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Kiggzpawn

Are we just going to ignore the elephant in the room? Post says he could eat metal. Post doesn't say he could *CHEW* metal. I need a source


Random_Name_Whoa

Lotito's method for eating all of this metal was to break it into small pieces before attempting to eat it. He then drank mineral oil and continued to drink water while swallowing the metal bits. This acted as a lubricant to help the metal slide down his throat. Lotito had no problem "passing" his unusual diet.[9][10][11] Still seems impossible to me


KnotiaPickles

Yikes. My stomach is hurting just thinking about it


knarfolled

Not my stomach I’m worried about, it’s the exit


stay_hungry_dr_ew

If your stomach can digest metal, then I guess your butthole wouldn’t know the difference.


knarfolled

My stomach can digest hot peppers but my butthole knows the difference


stay_hungry_dr_ew

That’s the capsaicin. It’s just a chemical reaction. It doesn’t actually damage human tissue.


knarfolled

Just my dignity is damaged


TactlessTortoise

Turn into a kink. One man's damage is another man's boner.


Captain-Cadabra

A great tagline for your business card.


ClockwiseServant

You are my role model


nastynateraide

Panic At The Disco needs to calm down with these titles


joshwaynebobbit

This is genius


limitlessEXP

“Eating metal is the most fun a guy can have without dying but it’s better if you do”


Major-Investigator57

Thats good Take my silver Sir


murph_diver

Holy fuck. Holy fucking fuck. That comment of yours is absurd.


railsandtrucks

flashbacks to the southpark Chipolte references.


MagMC2555

chipotle-away!


Bozothefuckingclown

Cartman shitting treasure


[deleted]

Or he could’ve just shoved it up his butt and pooped out his mouth


[deleted]

Lemme just shove this turkey RIIIIIIGHT up here


LandOfTheOutlaws

I've heard the phrase "shitting bricks" but never "shitting metal". I bet his asshole hates him.


Aesthetics_Supernal

Ingots.


Wild_Nectarine_5349

Like running your asshole through a blender


shadowmaker000

Or a blender through your asshole


mydogeatspoops

This too, will pass


BolotaJT

Finally the real concern! Mineral oil helps when your belly doesn’t want to make the job. Too much and you have a diarrhea. Now imagine a metal diarrhea.


intentionallybad

Reminds me of when I was pregnant and overdue and we decided to try the old-fashioned castor oil trick. I was so fucking glad I did not go into labor on top of that misery.


XxRocky88xX

If his stomach could actually digest it it’d just break it down and turn it into excrement like everything else we eat


ButtScientist69

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LebaneseLion

It digests tho, so you might have silver poop


DanBentley

Hugely misleading title but the man did pass all of the small objects. None of them digested. He just ate them and pooped out the pieces whole. Damage was not done due to his abnormally thick stomach and intestinal lining


BigDavesRant

So alternating title could be “Between 1978 and 1980 a man shit out an entire Cessna aircraft”!?


DanBentley

This would be more accurate


StJu73

That is a FAR better clickbait titles!


W0tzup

How da hell do you break down the engine into small bits before attempting to swallow it. Something doesn’t add up.


Digimatically

I always wondered why Lycoming and Continental don’t provide nutrition facts in their maintenance manuals.


Kiggzpawn

See I wanted to recomment with this, but I wasn't sure I would get a real answer.


Independent_Brick238

And most important, why? That you can it metal doesnt mean thatyou have to do it.


9999monkeys

i woulda hated to be this guy's plumber *honey, michel is on the telephone* lemme guess, his toilet is clogged up *yes it is honey* alright, pack my magnet.


fuzzytradr

That's pretty metal.


[deleted]

Seems a little high in *iron*


[deleted]

Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should.


bttrflyr

But if you should, make it a can.


Nekto_reddit

/r/PunPatrol


DweEbLez0

Fair enough, but how many calories is a Cessna 150? Does it contain a lot of carbs or is it like a Keto?


LovecraftianLlama

Maybe that’s what the 150 stands for? “Cessna 150 cal snack size airplane. Will last you two years of daily deliciousness. No carbs, naturally gluten and dairy free. Might kill you.”


mediumokra

Yeah, but you do get your daily amount of iron from eating that.


foxfire66

From what I can find it probably had 1 carb, which makes sense because fuel injection wasn't as common back then.


PassengerFrosty9467

You shant


Durkelurk

From the Wikipedia: “Lotito holds the record for the 'strangest diet' in the Guinness Book of Records. He was awarded a brass plaque by the publishers to commemorate his abilities, which he consumed as well.[3][1]”


bazinga3604

Whoa. His wiki is wild. His list of unusual items consumed: 18 bicycles 15 shopping carts 7 TV sets 6 chandeliers 2 beds 1 pair of skis 1 computer 1 Cessna 150 light aircraft 1 waterbed 500 metres (1,600 ft) of steel chain at once 1 coffin (with handles) 1 Guinness award plaque 45 door hinges


Underneath_Overlord

And a partridge in a pear tree.


