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Hamster kills man

metro.co.uk — A woman is suing a pet shop chain after her husband died of a hamster virus.

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  • frooo, on 04/18/2008, -1/+85Interesting case: Women sues pet company after her husband dies after receiving an organ from an infected woman who got the virus from a hamster she got at a pet store.

    Sound like a soap opera much?
    • gn0stik, on 04/18/2008, -0/+61I'm just Reeeeaaaaaaly glad it's not what I thought it was.
    • SpectreFire, on 04/18/2008, -0/+14I really don't think soap opera writers could even come up with this *****.
      • kh99, on 04/18/2008, -0/+8You're right - it would take a lawyer to come up with that.
    • graemee, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1Sounds more like the anime, magical hamster vs virus.
    • Patori, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1I thought that this article would be about this: http://www.webhamster.com/
    • nullx42, on 04/18/2008, -4/+1Die in a fire "much" you *****.
    • ghank, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2WTF? why sue the pet company? how is it the pet company's fault that the hospital didn't properly screen the organs for viruses BEFORE transplanting them?
  • anniepoonanny, on 04/18/2008, -14/+7Someone should sue the woman who is handing out infected organs instead.
  • fluidfoundation, on 04/18/2008, -2/+40I wonder if the hamster is dancing on his grave...
  • ThEDeMoNKiNg, on 04/18/2008, -4/+15They're evolving...
    • emailingRob, on 04/18/2008, -0/+5They look, and feel... well... like hamsters, mostly.
  • bezz, on 04/18/2008, -1/+93awww. The cutest murderer ever.
  • slapded, on 04/18/2008, -14/+2Heres what the guy looks like..
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=KtOqtxSTtmo
    • Akaji, on 04/18/2008, -1/+6Wow, that's so funny and original! Man, I wish I had the brains to come up with such an original prank...
    • anagoge, on 04/18/2008, -2/+11Rick Astley would NEVER give you up or let you down.
    • joe361, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1That looks gross.
  • doritos456, on 04/18/2008, -7/+15LOL
  • DucoNihilum, on 04/18/2008, -1/+7Are they sure it wasn't a chipmunk?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw
  • nblsavage, on 04/18/2008, -1/+31Life imitates The Sims?
    • Asianwaste, on 04/18/2008, -1/+5Was thinking the same thing. That damn hamster killed everyone that loved him.
    • amerine, on 04/18/2008, -1/+4haha, i read the headline and was like "omg.. its The Sims!"
  • klick37, on 04/18/2008, -7/+23Obligatory:
    I, for one, welcome our furry hamster overlords.
  • MattJF317, on 04/18/2008, -1/+11Did this guy put it in his ass too...?
  • sassafras1232, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4Why does the organ bank not screen for this? It seems that most people who get organ transplants also get immunosuppressive drugs as well. So any organ carrying this disease could be fatal to implant.
    • emailingRob, on 04/18/2008, -0/+6Anyone else remember the Scrubs episode where 3 of Dr Coxs' transplant patients die from the donors' rabies? I guess they don't check for uber-rare diseases. Not that I'm referencing a television script as a reliable resource, mind you.
    • joebob793, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2what surprises me is that the woman has a lawsuit. This is the most convoluted chain of events ever. This is a very unfortunate situation, but not the pet store's fault
  • chrispeters, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3You would think the hospital would test for bacteria and viruses before passing the organs on.
    • cyks, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1It would cost hospitals far too much money to test every person for every known strain of bacteria and virus known to man.
      • desuexmachina, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3More importantly, if somebody is waiting for an organ, they really don't have the time to wait around for all these tests to manifest.
        • brettmjohnson, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1However, knowing that the donor died from meningitis (even if the doctors did not know the exact infectious agent), should have excluded the donor from ever being a donor.
    • daschupa, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2If only Dr. House was in charge.
  • Osirus1156, on 04/18/2008, -5/+12"Two other people died of the virus in 2005 after receiving infected organs from the same woman as her husband."

    Why was she even allowed to give another organ in the first place?
    • talkinboutru, on 04/18/2008, -0/+5third time's a charm
    • DyDx, on 04/18/2008, -0/+5Um, because when an organ donor dies _all_ of their needed organs are transplanted _immediately_? So they all got infected at once, it's just this guy survived a few years longer.
    • qber, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3Have you ever met a two time, soon to be three time organ donor who's still alive? Think about it...
  • dougdiggerton, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1and women are afraid of mice.
  • f4nt0m4s, on 04/18/2008, -1/+4That's not as embarrassing as having to go to the hospital for a gerbil stuck in your ass!
    • MasterTroll, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3Did it hurt when they took it out?
    • lunachique, on 04/18/2008, -0/+6Know why gerbils can't drive? They get stuck in Gere!
  • ANT1138, on 04/18/2008, -0/+21http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8696/iwillkillu ...
  • mrelusive, on 04/18/2008, -0/+28Go for the eyes Boo. GO FOR THE EYES!
  • steamedrice11, on 04/18/2008, -0/+10I was expecting to read about some hamster physically killed a man after reading the title.... apparently not. It's still interesting tho
    • agentshiro, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Same here...I was hoping for there to be monster blood involved too, and the hamster becomes mutated.
    • crump199, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Those fuzzy little hands could never fit around a man's throat.
  • LittleGerms, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2awwwwwww :3
  • CSHYDRASHOK, on 04/18/2008, -0/+8Don't keep rodents as pets, its not safe. Too much sun light isn't safe. Sex isn't safe. Damn there isn't much that's safe. Its called life and life isn't a sure thing its a risk.
  • kujo740, on 04/18/2008, -3/+2If only it had been a rabbit.
    /Monty Python
  • joe361, on 04/18/2008, -6/+1This is the result, http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
  • Kronk42583, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2ok. im trying to sort this out. the woman's husband received an infected organ from a transplant.... so she sues petsmart? hrmmm.....
    • kh99, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4The only party involved that has money. You just know that a lawyer thought that one up.
  • Typhoon2009, on 04/18/2008, -0/+12That's like saying "Mosquito kills man" (West Nile) or "Housecat kills man" (cat scratch fever) or "goldfish kills man" (insert some fish-related illness here).
    • mattwalton56, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Mansquito.........

