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Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be
A very funny collection of 100 X-ray images showing foreign objects ingested or inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.
The human imagination truly knows no limits. Without it, there would be no great art, no advances in science and technology, and no extreme sports. Without it, we'd also be deprived of the many insights into human nature that we get out of witnessing other people do shockingly imprudent things and then try to rationalize them. Stuck Up! capitalizes on this human capability of coming up with creative applications for everyday (and not-so everyday) items way beyond their designated uses, and features 100 X-ray images of foreign objects inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.
"It was a million-to-one shot, Doc."
"My hands were full."
"I fell."
These and many other ludicrous excuses are what emergency room doctors hear every day from patients who check in with various items inserted where the sun don't shine, stuck in various orifices, or ingested in other ways.
How exactly did that cell phone end up there? Was it on vibrate? And is the rectum truly the best place to store your bronzed baby shoes? It is at least somewhat understandable to find a rectal thermometer in its intended place, but how about your six-year-old daughter's Barbie doll?
Start browsing this hilarious collection of images – you'll be surprised at the patients' creativity and the medical information provided. Don't try this at home.…
The human imagination truly knows no limits. Without it, there would be no great art, no advances in science and technology, and no extreme sports. Without it, we'd also be deprived of the many insights into human nature that we get out of witnessing other people do shockingly imprudent things and then try to rationalize them. Stuck Up! capitalizes on this human capability of coming up with creative applications for everyday (and not-so everyday) items way beyond their designated uses, and features 100 X-ray images of foreign objects inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.
"It was a million-to-one shot, Doc."
"My hands were full."
"I fell."
These and many other ludicrous excuses are what emergency room doctors hear every day from patients who check in with various items inserted where the sun don't shine, stuck in various orifices, or ingested in other ways.
How exactly did that cell phone end up there? Was it on vibrate? And is the rectum truly the best place to store your bronzed baby shoes? It is at least somewhat understandable to find a rectal thermometer in its intended place, but how about your six-year-old daughter's Barbie doll?
Start browsing this hilarious collection of images – you'll be surprised at the patients' creativity and the medical information provided. Don't try this at home.…
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224 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2011
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November 16, 2011
Theses are some of the items people have shoved up their asses:
Lightbulbs
Kitchen knives
Liquid Paper bottles
Glass/Plastic bottles
Bananas
Carrots
Steel egg knick knacks
Electric beater attachments
Belts
Extension cords
Mugs
Forks
I had such high hopes for this one, but alas, like most other novelty books this too has let me down. I was expecting a book full of clear x-rays and the odd stories behind (see what I just did there?) each incident, but no. The x-rays are grainy and printed on cheap paper, and I mean really cheap, which makes some of the images difficult to see. The writing just plain sucks and the author's attempts at humor are just lazy. They take the easy route instead of taking the time to be witty or clever.
I wouldn't wipe my ass with this book's pages in a toilet paper emergency, let alone take the time to roll it up and shove up it there.
Lightbulbs
Kitchen knives
Liquid Paper bottles
Glass/Plastic bottles
Bananas
Carrots
Steel egg knick knacks
Electric beater attachments
Belts
Extension cords
Mugs
Forks
I had such high hopes for this one, but alas, like most other novelty books this too has let me down. I was expecting a book full of clear x-rays and the odd stories behind (see what I just did there?) each incident, but no. The x-rays are grainy and printed on cheap paper, and I mean really cheap, which makes some of the images difficult to see. The writing just plain sucks and the author's attempts at humor are just lazy. They take the easy route instead of taking the time to be witty or clever.
I wouldn't wipe my ass with this book's pages in a toilet paper emergency, let alone take the time to roll it up and shove up it there.
September 13, 2020
Meh, it's quite boring. It's list of x-rays showing stuff into people's anuses (and rarely something in the stomach or intestines) accompanied by some wannabe-witty remark.
Watch Scrubs, season 4 episode two, for a better and shorter version of the book.
Watch Scrubs, season 4 episode two, for a better and shorter version of the book.