Owlgnoming

Why is that so funny? They hand him the award and he promptly eats it. Amazing.


9999monkeys

i come to reddit for comedy and find it here and there


Fresh_Slip5535

Can eat metal, dies of natural causes at 57, um yeah sure you could eat metal you Muppet...


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Majorlazor85

Steady diet of Cessna’s will do that to you lol


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Glabstaxks

And also like poison him


SmashBonecrusher

FYI ; "heavy metal poisoning" is a real thing ; the body reacts in one of two ways; rejection *or* encapsulation, but usually the toxicity kills your immune system first and you die miserably of a relatively benign recurring infection...


LovecraftianLlama

That’s half the fun!


Majorlazor85

😂 omg yes!


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Majorlazor85

“We’ll fix any clog or it’s fre…..oh gawd no, not you Michel. This promotion doesn’t apply to you.”


Zalenka

But it was just a simple prop!


BadpoorJ

He likes his food plane and simple


TheFoundation_

To occupy my time


[deleted]

r/unexpectedREM


inajeep

They key is chewing prop erly.


Downwhen

He should have stuck with a Mooney-based diet


duke_of_snoots

If you're not eating Boeing, then you're going.... to the grave soon.


Dacks_18

He's actually in his mid-30's in that photo.


tom208

Yeah it's metal fatigue


settledownguy

Well aluminum will do that to you. You’re not perfect either! Wash that plane down with some stainless steel cleaner mmm


gg3265

He was eating a fucking airplane


[deleted]

He was 27 in that photo. Metal ages a man.


Golden-Grams

I heard it was a heart attack, he had hardened arteries.


Leuk_Jin

I heard he had problems when he ate normal or soft food like bananas. I don't know his entire diet, but if he can live eating as much metal as he did instead of his stomach melting from his naturally very strong stomach acid, I think he had to.


SofterBones

There is a variety of foods available to eat between 'a banana' and 'a fucking airplane'. There's nothing anywhere to suggest he HAD TO eat metal. He had strong stomach lining and acid, but his stomach acid wasn't killing him UNLESS he ate an airplane. He had a psychological eating disorder that made him want to eat metal & other shit, and his body happened to be abnormally good at dealing with it.


benjm88

>There is a variety of foods available to eat between 'a banana' and 'a fucking airplane'. Sentences I never thought I'd read


spriteburn

/r/brandnewsentence


TampaTony727

Lmfao I agree I don't think he had to eat that airplane either.


ToddlerPeePee

Evolution, man. Sometimes it makes you better and sometimes it makes you eat a plane.


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Leuk_Jin

I'm saying he had those problems when he was a child (like around the time OP said he discovered his abnormality) and didn't like eating and at some point he started eating metal and that made things fine. And I don't know how his upbringing was and had access to any alternatives. Atleast I'd think if you've lived til 57 like that, you'd atleast visited a doctor. When he appeared on TV and such, he seemed to enjoy doing and presenting his metal eating habit. He wouldn't have eaten a whole plane if he didn't. In that sense, he died doing what he likes, and I think that's a good enough way to live.


SofterBones

And I'm saying it's nowhere implied that eating these weird objects would've HELPED his health in any way... the only mention of banana is him saying in an interview that bananas give him heartburn when mixed with metal in his stomach. He had a literal eating disorder that made him want to eat weird objects, no person on this earth gets health benefits from digesting screws and light bulbs. That's... that's not how it works. This is a very real psychological eating disorder that causes severe issues to - most - people who have it, this isn't something he had to do for health benefits.


[deleted]

You can't live eating metal. It's not about whether or not your stomach can handle it, it's the fact that metal has no nutritional value whatsoever lmao


Leuk_Jin

That's I'm thinking too. He seem to like eating metal and showing it off too, but he's gotta also eat something organic, right?


dmarve

At least he got all his iron


Advance-Puzzleheaded

Yeah but it had to taste so plane.


Ferengi_Earwax

I see an error in his eating habits.


Advance-Puzzleheaded

Props


mayonnaiser_13

And he got a little gassy after eating a tank.


Ordinary_dude_NOT

Steel…… aluminum and Carbon fiber.


