Greasy lamb sandwich poised to revive Ariel Sharon ...

[HamdenRice]

I heard this on AAR's Rachel Madow show yesterday, so forgive me if it's a dupe.

She was trying to be respectful, but it is such a strange story: Doctors intend to revive Sharon from his deep coma with a lamb sandwich, called a shwarma. Here is confirmation:

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-11T010859Z_01_KWA376715_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml

I guess this is based on the idea that treasured sensory stimulants -- such as the voice of a spouse or mother -- can actually aid in the "awakening" of a patient in a deep coma.

On the other hand, different stimuli may be needed for different kinds of people. Several months ago, I read a strange story (sorry can't find the site) of a guy who was awakened from a coma by his boss. The voices of loved ones didn't work, but when his employer came to visit and said something to the effect of "get your ass out of bed and get back to work," the hardworking employee was roused from his persistent vegetative state.

Sharon has been described even by the respectful NY Times as a "man of great appetite" or as "seriously overweight." A better description is that he was a ravenous eater -- a fresser, not an esser, as they would say in Yiddish.

So it's not surprising that doctors planned to use the enticing aroma of a shwarma sandwich to rouse the glutinous prime minister from his coma.

[sui generis]

1. man just wave a cup of coffee under my snout

it brings me out of coma EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Seriously though, stimulants aside, I'll bet you a 12 hour brisket crusted with herb d'provence, fresh garlic, onion, paprika, bay, juniper, and rosemary and a light dusting of yellow curry would actually bring me back from the dead.

I'd sit my ass right up and pull that toe tag off and ask for a fork.

[napi21]

2. That's interesting. I never thought about it, but I can see it working.

I had to smile when I read the boss said "get your ass out of bed and get back to work."

I can sure see that making an impact that others couldn't accomplish!

Why do Sharon's Drs feel they have to use a lamb sandwich? I though they've been saying that he was in a drug induced comma and they'd wake him when they chose!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Maybe it was his favorite

Interesting. I never heard of that working before.

[datasuspect]

3. wake me up with shawerma anyday!

yummay!

[Bluebear]

4. mmmm....greasy lamb!

[0007]

9. Maybe it was the whole finger that did it? LOL

.....as in ozone

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

5. Actually, in all seriousness, the majority of shwarma in Israel

Is made from turkey and not lamb anymore...FWIW
:hi:

[FSogol]

7. Just open a Guinness Stout near me. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

8. How Proustian. n/t

[Matariki]

10. oh that's not nice. bait and switch

come back to the land of the living - we have yummy lamb sandwiches.

and as soon as he is up and around, break the news that he can't eat any of that stuff. what a cheap trick.

actually, that article is interesting. thanks for posting it.

[formercia]

11. Now I know what my Jewish girlfriend meant

when she told me she needed a good fressing. Not an essing, a fressing.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. "Essen" for people, "fressen" for animals

In both German and Yiddish. In Yiddish, and I think German as well, "fressen" refers to eating ravenously, like an animal.

Years ago, there was a Pennsylvania Dutch restaurant near our house named Das Essen Haus. Because of the way we felt like eating whenever we went there, we used to call it Das Fressen Haus.

[sui generis]

19. aber doch

the difference between we are going to eat food, or we are going to "feed" on silage.

Just the same my Bavarian Oma always got a kick out of yelling "Fressie!" to round up us kids when dinner was ready.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

12. What would get YOU out of a coma???

Tell me here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=105

[napi21]

15. I would say something that would shock me into reality.

You could come to the side of my bed and loudly say "OH MY GOD, George Bush is HERE!!!"

Although I really do think that would work, you could also yell, "you're little dog's in trouble! He need YOU!" I can guarantee you, if it were possible for me to wake up, that would do it for sure!!!!!

[SoCalDem]

13. memories of this old photoshop I saved

[Obamarama]

14. Man, I'd wake up for lamb shwarma, too!

And a side order of falafel while you're at it too, okay?

[orwell]

16. I prefer...

...sacrificial goats, killed by a nude high priestess at midnight, by the Nile river, while floating on a golden barge filled with ripe melons.

Or...a shot of tequilla and a bong hit.

Now...back to my coma...

[pointblank]

18. If I am ever in a coma

Put a COLD Amstel Light and a piece of fresh New York style cheese pizza next to me...oh, and make sure it is dripping with olive oil and has lots of crushed red pepper on it (the pizza, not the beer)

Thanks.