Tattooist Finds Needle

Forty years (via Wicked Thoughts):

A NEEDLE that was lost in the arm of an amateur tattooist 40 years ago has been found after it pierced his big toe. Ulf Bergström, of Mala, Sweden, lost the 17mm needle in his arm when he was doing his own tattoo in 1974. He had X-rays to find the needle at the time without any success and continued life as normal. Then late last month — 40 years later — he developed a severe pain in the big toe on his right foot, The Local reported. He asked his wife to take a look and she saw that there was a large lump. She pricked the blood-filled pimple on his toe which “squeezed out a lot of puss and s@#^,” he said. Then to his surprise his wife pulled out the needle which had entered his body in 1974. “It’s been in my body for 40 years. The only question is which route it has taken, that is something I would like to know,” he said.