What would happen if I swallowed a thumbtack?

[Bicoastal]

Not that I'm going to, mind you. But I absentmindedly stuck one betwixt my teeth the other day as I was pinning some fliers to the wall, and then realizing--HOLY SHIT! What am I doing?! If I accidentally swallowed this thing, I could DIE!!

Or would I?

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. You probably would not die...

but it is a really really tacky thing to do.

[Deja Q]

2. Well, you'd get all choked up and later be torn by separating from the tack...

But envy the tack; it has an interesting journey... even if it is a shitty one...

[Generic Brad]

3. Or you could shit tacks

I have heard that phrase many times throughout my life. There must be something behind it (or it could just be something coming out of a behind).

[Bullwinkle925]

4. Perforated esophagus, stomach or perhaps intestines . . .

at any rate, it wouldn't be pretty.

[quakerboy]

5. bad would happen.

thats my prediction. Bad.

[Maddy McCall]

6. You'd have a very painful shit in about 24 hours.

I would NOT want to be you.

:D

[Richard Steele]

7. Cramps, discomfort, perhaps a painful BM...followed by a slow horrible death...

...as the tiny ruptures and lacerations it caused to your digestive tract
led to massive & systemic internal infections.

The stuff that lives in the bottom of your gut is SERIOUSLY BAD NEWS
if it gets out of your gut and into your bloodstream. A thumbtack
could open a thousand microscopic doors for it to walk through.

[Alexander]

8. If you do swallow one, you should then play "drink from under the sink"...

Since it would achieve the same result.