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  • Osterizer

    Feb. 3, 2009 12:23 a.m. Osterizer HalfDork

    Uhhh...

    I'm pretty speechless.

    http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2009/02_02_09.html

  • gamby

    Feb. 3, 2009 12:53 a.m. gamby UberDork

  • NYG95GA

    Feb. 3, 2009 1:20 a.m. NYG95GA Dork

    Wow. Just wow.

  • thatsnowinnebago

    Feb. 3, 2009 3:14 a.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader

    better than giving birth I guess

  • MikeSVO

    Feb. 3, 2009 5:34 a.m. MikeSVO New Reader

    OK, well breakfast is over. Thanks.

  • Racer1ab

    Feb. 3, 2009 8:22 a.m. Racer1ab New Reader

    Just heard that on the radio this morning while eating breakfast. Fantastic!

    It is pretty fascinating, but wouldn't you think there'd be a higher risk of infection with this type of procedure?

  • 4cylndrfury

    Feb. 3, 2009 8:28 a.m. 4cylndrfury Reader

    how come there isnt a barf smiley?

    :vomiting profusley:

  • Volksroddin

    Feb. 3, 2009 8:32 a.m. Volksroddin HalfDork

  • John Brown

    Feb. 3, 2009 8:39 a.m. John Brown UltimaDork

    The real surprise was had by the male patient when not only was his GOOD kidney removed but to have it removed through his mangina...

  • gamby

    Feb. 3, 2009 10:34 a.m. gamby UberDork

    4cylndrfury wrote:

    how come there isnt a barf smiley?

    :vomiting profusley:

  • DirtyBird222

    Feb. 3, 2009 10:53 a.m. DirtyBird222 HalfDork

    lunch has now been re-served

  • maroon92

    Feb. 3, 2009 12:01 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    I read the headline...that was enough for me.

    WHY?

  • rebelgtp

    Feb. 3, 2009 12:15 p.m. rebelgtp HalfDork

    Nothing like reading medical stuff while eating breakfast. Guess it helps being a bio major when you read about stuff like a "transvaginal kidney removal" lol...But then I've done dissections directly after eating lunch.

  • Feb. 3, 2009 12:30 p.m. mistanfo Dork

    MMMM, great end to a tuna melt for lunch. Kidney pie for dinner anyone?

    Jason

  • Black Stig

    Feb. 3, 2009 3:50 p.m. Black Stig Reader

    mistanfo wrote:

    MMMM, great end to a tuna melt for lunch. Kidney pie for dinner anyone?

    Jason

    DUDE!

    YES!

    I had a Tuna Melt on Wheat with . . . .you guessed it . . .BACON!

    This one kinda made me think twice about getting that peach cobbler I was eyeballing . . .

    -Dave

  • cwh

    Feb. 3, 2009 4:38 p.m. cwh Dork

    Snicker all you want to, but the Doc's are coming up with some much better proceedures. I had a cancerous kidney removed last year. Robot was the only thing in my body, 2 very small scars, and one about 2" long on my navel. Only two days in the garage. This was at Cleveland Clinic, Ft. Lauderdale. Class place.

  • Salanis

    Feb. 3, 2009 4:53 p.m. Salanis UltraDork

    Seems sensible to me.

    Maybe the fact that I watched "Repo! the Genetic Opera" last night removed some of the shock factor though.

  • Osterizer

    Feb. 3, 2009 5:06 p.m. Osterizer HalfDork

    cwh wrote:

    Snicker all you want to, but the Doc's are coming up with some much better proceedures. I had a cancerous kidney removed last year. Robot was the only thing in my body, 2 very small scars, and one about 2" long on my navel. Only two days in the garage. This was at Cleveland Clinic, Ft. Lauderdale. Class place.

    Was it uncomfortable when they pulled it out of your hoo-ha?

  • JG Pasterjak

    Feb. 3, 2009 6:19 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director

    Salanis wrote:

    Maybe the fact that I watched "Repo! the Genetic Opera" last night removed some of the shock factor though.

    I'm really curious about that. How is it?

    jg

  • Salanis

    Feb. 3, 2009 6:31 p.m. Salanis UltraDork

    JG Pasterjak wrote:

    Salanis wrote:

    Maybe the fact that I watched "Repo! the Genetic Opera" last night removed some of the shock factor though.

    I'm really curious about that. How is it?

    OT: Awesome! Totally berkeleyed up. I loved it. It was an opera, in all that entails: it was goofy, and melodramatic, and completely over the top. Seriously dark humor. My girlfriend and I are also big fans of Anthony Stewart Head. If you can giggle at the thought of Tony Head singing tenderly to his daughter while he pulls someone's spine out, you'll love it.

    Not sure whether or not it's quite worth owning. But it is definitely worth watching at least once. We would have loved to watch it in a theater.

  • JG Pasterjak

    Aug. 28, 2009 11:54 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director

    Salanis wrote:

    JG Pasterjak wrote:

    Salanis wrote:

    Maybe the fact that I watched "Repo! the Genetic Opera" last night removed some of the shock factor though.

    I'm really curious about that. How is it?

    OT: Awesome! Totally berkeleyed up. I loved it. It was an opera, in all that entails: it was goofy, and melodramatic, and completely over the top. Seriously dark humor. My girlfriend and I are also big fans of Anthony Stewart Head. If you can giggle at the thought of Tony Head singing tenderly to his daughter while he pulls someone's spine out, you'll love it.

    Not sure whether or not it's quite worth owning. But it is definitely worth watching at least once. We would have loved to watch it in a theater.

    Reviving this oldie but goodie, we just got finished watching this tonight. I really wish more folks had the balls to make movies like this. Maybe it's not what everyone wanted to see, or what studios were interested in, but it's exactly what the creators had envisioned that they would someday produce. And you know that full well, before you even watch them say it in the DVD extras.

    Some really amazing performances, both in front of and behind the camera, from folks who looked like they got an absolute thrill from creating something special.

    jg

  • shuttlepilot

    Aug. 29, 2009 2:57 a.m. shuttlepilot Reader

    I just checked out the showings page and I just missed a showing in my area. The movie looks totally badass.

  • 914Driver

    Aug. 29, 2009 7:50 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Now put your other hand in.

    OK, now clap.

    Honey I can't.

    See. Told you it was tight.

  • Appleseed

    Aug. 29, 2009 11:28 p.m. Appleseed Dork

    Worthless without video or pics.

  • Apexcarver

    Aug. 30, 2009 12:43 a.m. Apexcarver UltraDork

    heres the repo trailer appleseed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzgpU25C6fg

 

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