[Janos]

Well it could be possible, physically, to do it. But stayin conscious to do it eight times might be the trick. Althought, the brains do not feel, so you might just feel the vibration... Well I really can't imagine what it would be like, 'cos I'm starting to feel sick

LET'S DO IT

[Nuclear1]

Took eight holes.

Reading that literally made me cry out in horror.

Ditto for this. Just...ouch.

[Grug]

Moral of the story?
Use a shotgun.

[karajorma]

Actually it's possible to miss even with a shotgun. I remember hearing of one case where the guy blew his face off but lived.

[Prophet]

The head is really a wonderful thing:

Although the explanations quoted above are erroneous, these images are in fact real and undoctored, and they are indeed photographs taken of a patient whose brain surface was exposed and crawling with insects. The pictures date from October 2002, and they are photographs of a man in his 70s who was suffering from an unusual form of cancer which had eaten away at the upper portion of his skull and scalp but who had not sought any medical treatment because the condition was not causing him pain. The man was brought to the trauma center at Stanford University Hospital (where the photographs shown here were taken) by San Mateo County paramedics who had been summoned to the scene after the man was involved in a minor automobile accident and who found him in his car in the condition pictured.

I don't want to give a link because the pictures really are disgusting and I don't want you to see them. The story is in Snopes.com and should be reliable...

[WeatherOp]

Like that poor guy who was out on a boat with his friends, and had the achor go thru his skull, in the end he walked away with the only lasting damage is decreased vision in one eye, that had bad vision anyways.

[Prophet]

Oh, and since we are talking about head injuries... I once had a dart shot in to my skull, just below the right eyebrow. It went deep, so I had to pull really hard to get it out. It didn't bleed or anything, just left a small red mark. Just to be safe I went to see a doctor (having a metal spike pierce my skull did freak me out a little). I told him what happened, and he took a look at the place the dart impaled me. And, being highly educated person, he just said "Yes, there's a hole". And then sent me home.

When you think about it, that area above the eye does have some empty space. So I guess I was lucky it hit me there (I would have preferred it to miss my head alltoghter).

[redsniper]

You're just lucky it didn't hit your eye. Then you would've been screwed. Although it would give you an excuse to wear an eyepatch.

[Nuclear1]

You were just looking for a reason to use the pirate smiley weren't you?



Yarr

[Corsair]

Arrrrrrrrren't we all?

[Vagabond]

Actually it's possible to miss even with a shotgun. I remember hearing of one case where the guy blew his face off but lived.

You know... I did see the image of an attempted shotgun suicide. Some very wounded guy, sitting at a police station, on rotten.com... man, I feel for that guy. Who cannot make a shotgun suicide right.

[Shadow0000]

I remember many years ago there was a kid who accidentaly recieved a headshot in his brain, the surgeons have to remove one of the brain's hemisphere entirely, and even with half of his brain left, he survived and was able to keep living a normal life (though he needed recovery sesions in order to be able to walk again).

[Vagabond]

I remember many years ago there was a kid who accidentaly recieved a headshot in his brain, the surgeons have to remove one of the brain's hemisphere entirely, and even with half of his brain left, he survived and was able to keep living a normal life (though he needed recovery sesions in order to be able to walk again).

Ah! Is it the one with the black american kid, who was a shop assistant? The shop owner walked in, and thought he was a theif. So then, he took a magnum, and nailed him in the head, accidently. I saw photos of him with half of his skull off. Freaky.

[Mefustae]

Yeah, he recieved a hemispherectomy. I believe it's only effective on younger individuals, as the brain is still in a developmental stage and the remaining hemisphere can pick up the slack [with time]. It's not exactly a common procedure, but it's used from time to time to treat epilepsy, such as if a child is experiencing especially violent seizures.

I've always wondered if they just leave the rest of the skull hollow without any reinforcement. I mean, does the presence of the brain support the skull at all, and can it survive perfectly without anything under it?

[Herra Tohtori]

Skull holds together quite well even when it is empty.

I'd be more worried about the part of the brain left inside, bouncing around. I suppose they have to support it somehow... Could be a freakish feeling, wobbling your head from side to side and feeling how your half of the brain left hits the sides of the skull... 

[redsniper]

I'd imagine they'd put something in there to keep your brain in place.

[Shade]

Might as well put something useful there, like an MP3 player.

[Fragrag]

The man was brought to the trauma center at Stanford University Hospital (where the photographs shown here were taken) by San Mateo County paramedics who had been summoned to the scene after the man was involved in a minor automobile accident and who found him in his car in the condition pictured.

I'd love to know what the paramedics were thinking:

Told you to take the shortcut...

[Shadow0000]

Ah! Is it the one with the black american kid, who was a shop assistant? The shop owner walked in, and thought he was a theif. So then, he took a magnum, and nailed him in the head, accidently. I saw photos of him with half of his skull off. Freaky.

Yes, that kid, was it in New York?. I don't know, but the news says that he was in half of a shooting between cops and some thiefs, and in the mid of all that, he recieved a shoot...

I'd be more worried about the part of the brain left inside, bouncing around. I suppose they have to support it somehow... Could be a freakish feeling, wobbling your head from side to side and feeling how your half of the brain left hits the sides of the skull... 

I asked myself the same, it's something really uncommon, so I don't have anyone who could tell me how it is supposed to be. I bet even the doctors where confused at some point...

[ilya]

I asked myself the same, it's something really uncommon, so I don't have anyone who could tell me how it is supposed to be. I bet even the doctors where confused at some point...

Doctor #1: Wait, what did we just do to that kid?
Doctor #2: Trust me, you don't wanna know.