February 10, 2022
This was disappointing. This book was on the sale table at my local used book store, and I was intrigued by the fact that it was written by physicians. The patients who swallowed (or inserted) this amazing collection of objects had stories to be told, and the docs who wrote this book wasted their time trying to be funny instead of telling the stories. How, for example, was it possible for someone to swallow a razor blade and not get injured? How did they get it out? Is there a protocol for such things? What possesses some folks to want to shove sharp or rough items into themselves? How is pica disorder developed, and what do professionals to to help patients to control their ingestion of non-food items? Most importantly, who are the human beings behind these x-rays? So many questions left unanswered, replaced by cheap, scatalogical humor. On the other hand, it was a very quick read.
February 4, 2018
Wow. There are some sick people out there.
The writing wasn't very good, but I guess what is there to say about Christmas lights shoved where the sun doesn't shine? The x-rays were embellished by an artist. I would have rather seen the real x-rays. Some were very hard to make out.
The book was hard to put down simply because of the "are you kidding me?!" factor. It was a quick read and one I won't forget soon, unfortunately.
The writing wasn't very good, but I guess what is there to say about Christmas lights shoved where the sun doesn't shine? The x-rays were embellished by an artist. I would have rather seen the real x-rays. Some were very hard to make out.
The book was hard to put down simply because of the "are you kidding me?!" factor. It was a quick read and one I won't forget soon, unfortunately.
December 28, 2011
Disappointing... The images were poor quality, the book told very little about the cases, mostly was bad poop jokes or stupid facts about the objects stuck inside the patient. Very little about the medical aspects or the actually procedures to remove the objects, or how the patients reported the objects got there.
January 17, 2015
Boring. Mocked up x rays (either intelligible or is so obvious it looks like a baby photoshopped it) with an accompanying page of samey wording loosely related to each object.
If you're expecting anecdotes to accompany each example of an object stuck up someone's bum (which I was) you'll be sorely disappointed - as I am.
If you're expecting anecdotes to accompany each example of an object stuck up someone's bum (which I was) you'll be sorely disappointed - as I am.
September 22, 2019
A collection of conventional radiographs of items that people either swallowed or shoved up the you-know-where. Some of the more "interesting" objects include a Buzz Light Year and an actual pistol.
Needless to say, much of the accompanying commentary was filled with jokes and puns worthy juvenile males!
Needless to say, much of the accompanying commentary was filled with jokes and puns worthy juvenile males!
December 29, 2014
Was habe ich mir nur dabei gedacht, das zu "lesen"? Die" Autoren" haben auf Teufel komm raus versucht, witzige Einleitungen für die Bilder zu finden, was mehr als misslungen ist.
March 25, 2016
Mildly amusing for a few pages. Not nearly enough expository information- how did THAT get in THERE? Promising concept. Left me wanting more, hoped it would go deeper.
December 31, 2018
*2.5 stars*
I had gone into this with high hopes.
I love short nonfiction books that aren't heavy on the info, but still try to teach you something.
Stuck Up! is a superficial version of a nonfiction book about what people have stuck up in their bodies. Really you could google search it and get just as much out of the images as I did through reading this book.
If there are any pluses, the reading pace is quick and you can finish this in an hour or two.
Final notes:
- The jokes made fall flat, there is a joke about Bulimia that I thought was done in poor taste
- The images were edited, and yet some were difficult to identify what was "stuck up" inside the person
I had gone into this with high hopes.
I love short nonfiction books that aren't heavy on the info, but still try to teach you something.
Stuck Up! is a superficial version of a nonfiction book about what people have stuck up in their bodies. Really you could google search it and get just as much out of the images as I did through reading this book.
If there are any pluses, the reading pace is quick and you can finish this in an hour or two.
Final notes:
- The jokes made fall flat, there is a joke about Bulimia that I thought was done in poor taste
- The images were edited, and yet some were difficult to identify what was "stuck up" inside the person
February 17, 2024
A bit disappointing.
