08-26-25 - Man Had 25 Inch Long Live Eel Removed From His Colon BO

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness, 08-26-25

Episode Theme:
This episode centers around a bizarre and disturbing news story about a man who had a 25-inch live eel surgically removed from his colon. The hosts—John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—discuss the incident with their trademark irreverence, using the story as a springboard for dark humor, warnings, and riffing on related topics. The conversation weaves through medical oddities, sexual experimentation, and social commentary in the show’s typical outrageous style.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Eel Incident: A Deep Dive

[01:47 – 08:21]

• John Holmberg recounts a news story where Vietnamese doctors encountered a 31-year-old man with a "live two-foot-long eel" inside his abdomen, after he had inserted it rectally for sexual pleasure.
• The eel attempted to escape by “chew[ing] its way out”, causing internal injuries. The man had also lodged a lime inside to prevent the eel from escaping the way it entered.
  • “Two feet’s a little aggressive. I think you could have found a smaller eel.” — John Holmberg [01:52]
• Emergency surgery was performed:
  • Doctors tried to remove the foreign object through the anus but couldn't due to the lime.
  • They conducted imaging, found the eel had bitten through the patient’s colon, and had to make an abdominal incision to remove it.
  • “Once he broke through, he was done.” — John Holmberg [02:27]
• The team marvels at the length and diameter of the eel (25 inches, 4 inches in diameter) and discusses possible motives and the man’s experience:
  • “He had the lime handy. So this was not the first time he's gone eel and ass and recognized it.” — John Holmberg [05:30]
• They joke about this type of behavior being commonplace, referencing doctors' admissions that “patients recently, a lot—typical young men—were putting objects in their bums for sexual pleasure: bottles, cups, adult toys… this is the first case involving a live eel.” [05:17]
• The hosts note that eels’ biology allows them to survive in low oxygen and to potentially “bite through gastrointestinal tract,” cautioning listeners against such acts.
  • “People should never insert live animals through the anus. That's also a warning that has to go out.” — John Holmberg [05:35]

2. Humor, Warnings, and Comparisons

[04:50 – 08:18]

• The team injects crass humor, referencing adult websites, and making surreal connections:
  • “So you know, it's like what the girls go through on black2.com.” — John Holmberg [04:53]
  • On previous occurrences: A 12-inch eel had also been removed from another man in the same year.
  • Jokes about checking for additional objects (“don’t look any further”) and defensive explanations by patients.
• They riff on personal experience and fantasy “levels”—the idea the man had “worked his way up to that”.
• John cautions listeners about the risks and recommends commercially made butt plugs as “safer.”

3. Grindr Commentary & Airplane Anxiety

[08:22 – 09:50]

• Holmberg pivots to dating apps, joking:
  • “I didn’t see anybody on my messages holding a snake or an eel.” — John Holmberg [08:32]
• Expresses concern over public hygiene and air travel:
  • “That’s why I don’t want to fly next to anybody. I want bigger seats, I want more space. ... I bet you I’ve been on a plane before. The guy’s had something with an eel effort living in his ass. Bigger seats, bigger eels.” — John Holmberg [08:47]

4. Listener Interaction and Extreme Scenarios

[09:50 – 11:01]

• Reads a listener message pondering self-removal of the eel and the lengths someone might go before seeking medical aid.
  • “I don’t think I go to the hospital for this. I think I let it kill me.” — John Holmberg [10:08]
• Compares the scenario to the Grand Canyon—alluding to situations with irreversible consequences.
  • “You’re not coming back from that story.” — John Holmberg [10:31]

5. Eel News in Japan

[11:01 – 11:12]

• Briefly touches on another eel-related incident in Japan where tainted eel at a department store led to one death and 12 hospitalizations.
  • “If you were in the grocery section of this department store last week and had some roasted eel, it was evidently rotten... Eel news!” — John Holmberg [11:04]

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• “Two feet’s a little aggressive. I think you could have found a smaller eel.” — John Holmberg [01:52]
• “People should never insert live animals through the anus. That’s also a warning that has to go out.” — John Holmberg [05:35]
• “At least do the thing with a butt plug. They’ve got a built-in blocker so it doesn’t slide all the way through.” — John Holmberg [06:46]
• “That eel grew up in his hands and has grown to two feet and four inches in diameter. That is not that eel’s first venture into the intestine.” — John Holmberg [07:00]
• ”That’s why I don’t want to fly next to anybody... I bet you I’ve been on a plane before. The guy’s had something with an eel … living in his ass.” — John Holmberg [08:47]
• “I don’t think I go to the hospital for this. I think I let it kill me.” — John Holmberg [10:08]
• ”Eel news! We don’t have a song for that, I guess.” — John Holmberg [11:04]