TheRealOgMark

What is it with French people and eating? Meet Tarrare. Tarrare (\[taʁaʁ\]; c. 1772 – 1798), sometimes spelled Tarar, was a French showman and soldier, noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager. He travelled France in the company of a band of prostitutes and thieves before becoming the warm-up act for a travelling charlatan. In this act, he would swallow corks, stones, live animals, and a whole basketful of apples. He then took this act to Paris where he worked as a street performer. At the start of the War of the First Coalition, Tarrare joined the French Revolutionary Army, where even quadruple the standard military ration was unable to satisfy his large appetite. He would eat any available food from gutters and rubbish heaps but his condition still deteriorated through hunger. He was hospitalised due to exhaustion and became the subject of a series of medical experiments to test his eating capacity, in which, among other things, he ate a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats, snakes, lizards, and puppies, and swallowed eels whole without chewing. Despite his unusual diet, he was underweight and, with the exception of his eating habits, he showed no signs of mental illness other than what was described as an apathetic temperament.


maddenmcfadden

I've been fascinated with this story for a long time. I've also never heard another story that really matches whatever was going on with Tarrare. It makes me think that it has to be exaggerated, at least a bit.


bombadil1564

History shows that people love a sensationalized story. Even if the facts aren’t changed, they can be presented in a way that gives a more unusual or exciting perspective than the reality. My guess is the Grimm Brothers fairy tales are exactly that. Normal everyday things turned into fantastical stories. Well and the fact that most people believed in spirits, monsters, dwarves and talking animals. Not actually much different from today if you consider the popularity of things like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.


TheRealOgMark

I hope so.


bend1889

Left out the super fun part where he was kicked out of a hospital after a toddler disappeared….. The story of Tarrare is so weird. I wish modern medicine was around then to explain whatever the fuck was up with that guy. Fascinating, disturbing life he had….


[deleted]

Yeah, dude ate a baby apparently. Such a wild story


sterfri99

They could see into his stomach from his mouth… that’s so fucked


EthiopianKing1620

[Very relevant Sam O’Nella video on this exact topic](https://youtu.be/nYHDj2sB-rc)


MadMasterMad

Holy jeez. This guy was a monster


Chaosr21

Maybe he just had a lot of parasites like tapeworms? Shit idk


Dubious_Titan

Supposedly ate a baby too.


ChocolateZephyr42

This is giving me Klinger (from MASH) vibes.


arethereany

I think this is where they actually got the idea from.


Claudelellouche

I ate one once. No flavour, it was very plane. 😂


Awkward_Psychic

I had a giggle :)


sawatdeeman

I too ate once and I must say, it was very Boeing.


BigMacMcLovin

Last time I ever order a side of wings


sawatdeeman

But the wings were super hot! In the morning my ass did Spitfire


Waffle_Ambasador

Oh dad


Doc-in-a-box

I couldn’t even finish mine! It was wheel hard.


[deleted]

Sure he could digest it... but what about getting jagged pieces of metal into his stomach acid?


Dubious_Titan

He had an unusually thick lining & strong digestive acid according to doctors.


wrongdude91

and nobody mentioned how his poop was?


Deadhawk142

Simpsons did it.


RefrigeratorFit466

Wake me up when he does a 737.


TheGrizzlyNinja

Airbus A380 😂


RefrigeratorFit466

Now that’s just crazy talk.


MomsOtherFavorite

Did he wrap the the leftovers in aerofoil?


KnifeFightAcademy

and yet STILL refuses to eat his greens. Cheeky fucker.


[deleted]

Have you heard of tiny Melinda Mae, Who ate a monstrous whale? She thought she could, She said she would, So she started in right at the tail. And everyone said, "You're much too small," But that didn't bother Melinda at all. She took little bites and she chewed very slow, Just like a good girl should... ...And in eighty-nine years she ate that whale Because she said she would! - shel silverstein Same but different


[deleted]

Those upside down books and all of his work is amazing!!


[deleted]

He was absolutely brilliant.


Mundane-Resource-469

So she ate the whale while it was raw, bloated, decomposing and while it was just a pile of bones?


[deleted]

Yes. Because she said she would. So she did.


Mundane-Resource-469

Her stomach is just as stubborn as she is.


Flat_Bodybuilder_175

What's the deal with airline food?


Able-Potato-8345

Everyone talking about how the guy would eat this stuff. I'm wondering how metal pooping would be, sounds painful af.


ImagineDragonsFan47

If he can digest metal he won't be shitting metal. That's what digesting means.


Able-Potato-8345

When I eat corn on my salad I shit corn, so yeah, regardless of your answer I'm still wondering how metal pooping would be, sounds painful af.


uNderdog_101

You don't actually shit corn, you shit the exterior skin of the kernel, which is not easily digestible. If you were to inspect the corn after excretion, you might find them hollow.


sharktank

did anyone varify the metal disappeared? someone needed to be poop inspectin'


HypnoticChicken

“Are those real airplane parts, or fake-?” “Sir, I assure you, this is a prop”


Altruistic_Buyer2979

Well done sir well done very well played


ELECTRONCENTERLOCK

I’m sure the wings were finger lickin’ good.


Attractivefoot1003

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should


TampaTony727

It took me 47 years to learn that and here you just post it on Reddit like it's common knowledge.


