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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 81 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

About a year ago, my grandpa experienced wondrous symptoms. So he went to the hospital. The doctor wasn't sure what was wrong with him at first, so he had to stay for multiple days. After much discussing about possible causes, it turns out he'd eaten a piece of some random game that another family member brought along, and that he'd let thaw and then had refrozen it. That allowed the doctors to treat him successfully on, I believe, day 3.

After leaving the hospital, he still wasn't sure of the cause though — and you can't just throw away perfectly good meat!; so he ate another piece of the defrosted game and, no surprise, went to hospital again. This time around, the diagnosis was a lot easier though.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

wondrous symptoms

?

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 17 hours ago

In context I now know you mean game as in hunted game, I was wondering why your grandpa was melting and eating Monopoly pieces

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 51 points 1 day ago

I read this thinking a piece of game meant like a board game piece for the whole thing and was so baffled 😅 finally got it

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can't eat bad meat all at once, it's lethal.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

For context: This is Germany, A&E is ~free.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure it was a GBA cartridge.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 4 points 15 hours ago

All this because I don't know at all what kind of animal it was.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 21 hours ago

Reminds me of the bad krabby patty from SpongeBob.