Thread: Shazzzzzam! Gomer nearly killed himself with a straight razor!

I clicked a browser link pertaining to Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) today and was surprised enough with what I read to go to Wikipedia to read more about him. Jim Nabors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One thing I did know about him was that some time ago he had a near-fatal case of hepatitis and got a liver transplant.

What I didn't know is that he contracted the hepatitis after cutting himself with a straight razor! As a straight razor shaver, that really shocked me.

The only problem I have with that is that it takes a couple of weeks, or more, to show symptoms of hepatitis. So how would he know where he got it ?

That meant he used a razor after someone else with hep. used it and got blood on it and then he cut himself and that residue with the still live hep got into the cut. Sounds far fetched to me.

The only way to know for sure is check the razor and see if there is any hep on it.

Highly unlikely unless there was undried blood from a carrier on the razor.

Nelson beat me to it.

Here's a web site on the length of time it can stay alive outside the body. http://hepatitis.about.com/od/questi...Virus_live.htm
It does seem hard to believe. But who knows?

It still requires a wet environment & this is why needle stick injuries are dangerous. Any blood in the needle does not get the chance to evaporate.

Just saw Gomer got married to his boyfriend

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Just saw Gomer got married to his boyfriend

And there you have it. I feel Jim died of AIDS and was pardoned in the day. Quite a contributor to our society. A fine guy. I could be wrong!

He must have been pretty long in the tooth anyway .... I mean he was staring in that show in the 1960s and was probably 30 years old then ? Not that I want to see anyone die ..... but he lived a long life before the straight razor shaving got him.

He's not dead!

The Hep-C thing was back in '94, at least according to Wikipedia.