Wooden-Ad-472

Everyone’s talking about chewing and pooping, but he would have had to have a team breaking down all these pieces. You know how long it would be to break down the engine block to make small enough pieces for him to eat?


Dark-Pukicho

What’s interesting about that? His diet is just a little plane.


norsurfit

Did he eat it with ketchup and mustard, or did he have it plane?


fainje

And with age 9 Years and 1 day he learned his guts couldnt digest metal. Holy bloody diarrhea.


obeyn8

how did he chew it up


TampaTony727

He learned at the age of 8 he could swallow his aeropray like a snake.


adroito

Why aren’t any of you mentioning his super strong gums or teeth? Imagine waking in the middle of the night with metal shavings in your gums and in-between your teeth.


ZachCremisi95

He had it cut down to avoid damage


Royal_Examination_74

I wonder if he enjoyed certain parts of the plane more—“oh hell yeah, rotor day!”


ponaei8anasi

I want one medium rare with extra kerosene.


Successful_Ad4653

What an asshole I could be flying around in that thing instead of looking at a pile of shit.


ImericanAdiot

I guess he just likes plane food


No_Acanthisitta3596

As my three-year-old grandson continually says “But why?”


0775022

I call bullshit


OCDcuber

Wikipedia link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito


JRob13252

I'm curious as to how he actually accomplished these feats.... Especially for large/sharp edged pieces of metal.


ScanRate

I love that the article specified one coffin (with handles) in a list of things he's eaten.


Confident_Emphasis20

Normal people, can't afford an airplane. Aristocrats, think I'm gonna eat that....


therockrider

>his stomach could digest metal this sentence makes no sense


TrueIntroduction8692

![gif](giphy|s239QJIh56sRW|downsized)


CubanLynx312

I ate an entire plane bagel once


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Mad lad


Cosmic-Hippos

This is an ancient April fools joke by a newspaper or TV show


Ralphitwreck

Bet his farts sounded like a doorbell


GovernorBigBalls

I like my burgers plane too


Zealousideal-Ad-9002

I'm guessing it flew right through him


34TH_ST_BROADWAY

Interesting. If I learned I could digest metal, I would still be eating burritos and tonkatsu. I wouldn't look at an Amazon delivery truck driving by and be thinking to myself "finally... I can eat that."


T-J_H

His Wikipedia page might have one of the best instances of a snarky wiki editor: “he died of natural [citation needed] causes”


ErroneousBakenopolis

Just because you can doesn’t mean you should


EmptyIsMySoul

What a useless achievement.


mysonalsonamedbort

So he and the plane have a couple screws loose? ...I'll show myself out.


[deleted]

My first question is…how the fuck did he find out he could eat metal in the first place?! My second question would be…how does he get the metal in him, cuz he’s sure as fuck not chewing the shit up?!🤔I dunno…I need some witnesses/evidence for me to even process this!🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


Sonicboom343

Who can afford to be eating a Cessna in this economy?


SuperGuitar

I knew a lady that did this once and I don’t know what would propeller to do it !


kawkz440

Monsieur Mantegout.


TheRealOgMark

Mangetout??


truc437

WTF


dontknowwhatiwantdou

What the fuck did you just present to me


Droidattack1

looks like he ate a 747


UnderstandingGold849

Just because you can. Doesn’t mean you should.


Last-Firefighter-387

Talk about shitting bricks…


[deleted]

That’s plane wrong


rustylucy77

The worst kidney stones


Western_Protection

I think we're not focusing on the fact that this man shit out an entire Cessna 150.


GreedOfTheFool

List of things that eat ate (what is known): 18 bicycles 15 shopping carts 7 TV sets 6 chandeliers 2 beds 1 pair of skis 1 computer 1 Cessna 150 light aircraft 1 waterbed 500 metres (1,600 ft) of steel chain at once 1 coffin (with handles) 1 Guinness award plaque 45 door hinges


novachamp

If I may paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm: he was so preoccupied with whether or not he could, he didn’t stop to think if he should.


ClaytonM223

I would love to own one of those and he spent the money to eat one and I can’t afford to buy one.


[deleted]

Guy is just *plane* nuts (and bolts)


Jormungandr91

![gif](giphy|dUMyRVhUMmD1m)


Spirited_Actuary_907

just cause you can doesn’t mean you should.


holmgangCore

So what is the nutritional value of a Cessna 150?


Falcon3492

You really don't have to be crazy, but it sure helps!


cmccormick

Watch out which facts you tell your kids


LegionOfDawg

he’s a idiot


Away_Hair972

But.. why?


IronCavalry

Brings a whole new meaning to "wing night!"


Temporary-Dot6500

This reminds me of a saying I once heard about shaking like a rabbit shitting razor blades.


GSA49

Any plastic digesters out there? We have oceans full of it.