2/23/2005: Docs remove baby's second head

Undertoad · 02-23-2005, 09:05 AM

Elspode sends this one which ranks along the creepiest ever. Egyptian docs removed this baby's second head.

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404Error · 02-23-2005, 09:50 AM

That is just too bizarre.

That had to be a tough call to kill off the second head, I mean it was fully developed and functioning.

Kitsune · 02-23-2005, 10:17 AM

So, uh, is the second head really another person?

I'll add my vote for this as the creepiest IotD to date.

wolf · 02-23-2005, 10:51 AM

I hope the little girl does well.

But she had some great career choices available to her ... school nurse or President of the Galaxy.

Elspode · 02-23-2005, 11:24 AM

The human machine, when it malfunctions, can produce some pretty mind-numbingly awful results.

How marvelous that medical science can give an unfortunate child and parents some hope of a better life.

Wolf...omigod....

I wonder if her middle name is "Zaphod"?

helen · 02-23-2005, 11:56 AM

I cannot imagine that this hasn't happened at some point in history. Circus sideshow would of been this childs future if in fact she would even have a chance at all after a home birth somewhere.

Amazing.

Troubleshooter · 02-23-2005, 12:14 PM

Very few things effect me very strongly, but this just... bothers me for some reason.

The other head smiled and blinked.

Was anybody home?

Clodfobble · 02-23-2005, 04:26 PM

I think they had determined that besides the blinking and smiling, there was no real brain activity going on in the second head.

mrnoodle · 02-23-2005, 04:41 PM

Paris Hilton suddenly stops in midstride, furrows her brow, then keeps walking. For a brief instant, irony had her in its grip, but she never knew why..

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2005, 07:29 PM

Two heads are bett.....Aw, forget it.
That "second head" was no different than a wart, a mole, just a growth.......that blinked and smiled.

richlevy · 02-23-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

I think they had determined that besides the blinking and smiling, there was no real brain activity going on in the second head.

Yes, but by that standard, it's alive according to Jeb Bush. I can just imagine the Florida legislature trying to deal with that.

"I'm sorry madam, but we feel that your child should wait until she is 18 so that she can make an informed decision. In fact, we insist."

404Error · 02-23-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Yes, but by that standard, it's alive according to Jeb Bush. I can just imagine the Florida legislature trying to deal with that.

"I'm sorry madam, but we feel that your child should wait until she is 18 so that she can make an informed decision. In fact, we insist."

Jeb Bush fits that description...blinking, smiling, no real brain activity going on...

Undertoad · 02-23-2005, 08:55 PM

Hey, how easily could this morph back into the abortion discussion?

It was clearly human and alive, and it may even have had potential until they killed it and removed it with a surgical procedure.

richlevy · 02-23-2005, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Hey, how easily could this morph back into the abortion discussion?

Very easily, that's why I made the comparison. It's not just about abortion though. The only difference between this and the Schiavo case is that a young girl's life is directly affected by the decision.

Undertoad · 02-24-2005, 08:02 AM

02-23-2005, 09:05 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/23/2005: Docs remove baby's second head Elspode sends this one which ranks along the creepiest ever. Egyptian docs removed this baby's second head. full story

02-23-2005, 09:50 AM	#2
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	That is just too bizarre. That had to be a tough call to kill off the second head, I mean it was fully developed and functioning. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

02-23-2005, 10:51 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I hope the little girl does well. But she had some great career choices available to her ... school nurse or President of the Galaxy. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-23-2005, 11:24 AM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The human machine, when it malfunctions, can produce some pretty mind-numbingly awful results. How marvelous that medical science can give an unfortunate child and parents some hope of a better life. Wolf...omigod.... I wonder if her middle name is "Zaphod"? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

02-23-2005, 12:14 PM	#7
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Very few things effect me very strongly, but this just... bothers me for some reason. The other head smiled and blinked. Was anybody home? __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-23-2005, 10:17 AM	#3
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	So, uh, is the second head really another person? I'll add my vote for this as the creepiest IotD to date.

02-23-2005, 11:56 AM	#6
helen Pithy Euphemist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 19	I cannot imagine that this hasn't happened at some point in history. Circus sideshow would of been this childs future if in fact she would even have a chance at all after a home birth somewhere. Amazing.

02-23-2005, 04:26 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I think they had determined that besides the blinking and smiling, there was no real brain activity going on in the second head.

02-23-2005, 04:41 PM	#9
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Paris Hilton suddenly stops in midstride, furrows her brow, then keeps walking. For a brief instant, irony had her in its grip, but she never knew why.. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

02-23-2005, 07:29 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Two heads are bett.....Aw, forget it. That "second head" was no different than a wart, a mole, just a growth.......that blinked and smiled. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2005, 08:55 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hey, how easily could this morph back into the abortion discussion? It was clearly human and alive, and it may even have had potential until they killed it and removed it with a surgical procedure.

02-24-2005, 08:02 AM	#15
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