The idea is good. The execution, not so much.
Although every x-ray was accompanied by a page of text, said text mostly consisted of silly puns that soon became repetitive.
I expected more from this. Either more details about the story of how this object got in that part of the patient, or more about the medical intervention needed, or more explanation of what harm it did or could have done and why, or even better, all of these. Now that would have been a very interesting and educational book. And the authors could then still pun away to their heart’s content as the more interesting text would have balanced it out.
The idea is good. The execution, not so much.
Although every x-ray was accompanied by a page of text, said text mostly consisted of silly puns that soon became repetitive.
I expected more from this. Either more details about the story of how this object got in that part of the patient, or more about the medical intervention needed, or more explanation of what harm it did or could have done and why, or even better, all of these. Now that would have been a very interesting and educational book. And the authors could then still pun away to their heart’s content as the more interesting text would have balanced it out.
October 21, 2023
It doesn’t take too long to read this book but I’ve had a lot going on.
Anyway, this book is definitely a bit of entertainment if you like learning things. It’s not the straight funny or gory book it may seem on the cover though.
Anyway, this book is definitely a bit of entertainment if you like learning things. It’s not the straight funny or gory book it may seem on the cover though.
August 31, 2018
The x-ray pictures were cool. Sometimes it was hard to know WHAT the object was and the stories were not always clear either. Interesting, quick read.
September 25, 2019
Hilarious!
March 27, 2020
Great Bathroom Read
If your looking, for something good to read in the bathroom, this is your book. Interesting read, fast paced, and educational.
If your looking, for something good to read in the bathroom, this is your book. Interesting read, fast paced, and educational.
May 10, 2021
Was funny in places. Not as medical as I was hopeful for!
August 1, 2021
this was an interesting, and sometimes funny, read. it was also super quick as it’s only 203 pages, which made the book just that more enjoyable.
September 1, 2021
the writing was shit, the humour was demeaning and to be honest, some of those x-rays looked photoshopped as fuck
June 8, 2025
Squints at X-ray picture and gasps: is that really a - ?
August 22, 2025
excellent! pertinent, but necessary descriptions of xrays included...wow, is all i can say
December 23, 2022
This book is a collection of X-rays with narrations from medical professionals who come into contact with patients who have had items inserted or injected in places they do not belong. This book is fast paced with short segments. I picked this book up for some laughs.
Major drawbacks were there were not a lot of stories or removal indications. And a lot of the objects became repetitive because somethings are popular to shove up dark places. I wouldn’t read the book again but I do recommend it to anyone looking for a fast paced read that will make them laugh and help them feel a little less down about their life.
Major drawbacks were there were not a lot of stories or removal indications. And a lot of the objects became repetitive because somethings are popular to shove up dark places. I wouldn’t read the book again but I do recommend it to anyone looking for a fast paced read that will make them laugh and help them feel a little less down about their life.
May 14, 2020
Ehrlich gesagt bin ich enttäuscht. Die Bilder waren ja ganz nett, aber die Texte dazu waren einfach gewollt lustig und dadurch nur langweilig und sinnlos. Wäre schön gewesen, wenn dabei gestanden hätte was sich die Leute dabei gedacht haben bzw die Fälle. Teilweise haben sich die Gegenstände auch wiederholt. Ich bin froh das ich nicht den originalpreis dafür gezahlt habe
September 5, 2012
The x-rays on their own are amusingly curated and I appreciated the effort to create a narrative flow.
However, they put the same amount of effort into the accompanying text for each x-ray, which is much too much. I wish they would have had a short caption saying what the foreign object was and maybe a blurb on the patient's given explanation. As it is now, I have to slog through inane paragraphs before they finally tell me it's a hairpin. Very quickly I stopped trying to read the accompanying articles and scanned them for the reveal.
As a layperson, I would have appreciated an arrow or circle on the less obvious pictures. The premise of the book seemed anus-centric so it would take me a while to spot the foreign object not in the rectal region.