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Skit Segment: Officer Rico Blaze Drops In

[11:12 – 15:03]

• Character “Officer Rico Blaze” makes a comedic appearance with over-the-top sexual innuendo, discussing preferences for “big-boned women” and riffing on the episode’s earlier themes with exaggerated bravado.
• Rico Blaze comments humorously on women's sexual exploration, sizes, and race, delivering crass, raunchy “police” banter:
  • “I have a two-foot moray eel that is dark black. It ain’t got no teeth. Girl. It’ll go right in there and it ain’t eating you from the inside out. That’s my job.” — Officer Rico Blaze [11:32]
  • “Every time you hear Trump or Kamala. Kamala putting on a little weight too. … Kamala’s not getting what she should be getting. I seen her husband. That man’s eel is a goldfish.” — Officer Rico Blaze [12:16]
  • “Remember those little lost soccer players? Yeah, I found them. … I said, let me throw them a rope. I’ve been in bigger, fatter holes than this cave.” — Officer Rico Blaze [13:38]
• Holmberg and crew riff further, ending the segment with joking about who should or shouldn’t “put eels in their ass.”

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Important Timestamps

• [01:47] – Eel news story begins
• [04:50] – Details on the patient’s choices, objects, and medical response
• [05:17] – Medical expert’s comments and warning
• [06:46] – Butt plug safety advice
• [08:22] – Grindr joke and travel-related anxieties
• [10:08] – Debate over seeking medical help vs. letting the eel “kill me”
• [11:01] – Japanese eel incident, food poisoning
• [11:12 – 15:03] – Officer Rico Blaze “police work” comedy sketch

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Conclusion

This episode is emblematic of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness: riffing on outlandish headline news with candid, often crude humor and quick-witted banter. Through the story of the man and the eel, the crew laces gross-out details with running gags about sexual experimentation, bad decisions, and the dangers of curiosity—always in their irrepressibly brash style. The message (in typical HMS fashion): “Don’t put eels in your ass. Leave it to the professionals (or at least use a butt plug).”

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Transcript

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[John Holmberg]

The rest of Holmberg's morning sickness Also big news for eels in the world. A couple days ago there was a, there was a thing. Wondering about how they're doing this. I got eel news. Breaking news. A couple, couple days ago there was a Japanese dinner and like 14 or 15 people just started puking up after eating the eels. And it was some, you know, bigwig dinner and all that. I'm like, wow, eel news. That's new. And then the next day, because I think I was reading so much about the eels, this story comes up. There was a guy, I'll just say Vietnamese doctors removed a live Two foot long eel from a man's abdomen that had chewed through his intestines after he put it in his own anus. Two feet's a little aggressive. I think you could have found a smaller eel. The nauseating discovery was made when 31 year old Indian national was admitted to Viet Duke Hospital in Hanoi. Kill me if I'm ever admitted to the Viet Duke Hospital. Excruciating at we do a fundraiser every year for him. Oh yeah, over at kta. Yeah, that, that Vietnamese kid. Doctors learned that the adventurous patient had slipped the phallic shaped fish into his butt earlier that day. And it tried to escape, but not the route it came in. It tried to chew its way out. The eel had bitten through the patient's rectum colon trying to escape the abdominal cavity. Immediately examined and underwent several imaging tests including an X ray that showed the eel skeleton laying inside his abdomen because it had been rotted out. Once he broke through, he was done. The doctors attempted to remove the foreign object through the man's anus, but discovered a large line that he had inserted to block the eel's exit. So not only did he put the eel in there, once he got him all the way in, then the lime just lodged up. It's just a lot. Yeah, just you. Well, you can't pass by a lime. Yeah, I know. If the eel figured out how to turn around, then he couldn't get the.

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Lime out because it was too small.

