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August 12, 2004
Woman molecularly bonds with sofa

Man, this is just about the most revolting thing I've heard in a long time. Apparently a 480-pound woman in Florida was so huge sat down on her sofa and did not get up again -- for six years. During that time, she continued to eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom. When she finally got mortally sick, hospital workers were finally called to take her to the hospital.

And that's when they discovered that her skin had fused to the sofa material. According to the Palm Beach Post:

Unable to separate the skin of the 39-year-old woman from her sofa, 12 Martin County Fire-Rescue workers slid both onto a trailer and hauled her behind a pickup to Martin Memorial Hospital South. She died a short time later.

I am not making this up -- nor, really, would I want to. As my friend Bill Kennedy said when he emailed me this tidbit, "all those cyberpunk authors out there who predicted that the post-humans of the future would fuse their bodies with cool mechanical and electronic gadgetry had obviously never been to florida."


(Thanks to Bill for this one!)

Posted by Clive Thompson at August 12, 2004 11:56 PM

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The most disgusting, stomach churning item since the copepods in the drinking water.

Posted by: Daniel Luke at August 13, 2004 10:25 AM

another example of how the predictions of visionaries collide with the reality of couch potatoes

Posted by: rb at August 13, 2004 6:05 PM

Repugnant, yes. But I hope there's at least a whiff of sympathy in the air for this person too.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 13, 2004 7:58 PM

The question is if I talked on my cellphone for 6 years would that also fuse to my head?

Posted by: darkflib at August 14, 2004 8:17 AM

I hope the family doesn't donate the couch.

Posted by: Anonymous at August 14, 2004 5:29 PM

ten bux says it'll be on CSI this fall

Posted by: Uncle Rob at August 14, 2004 8:48 PM

What happens to the assgrove in a situation like this? And where's the remote?

Posted by: George at August 14, 2004 10:11 PM

That sounds like a monster straight out of Doom 3.

Posted by: Joe2 at August 15, 2004 9:45 PM

There was talk of charging her family criminally for waiting 6 years until she was so far gone before calling in medical aid.

Which CSI would they put that on? There are 6 versions now aren't there? I think it will be on CSI: Minot ND

Posted by: Pat at August 16, 2004 4:18 PM

what kind of fabric was on the sofa? was it a weird skin-velcro or something?

Posted by: kelly at August 17, 2004 10:13 AM

I was reading the post and the above comments and had a half dozen smart/cynical comments rotate through my head.. Then realized how jaded I am becoming and the scope of how sad this is.

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