GUY VISITS JEWELRY STORE, SWALLOWS $40,000 RING

An Irish tourist in Turkey is being held inside a hospital after allegedly swallowing a diamond ring while at a jeweler’s shop. Local media reported that Ian Campbell, 54 walked into the store in the Mediterranean resort city of Marmaris, and asked the solitary worker there if he could see the ring, described as “a brilliant 2.5 carat weight ring with a market value of $40,000.” It was detected by ultrasound in the intestine of the tourist.”worth . Then he swallowed it. When police arrived, Campbell denied having swallowed the ring, but was taken to a hospital and detained after officers took a look at the shop’s security camera footage. The jeweler told local reporters that a hospital scan revealed the ring inside the Irish tourist’s abdomen. Police are waiting to see if the man “passes the gem naturally”. Turkish authorities said that if the ring cannot be retrieved “by natural means”, Campbell must undergo surgery to retrieve it.
* Luckily, Turkey is famous for prunes.
* The diamond is classified as “brilliant”? Not any more.
* Another thing that’s not brilliant – this guy’s plan.
* Now he wants to use the ring to pay for the surgery.
* Sometimes you find corn, sometimes you find carats.