cylinder.
  • gmonkey76gmonkey76 Member Posts: 1,827
    @Huw @drdavewatford @CapnRex101

    Maybe these should be combined?
    https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/29523/science-is-awesome#latest
    MaffyDAstrobrickskiki180703
  • CyberdragonCyberdragon Member Posts: 549
    What is with kids and snorting Lego? Are they gonna have to put "inhalation hazard" on the boxes now?
    BobflipAanchirBaby_YodaThe_Stud
  • Casper_vd_KorfCasper_vd_Korf Member Posts: 243
    edited November 2018
    ^ I think that Would fit under the “small pieces” warning. Anyway, I did swallow a transparant stud when I was 9 or 10, because we were in holiday in Prague, so I didn’t have a brick separator in hand. By the way, professor Bruce Lee? Someone parents were fans.
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Member Posts: 10,760
    Huw said:
    I have a similar tale! Except mine was a 1x1 round brick up my nose. I can't remember how it was extracted but I do recall it being yellow!

    Before or after it was up your nose?
    Baby_Yoda
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,190
    Grossest Brickset thread ever?
    AstrobricksThe_Stud
  • nexandernexander Member Posts: 908
    Had an 7 year old swallow a stud before however the largest thing he swallowed was a 1 inch solid glass lens 6 months later.  That was a fun night!
  • AanchirAanchir Member Posts: 3,014
    When I was young (but old enough that I probably should have known better… 5, I think) I remember pulling a minifig hook hand off a figure using my teeth and swallowing it by accident. Forget what color hook or from what figure specifically.

    That’s the only family memory of LEGO swallowing I remember. Neither me nor my siblings ever had the LEGO up the nose problem. Our now 18 year old dog Cider did chew up a green Bionicle Kakama mask when she was a puppy, but it was still intact enough to know she didn’t swallow any of it, it was just teething. I also did put other LEGO parts in my mouth though, sometimes to their detriment… I doubt the chrome coating on so many of my family’s Royal Knights style broadswords would’ve worn away quite as quickly otherwise.
  • Baby_YodaBaby_Yoda Member Posts: 1,295
    I was the stingy kid in the neighbourhood. I tried to stop others from swallowing my precious collection. Nothing's changed.
    Cyberdragon said:
    What is with kids and snorting Lego?
    Just gonna do me a line of Lego...

    OldfanThe_Stud77ncaachamps
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    They did the test on adults. Now do it on children, where it is probably more likely to happen in real life.

    Although some kids do the opposite ...

    TheBigLegoski
  • Mr_CrossMr_Cross Member Posts: 1,672
    There must be something in the zeitgeist:
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/27/shit-a-brick-doctors-swallow-lego-to-allay-parents-fears?CMP=twt_gu&fbclid=IwAR2_1H75Cc1-sWpcKaHiJsUFCNOjrO4DEeZ1xlZCDALDSGh2z7orTvYDDa4
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,216
    Why are these pieces sticky?
    SprinkleOtter
  • MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,500
    ^ and now anyone who's had a dodgy bulk lot from eBay will suddenly start feeling rather ill...
    SprinkleOtter560HeliportJern92Baby_Yoda
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,216
    MaffyD said:
    ^ and now anyone who's had a dodgy bulk lot from eBay will suddenly start feeling rather ill...
    I would take solace in the pet dander and kitty litter.
    Switchfoot55
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Member Posts: 3,729
    Can always be worse... M*gabloks...
  • The_StudThe_Stud Member Posts: 59
    When I was a young lad, I’d sometimes use my teeth to get flat pieces off of Lego plates. I remember one instance caused me to nearly swallow one and from the day forward, I never bit another Lego again.
  • Bludchylde1Bludchylde1 Member Posts: 49
    560Heliport said:
    Can always be worse... M*gabloks...
    Those would partially digest causing M*gablockage. Yes I went there.
    Baby_Yoda560Heliportoldtodd33
  • Baby_YodaBaby_Yoda Member Posts: 1,295
    At least M*gabloks comes out in exactly the same condition as it went in: crap.
    Oldfan
  • Speedman29Speedman29 Member Posts: 2,293
    As a 4 or 5yr old I pretended I had a whole minifigure up my nose by removing the hand from one and resting it up my nostril. It looked so convincing, we all laughed until I breathed in.....
    Bumblepantsbandit778560HeliportOldfanReesesPiecesBaby_Yoda
  • CyberdragonCyberdragon Member Posts: 549
    Johnny, Johnny...eating Lego?!

    sorry...not sorry XD
    AanchirThe_StudBaby_Yoda
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,275
    Maybe this would be a good thread to merge with the whole, "using Lego bags for food storage" thread? 

    Nothing tops off a nice baked potato in a Lego bag like some 1x1 round plates!
    Baby_Yoda
  • PisceanPetPisceanPet Member Posts: 43
    Ha ha, just seen this on the local news for anyone who was wondering...
    https://www.facebook.com/bbceastmids/videos/294709727806755/
  • 77ncaachamps77ncaachamps Member Posts: 2,442
    This takes buying used lots to a whole different level
  • vwong19vwong19 Member Posts: 1,191
    How did this not make the news on this site? As a researcher, I find the cited paper to be a welcome change.
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