Eastern Knight
Jan 09, 2004, 09:51 PM
In Bangkok, Thailand in 1996, Panarat Tangpratum wanted to soothe her stinging eyes after a hard day of selling oranges at an outdoor market. The forty-two-year-old woman went into the bathroom to use eyewash.
Grabbing the small bottle, she put a few drops in her eyes. But instead of finding relief, she found that she couldn't see. In fact, she couldn't even open her eyes.
After being taken to the hospital, Tangpratum learned that what she had thought was eyewash was really glue! Doctors managed to flush the glue out of her eyes with water and oil. Her sight immediately returned to normal.
Said the embarrassed woman, "I should have read the label."
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After buying an Oregon State Lottery ticket, Alice Krumm looked at the winning numbers posted on a sign by the cash resgister of a store.
To her dismay, she was only one number away from winning $20, sneaking to the back of the store, she took out a ballpoint pen and changed the number on the lottery ticket. Then she went to the counter to collect her prize.
The clerk spotted the forgery right away and called the police, and Krumm was arrested and charged with fraud. Then the arresting officer made a startling discovery. Had Krumm looked more closely at the sign listing the winning numbers, she could have seen that her original ticket had also been a winner --- for $5,000!
Grabbing the small bottle, she put a few drops in her eyes. But instead of finding relief, she found that she couldn't see. In fact, she couldn't even open her eyes.
After being taken to the hospital, Tangpratum learned that what she had thought was eyewash was really glue! Doctors managed to flush the glue out of her eyes with water and oil. Her sight immediately returned to normal.
Said the embarrassed woman, "I should have read the label."
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After buying an Oregon State Lottery ticket, Alice Krumm looked at the winning numbers posted on a sign by the cash resgister of a store.
To her dismay, she was only one number away from winning $20, sneaking to the back of the store, she took out a ballpoint pen and changed the number on the lottery ticket. Then she went to the counter to collect her prize.
The clerk spotted the forgery right away and called the police, and Krumm was arrested and charged with fraud. Then the arresting officer made a startling discovery. Had Krumm looked more closely at the sign listing the winning numbers, she could have seen that her original ticket had also been a winner --- for $5,000!