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Woman, 80, swallows diamond at Fla. charity event
Updated 6:11 am, Friday, April 26, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The idea behind the Tampa Woman's Club charity event was simple. For $20, you could buy a flute of champagne and a chance to win a one-carat, $5,000 diamond.
Organizers of the Saturday afternoon event placed $10 cubic zirconia stones in the bottom of 399 of the 400 champagne glasses. The prized diamond, donated by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, was placed in the last.
The problem? Miriam Tucker, 80, accidentally swallowed it.
Tucker told local media that she didn't want to put her finger in the glass to get the jewel. Instead she took a few sips of champagne. As she was talking and laughing with other women at the table, she realized she swallowed the jewel.
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Woman-80-swallows-diamond-at-Fla-charity-event-4465576.php
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(81,801 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)BethanyQuartz
(193 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Gives a whole new meaning to straining on the toilet.
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)so the doc took it out then and gave it back to her so she could clean it and turn it into a family heirloom.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)malaise
(267,801 posts)Oh Shit!!
BainsBane
(53,001 posts)(need more coffee)
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Initech
(99,913 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)BeeBee
(1,074 posts)We strained the "diamond" out of the glass before allowing them to drink it, then gave them a fresh glass of wine.