Tattoos and flying pens can also be dangerous - The Times 2nd September 2007

Some old soldiers from the 1914-18 war proudly displayed hard objects that they had in their pockets that had deflected a piece of shrapnel or ricocheting bullet and had thereby saved their lives. Unfortunately, the converse can apply and a blunt injury can convert a hard or sharp object held close to the abdomen or thorax into a missile and doctors then have to deal with a penetrating injury.

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