TL;DR....TL;DR Would have fared better as a coffee table book focused on pictures not inane, tangential articles.
However, they put the same amount of effort into the accompanying text for each x-ray, which is much too much. I wish they would have had a short caption saying what the foreign object was and maybe a blurb on the patient's given explanation. As it is now, I have to slog through inane paragraphs before they finally tell me it's a hairpin. Very quickly I stopped trying to read the accompanying articles and scanned them for the reveal.
As a layperson, I would have appreciated an arrow or circle on the less obvious pictures. The premise of the book seemed anus-centric so it would take me a while to spot the foreign object not in the rectal region.
TL;DR....TL;DR Would have fared better as a coffee table book focused on pictures not inane, tangential articles.
November 22, 2011
Best. Book. Ever.
Okay, maybe not EVER, but this was a blast to read and it took about half an hour. My coworkers and I joked about it for days and finally I bought the Kindle version and we read it in the Cloud Reader.
The x-ray images are totally priceless, the accompanying descriptions try too hard to be funny at times (what could you add to such great pictures?) but most of the information is interesting.
If you have the kind of sense of humor required to get excited about this book (even as a gag) you will not be disappointed.
Okay, maybe not EVER, but this was a blast to read and it took about half an hour. My coworkers and I joked about it for days and finally I bought the Kindle version and we read it in the Cloud Reader.
The x-ray images are totally priceless, the accompanying descriptions try too hard to be funny at times (what could you add to such great pictures?) but most of the information is interesting.
If you have the kind of sense of humor required to get excited about this book (even as a gag) you will not be disappointed.
November 20, 2014
If you are a connoisseur of the grotesque, this book will appeal to you. The title describes perfectly this book of x-rays showing the various things that people have felt the need to, well, insert.
My overall feeling was "ugh," but somehow, it was hard to put the book down! The one item that really freaked me out was a pair of hemostats left behind after a surgery. As someone who recently underwent abdominal surgery, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Ew, ew, ew!!! Read it if you dare...
My overall feeling was "ugh," but somehow, it was hard to put the book down! The one item that really freaked me out was a pair of hemostats left behind after a surgery. As someone who recently underwent abdominal surgery, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Ew, ew, ew!!! Read it if you dare...
December 11, 2011
I used to work in an ER and one of my favorite xrays was one that is of a guy that ended up with a Power Ranger up his bum. He "fell" when walking in his kids playroom... ;). I figured this book would be good for a laugh and it was but it did somewhat get old after a while. I think it would have been better had it had more of a "behind" the story or less in your face humor but the xrays are still worth flipping through for the giggles alone.
March 8, 2012
Pretty much boring and not as "fun" as I thought it was gonna be...no funny stories as to how and why people stuck things up their bums. Plus the pictures all kinda look doctored, especially with some of the bigger items. I just skimmed it after the first couple of stories as I realized it wasn't going to get better...luckily I recieved it from paperbackswap.com so I just relisted it and sent it on its way, maybe someone else will like it.
February 4, 2024
Very funny. Here is the visual proof that humans truly do do the stupidest things....or at least they swallow the stupidest things and stick things up their butts for the stupidest reasons. Another bonus to the x-rays is the witty commentary provided by the doctors who authored this book. Very funny and very witty.
April 19, 2013
Before anything else I have to admit that my sense of humor never did grow past the five year old level in some cases.
Pretty much the reason I bought the book.
What makes this book particularly interesting is the fact that every anecdote come with an x-rays to elucidate the cases.
Funny, easy to read and actually manages to be somewhat educational.
Pretty much the reason I bought the book.
What makes this book particularly interesting is the fact that every anecdote come with an x-rays to elucidate the cases.
Funny, easy to read and actually manages to be somewhat educational.
September 2, 2014
Meh. The pictures themselves are funny, but the text makes it painfully clear this is a one-joke book, and that joke gets old pretty early on. The puns were old before I was born, and the attempted political references (especially the "joke" about President Obama) are shoehorned in. Next time, let the pictures speak for themselves.
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