Episode Details

1. THE BACKSTORY: A NIGHT OUT + A DARE

• Man goes out drinking with friends 30 years ago.
• Friends dare him to swallow a plastic cigarette lighter.
• Hosts joke:
• “That’s smart.”
• “How do you just assume it passes? Wouldn’t you notice?”
• Conversation about what would happen if you swallowed something that big.
• Banter about whether anyone checks their BMs that closely.
• “A lighter? That would hurt coming out!”

2. THE DISCOVERY — 30 YEARS LATER

• Now 67 years old, the man experiences abdominal pain and bloating.
• He goes to the doctor for scans.
• Doctors find a foreign object but can’t identify it.
• Emergency procedure attempted, but removal is difficult:
• Object is smooth and slippery.
• They can’t grasp it easily.

3. THE BIG REVEAL

• Doctors show the man the scan images.
• Man realizes:
• “Oh my gosh…30 years ago, I swallowed a lighter during a dare!”
• He had assumed it passed through his system at the time—but it didn’t.

4. REMOVAL + SHOCKING DISCOVERY

• Doctors finally remove the lighter during an endoscopy.
• They notice:
• The lighter’s exterior was corroded by stomach acid.
• But it still had gas inside.
• And yes…they try it.
• The lighter still works — after 30 years inside a human stomach.

5. HOST REACTIONS & HUMOR

• “Unbelievable.”
• Jokes about how he didn’t notice for 30 years.
• Banter about blaming stomach aches on “bad Chinese food.”
• Discussion about whether people in China say “I had bad Chinese food.”
• Reactions to how shocking it is that the lighter was still functional.

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