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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on May 30, 2006, 09:42:54 am

Title: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Rictor on May 30, 2006, 09:42:54 am
http://www.local6.com/news/9290536/detail.html
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SHANGHAI, China -- Doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday were considering surgery options for a 2-month-old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm.


(http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0530/9290570.jpg)
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Fineus on May 30, 2006, 09:43:38 am
That's pretty handy to have.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 30, 2006, 09:44:00 am
LMAO  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Not Goro, Its an alien grunt from Half Life.. Lmaooooooooo :lol: :yes:
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Turambar on May 30, 2006, 09:44:32 am
i say either leave it or give it to some armless baby
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Rictor on May 30, 2006, 09:44:57 am
That's pretty handy to have.
Ba-dum-pssh!
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: vyper on May 30, 2006, 09:51:32 am
Hmm, could be useful in a fight.

*Blocks the left
*Blocks the right
-*smack*
WHAT THE ****?
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: karajorma on May 30, 2006, 09:59:32 am
Who here hasn't wished they had a third arm at some point :)
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: aldo_14 on May 30, 2006, 10:00:27 am
Who here hasn't wished they had a third arm at some point :)

*raises hand*

*looks round*

*slowly lowers hand*
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Fury on May 30, 2006, 10:00:47 am
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Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional
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was born with just one kidney and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine, local media reports said. Jie-jie cried when either of his left arms was touched

Does not look good for the kid. I hope the remaining left arm will develop well after the planned surgery.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Mefustae on May 30, 2006, 10:05:38 am
Who here hasn't wished they had a third arm at some point :)
For the answer to that, see the Pizza thread. :nervous:
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Black Wolf on May 30, 2006, 10:14:26 am
I don't see how a third arm could have any real functionality at all - surely only one could be anchored properly to the shoulder? The other might bend at the wrist and fingers and maybe a little at the elbow, but surely the shoulder'd be... non existant? We don;t have the anatgomy for a third ball and socket.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 30, 2006, 10:27:37 am
http://www.bizarremag.com/ (http://www.bizarremag.com/)

You'de be surpised how people can live with tese sort of misfortunes.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Ferret on May 30, 2006, 12:36:32 pm
A third arm would rock. I'ld get work done ever faster.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Getter Robo G on May 30, 2006, 12:43:35 pm
I can think of something else more useful.... While not practical, it sure would make your girlfriend/wife/mistress very happy...  :drevil:
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: IPAndrews on May 30, 2006, 02:58:45 pm
Poor kid. I really, really tried not to laugh at the title.
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: karajorma on May 30, 2006, 03:29:31 pm
I don't see how a third arm could have any real functionality at all - surely only one could be anchored properly to the shoulder? The other might bend at the wrist and fingers and maybe a little at the elbow, but surely the shoulder'd be... non existant? We don;t have the anatgomy for a third ball and socket.

That would still be enough to hold and manipulate things though :) You could move the arm into place with your fully fiunctional arms and then carry out any task that didn't require that you to move the arm. Manipulating a trackerball while touch-typing for instance :)
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Colonol Dekker on May 31, 2006, 06:44:44 am
Or if the shoulder soesnt bed, you could spend all day,............ Scratching,  :yes:
Title: Re: Baby Goro is born.
Post by: Gortef on May 31, 2006, 07:29:38 am
Poor kid indeed. Hope that they find somekind of solution