Adam's episode reminded me of my son doing the same with a bean four years ago.  One evening, my son told us that he had a bean up his nose that won't come out.  Apparently, he was playing with beans and then suddenly found a bean up there.  UFO, crop circles, and now beans that move up noses like salmons!  My son also waited until the bean had swollen with all the 'moisture' up there.  Thanks, son.  So we rushed to ER and went through the same ritual Adam's family went through.  Through it all, the engineer side of me was thinking about Safety Noseplugs for Kids, Beans with Safety Strings…

pea. Willow: "Mom, I put a pea up my nose…"
[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]