[John Holmberg]

Roadblock. Right. Well, and I think he was no longer worried about the lime. He's like something's going on way up here. Yeah, lime's the second story breaks through my. I'm not reaching in going, well, at least I got the lime. The eel bit its way through the man's intestines and into his abdomen. Instead, doctors opted for an emergency surgery. They sliced open the patient's torso and found the live eel. Good God. It's a real thing. They found the live eel still cooking along. Oh, I thought they said, well, no, it's an X ray. See a skeleton. Oh, gotcha. Okay. And so I didn't know I'd have to come up. Follow along. You're better than. Anyway, so they got him out of there. And I don't know what you do with eel after that. I mean he is definitely traumatized. It's 25 inches long and 4 inches in diameter. So you know, it's like what the girls go through on black2.com. Here's a photo of the line that they had pulled out of his ass. The Opposite direction if you're interested. Oh, I'm sure I got a video of it later. There's the eel. And next to the line, two and a half. They're two feet long. Wow, 25 inch eel. And he decided to say, hey, this thing's perfect. Sushi tonight. Yeah, no kidding. After checking for any additional foreign objects because they didn't believe the patient was like, okay, that's all, don't look any further. They stitched them up. Surgeons perform a colonoscopy, a colonoscomy, to prevent fecal matter from passing through the cut, you know, because you can't have poop going into that or get an infection. Like swimming in the scene river. Yeah, I was gonna say swimming in the Paris Olympics. The doctor said to Vietnam News they've dealt with patients recently. A lot typical young men were putting objects in their bums for sexual pleasure. Bottles, cups, adult toys. That's pretty common. This is the first case involving a live eels can survive in anaerobic conditions for a long time and have the ability to bite through gastrointestinal tract. That's a warning to all of you with an eel thinking about this. People should never insert live animals through the anus. That's also a warning that has to go out. This is why I don't like coat. This is exactly why I won't fly with you people. Well, there goes the party I'm going to tonight. If you're seeking sensations due to the eels maneuvering, you must think first of the unforeseeable consequences of doing such an act. Not the first time doctors have removed an eel from someone's backside. At that hospital this year In March, a 12 inch eel, more reasonable. Oh yeah. Slid up a 43 year old man's anus. He was rushed to the hospital in the Haha district, of course, the Haha hospital in Quang Ninh province where the sea creature was then removed. He said it was an accident. Then he flew home on Spirit Airlines and sat next to me going to Kansas City in two weeks. So what do you do for a living? Prayer. Oh, I make baby caskets. Oh, that's great. I run a fish stall. Oh no. So yeah, don't do that. I always remember the champion of the sumo wrestling would get like a thousand pounds of eels as one of their. But to eat. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You used to be able to eat them. It's a delicacy. But you're supposed to eat them in your mouth. But I gotta say, if you've gone 2ft of eel 4 inch diameter. You worked your way up to that other and the lime. He had the lime handy. So this was not the first time he's gone eel and ass and recognize it. Go crazy when you first couple time I do it, he slid out. So I put braca in. In a film of a citrus, what do I have a big enough to brock eel from a coming out? All right. He shoved the lime up his ass. And then the eel was confused like, ah, there's no way out. I'll show Richard Gere how it's done. There's no easy way out. That's in the eel's head. There's no shot. And he just starts chomping down trying to eat its way because he realized, oh, I put a line behind me, I can't get out. So yeah, Richard Gere nothing on this guy. 2ft 4 inch diameter. He's had some stuff in there before pipe and he's gotten away with it. That that eel grew up in his hands and has grown to 2ft and 4 inches in diameter. That is not that eel's first venture into the intestine. And for any you out there with something up your butt right now, consider, you know, at least do the thing with a butt plug. They've got a built in blocker on the other end so it doesn't slide all the way through. You should look for him on Grindr. I'll bet he's on your app. Let's take a look.

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[John Holmberg]

Do you eel like a dude? Let's see if anybody's on there. Oh, I got a message. So let's take a look at that.

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Right?

[John Holmberg]