      that movie sucked. :/
    • evildeadguy, on 04/18/2008, -0/+8I'm calling off work in the morning saying I have fin rot
    • jnava121, on 04/18/2008, -1/+0mercury poisoning from eating to many gold fish ? lol
    • fxu1989, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Also like saying ... "Horse kills man" (penis inserted in the butt)

      OH WAIT-
  • khaavren, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2How do you contract this from a hamster? Does it involve a toilet paper roll?
  • Thugacation, on 04/18/2008, -1/+4I'm not surprised. Before being taken down, there was a video on Youtube of some guy training his hamsters to eat baby mice.
  • Jay105, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1It has begun....
  • anagoge, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4Godless killing machines!!!
    • subterfuge, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3is there such a thing as a godful killing machine?
      • CCB0x45, on 04/18/2008, -1/+5US Soldiers in Iraq!
        /I'm here all week folks!
  • matt487, on 04/18/2008, -1/+10Dugg for the title
  • jerrylin, on 04/18/2008, -0/+6When I first read the title, I was expecting to hear Richard Gere has died from internal complications.
  • Cofaloaf, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Damn, I totally thought this story was going to be about a hamster going Rambo on his owner's ass and tearing out his jugular. I'm disappointed.
  • terrix, on 04/18/2008, -0/+10This is rather silly, the virus is normally harmless, it just happened this guy's immune system was put out of commission since he was on suppressants. Its not PetsMart's fault the woman's organs were used while infected, nor could this possibility be reasonably foreseen given the company isn't run by doctors who know the ins and outs of organ transplants. Tragic, yes, but the man had bad luck, there are any number of things people could be infected with when you get donated organs and whether or not you live is such a crap shoot. They exercised due care, I could only see the organ donors as liable for not telling their doctors they had pet hamsters or the hospital liable this being factored into whose an eligable donor, but then again, if your getting donated organs, you take what you get, there are no guarantees on the quality of the parts and its silly for this woman to think such.
  • Asheis, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1That literally has to be the saddest way to die.. I don't think anyone could have foretold THAT!
  • deviouskoopa, on 04/18/2008, -2/+4Best. Headline. Ever.
    • RudeTurnip, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2Dugg!
    • nmcphee, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1it was a very good headiline, but it's not the Best. Headline. Ever.
  • TecK415, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1"Two other people died of the virus in 2005 after receiving infected organs from the same woman as her husband, Thomas, 54."

    Does this make sense to anyone?
    • DyDx, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1It just means he lived longer, they all got organs at about the same time -- when the woman died.
  • borez, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1It's all a conspiracy

    http://www.petitiononline.com/skdh1003/petition.ht ...
  • scrapir, on 04/18/2008, -3/+1In the butt
  • borez, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1http://www.petitiononline.com/skdh1003/petition.ht ...
  • nickbr00tality, on 04/18/2008, -1/+3when i read the headline, i thought a hamster straight up attacked a dude...

    ohh.
  • ijake, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1:cue dramatic chipmuck video for effect:
  • rvca6, on 04/18/2008, -0/+6PWND!
    hamster 1 - humans 0
    • hansk, on 04/18/2008, -2/+2more like hampster 1 humans 76576486464648648654848546744548545465456486.9
  • PeteyEks, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Is it really necessary to say that the hamster killed the man? A better headline would be "Man Dies from Hamster Virus"

    Personally, Digg topic titles have been getting worse and worse.
    • andrewtheart, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Welcome to Digg, apparently you been under a rock for the past few years.
  • LightSpeed4, on 04/18/2008, -1/+5misleading titles are the only way to get diggs
  • Chadrew, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Bad hamster!
  • Tallon29, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4Armageddon!
  • 16bitgamer, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0I always knew they were evil, or was that gerbils?
  • flip2trip, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1"That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"
    "Look, that hamster's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!"
    • herecomes, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Now quote something from "The Life of Brian".
  • PeppersGhost, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0That is ridiculous.
  • Nickatwork, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0That's what we get for thinking Pygmy Porcupines would make cuter pets.
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