Oh, guy just says F me. There you go. Right off the bat to the point. Seven hours ago, 11 o'. Clock. That's bedtime. Calm down. Epic stranger. You needed a release for him today. I didn't see anybody on my messages holding a snake or an eel. But yeah, that's the way it works now. And that's why I don't want to fly next to anybody. I want bigger seats, I want more space. I want elbow room. Because I don't know what you guys have been doing, but I bet you I've been on a plane before. The guys had something with an eel effort living in his ass. Bigger seats, bigger eels. This guy says. Key Custer says, how long do you go before you end up at the hospital once it starts biting your tummy from the inside, Are you going to remove it yourself first? Oh yeah, there's a whole slew of stuff I'm trying to get in there to get that out. Me personally, I don't think I go to the hospital for this. I think I let it kill me. Kind of like the Grand Canyon argument. There's no reason to put doctors through this. This is. And you're not coming back from that story. I'd let it kill me too. Although the pain would probably be fairly brutal. That the eel is just eating its way. It's alien. It's. You've got alien inside you. He's got to be lucky to be alive. Well, is he breaking through the lining? Is he lucky? The other one was. One died. And 12 people were sickened at a Japanese department store from roasted eel. And they had a nice little sit down shindig. And then. And then the owners of the department store came out and apologized profusely. And then probably committed Harry carry for embarrassing themselves. They had a press conference where they all bowed. Very embarrassed. So sorry. But if you were in the grocery section of this department store last week and had some roasted eel, it was evidently rotten, safe. Killed one, hospitalized 12. Eel news. We don't have a song for that, I guess. Do you? Eel like we do is the only one. Yeah. That's about as close as we can get. Don't put things in your butt that shouldn't be in your butt. Do not put things in your butt. I guess we should just say that for years. I hate saying that. Women. This is not information for you. But men don't put things in your butt. Oh, don't do it. Oh, we have a counter, I think. Is that Rico? Hey, man, what's going on? It's nuts. A lot. Officer Rico blaze up in this. I got a couple of bones to pick with you. And they are big bones, baby. Because I'm a big bone man.

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[John Holmberg]

I like my big bone and I like putting it into women who call themselves big bones. You know what I'm saying? Because I leave them big boned. All right? So Nutsil. I've got a problem with that. Telling girls not to put things in their butts. Of course you gotta put things in your butts, girl. How do you know if you like it or not? You can't just assume it's gonna hurt you. I have a two foot moray eel that is dark black. It ain't got no teeth. Girl. It'll go right in there and it ain't eating you from the inside out. That's my job. You're gonna wish I was in you chowing down, girl. Another thing. Yesterday, this show was going on and on about what a black job was. That's easy. Find me a girl with blonde hair, albino skin that weighs about 235, I'll show you what a black job is, because I'm gonna do it. And don't think I'm not gonna drop a little eel sauce down your throat. Rico Blaze knows what a black job looks like. If I see a girl who can't fit in one seat on Southwest Airlines, why, that's a black job I'm gonna do. I don't see any white guys lined up to do it. So every time you hear Trump or Kamala. Kamala putting on a little weight too. I can tell you right now, Kamala's not getting what she should be getting. I seen her husband. That man's eel is a goldfish. My eels worried right now, though, because he's out of his cave and that's the only place he feels safe. I'm looking for a nice, warm, white, fat cave. Guess what the primaries were on Tuesday. My dick just won mine, Inspector.

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[John Holmberg]

That's right, Brady, because big fat girls. What's yours is mine and I'm inspecting it. Goddamn right. I got some police work to do. You know what I'm saying? We gotta search deep holes for missing kids. And there's only one man that can search as deep as I can. Girl, let me get a ruler and see if you fit into my, oh, 12 inches. All right, let's see what we can do with that. Now let's get a yardstick and see how wide your ass is. To see if you fit into my criteria. Do a little police training right now. You know what I'm talking about, girl? Remember those little lost soccer players? Yeah, I found them. They said they couldn't be found. I said, let me throw them a rope. I've been in bigger, fatter holes than this cave. Don't you worry about that.

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[John Holmberg]

It was pretty impressive, I have to say, even for myself. But I looked at that big, gaping hole and I thought I met her at Bottled Blonde. I've done this before. It was about 1:56 in the morning and she looked sad, but she wasn't sad much longer. She also didn't poop right until fall. Anyway. Watch what you say in here, Holmberg, about what white jobs and black jobs are. We know what a black job is. Every big fat white lady out there smiling, going, oh, thank God for black John. I don't see Mexicans hopping over that fence jumping in here to bang us white women. Now, I have to go right now because I got some police work to do. Evidently they've called for a rope at the Grand Canyon to pull someone out. I'll be gone. All right, boys. I'll see you later.

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[John Holmberg]

Rico. He's knocking. Stupid. Don't put eels in your ass. Let Rico do it. He could have saved him at the Grand Canyon. He probably could have played. Hang on. Step aside. Yeah. Arizona's most powerful rock radio station. He said fully erect. 88 k u p t at Native.

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