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http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1

I kid you not.

Foetus in foetu is not pregnancy.

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346476&page=1

I kid you not.

1. This is pretty damn old news. I saw this first quite a few years ago.
2. He's not technically pregnant.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

eewwww :eek:

It was his deformed twin brother growing inside him still alive. Ick!

Thats pretty damn freaky...

That's ghastly. I'm glad that it's so rare (only 90 recorded cases did it say?).

That's the stuff nightmares are made of.

It was his deformed twin brother growing inside him still alive. Ick!

Well there's a story you don't hear everyday.

That's ghastly. I'm glad that it's so rare (only 90 recorded cases did it say?).

That's the stuff nightmares are made of.

Wonder what he did to deserve it?

Wonder what he did to deserve it?

Murdered his twin in his last life?

It was his deformed twin brother growing inside him still alive. Ick!

Howso, ick? It's not common per se, but it does happen every once in a while.

Take a look at this:

http://thumbs.vidiac.com/comment/5BBE3D15-E83A-47B4-9418-13C73DC7054E.jpg

Yes, that is real, and yes that is a mouth on his neck. His body absorbed his twin brother's, and his brother's mouth grew somewhat fully formed. He can even move it.

Have a nice day.

Well there's a story you don't hear everyday.

Actually this story, and variants thereof, have been spammed around for a long time, and the Discovery channel persists in airing their documentary on it from time to time, so it's a story that gets repeated if not every day, then quite often indeed.

Howso, ick? It's not common per se, but it does happen every once in a while.

Take a look at this:

http://thumbs.vidiac.com/comment/5BBE3D15-E83A-47B4-9418-13C73DC7054E.jpg

Yes, that is real, and yes that is a mouth on his neck. His body absorbed his twin brother's, and his brother's mouth grew somewhat fully formed. He can even move it.

Have a nice day.

OMG... that pic freaked me out even more... :eek:

::yawn::

Grey's Anatomy has already been there, done that. ::grin::

His sinful nature (the nature he shares with all mere humans), but that's off topic, and hijacking's frowned upon.

Thats not something he did, thats something he is(debatively).

Actually this story, and variants thereof, have been spammed around for a long time, and the Discovery channel persists in airing their documentary on it from time to time, so it's a story that gets repeated if not every day, then quite often indeed.
Well, yes, but you know what I meant.

Edwardis: Oh get off it. It was a medical abnormality, not some punishment by a fictional god.

eewwww :eek:

^ What he said. ^

Glad this guy lived through the surgery and is doing alright.

I saw something years ago where this person had a big tumor that had grown teeth and hair, but they never said it was a fetus in fetu. It had no limbs or anything just the teeth and hair.... wonder if it was the same thing as this.

Edwardis: Oh get off it. It was a medical abnormality, not some punishment by a fictional god.

If you notice, I deleted my post because this is not the thread for such a debate. But I stand by the content. If you want to see a discussion on it search for the STD's as Punishment thread or TG me.

Thats not something he did, thats something he is(debatively).

Let's not highjack. I shouldn't have responded in the first place.

TG me or search for the STD's as Punishment thread.

::yawn::

Grey's Anatomy has already been there, done that. ::grin::

I tend to ignore the medical cases on that show; they're so dramatised it's just annoying. They get all the curiosities, basically things doctors go their entire lives without seeing, within the span of a couple of weeks...

... that is not to say I don't like the show. Its Swedish tag line explains it quite well: "Mindre hjärnkirurgi och mera hjärtmassage" which means "Less brain surgery and more heart massage" where "heart massage" is the Swedish term for chest compressions, making it a play on words that describes why I watch the show.

Foetus in foetu is not pregnancy.

Take it up with ABC News, then.

Take it up with ABC News, then.

They didn't write your headline. Theirs also had a question mark.

Let's not highjack. I shouldn't have responded in the first place.

TG me or search for the STD's as Punishment thread.

Telegram sent

::yawn::

Grey's Anatomy has already been there, done that. ::grin::

::double yawn::

As did X-Files several years before Grey's. Only theirs was much cooler - the twin was alive and could move.
Total recall had one as well, iirc.

^ What he said. ^

What? You don't find a guy carrying his own brother for 36 years gross?

http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/2018/blarg0ip.jpg

I tend to ignore the medical cases on that show; they're so dramatised it's just annoying. They get all the curiosities, basically things doctors go their entire lives without seeing, within the span of a couple of weeks...

Completely agree with you on why I watch it. Grey's seemed to start out strong, but has become more soap opera-y. That's not to say I won't continue being faithful. :D . "House" seems to have a little more credibility, but again, there's the same presence of super rare cases that doctors just really don't see.

::double yawn::

As did X-Files several years before Grey's. Only theirs was much cooler - the twin was alive and could move.
Total recall had one as well, iirc.

Cool!! That's always what really messed with me about this idea of a undeveloped human inside another. What if it was... gulp... thinking?

Completely agree with you on why I watch it. Grey's seemed to start out strong, but has become more soap opera-y. That's not to say I won't continue being faithful. :D . "House" seems to have a little more credibility, but again, there's the same presence of super rare cases that doctors just really don't see.

I've watched a couple of episodes of House and I just don't get it. It's just a boring "who dun it" mystery type of show. One patient, some disease, a deus ex machina at the end of every episode...

If you notice, I deleted my post because this is not the thread for such a debate. But I stand by the content. If you want to see a discussion on it search for the STD's as Punishment thread or TG me.

Admirable restraint. I apoligise for poking you and will refrain from such until I cannot resist again (hey, at least I'm honest about it).

I've watched a couple of episodes of House and I just don't get it. It's just a boring "who dun it" mystery type of show. One patient, some disease, a deus ex machina at the end of every episode...

EXACTLY!! Someone else who understands why I am not enthralled by the entity that is House.

EXACTLY!! Someone else who understands why I am not enthralled by the entity that is House.

The attraction is his self-righteous indignation and disrespect for authority, and he gets away with it. Something many of us wish we could do in situations where we otherwise feel powerless.

What? You don't find a guy carrying his own brother for 36 years gross?

http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/2018/blarg0ip.jpg

Oh dear gawd... :p

EXACTLY!! Someone else who understands why I am not enthralled by the entity that is House.
Well, you can mark me down for membership in the, "I can't see the attraction of House" fan club.
I watched three episodes and every one of them went the same way.
"He's got something wrong with him!"
"It must be xxxx!"
"No! He's dying!"
"It must be yyyy!"
"He's slipping fast!"
"Wait! I just found a hamster turd on the base of his shoe. That means he was in Africa last month and travelled up the Congo for the rare rabid hamster migration that occurs there just once every 500 years. He must have been bitten by one!"
"You're right! Thank god! He's alive!"


Plus I spent the whole time watching Laurie, thinking, "Come on, Georgy...say something stupid!"

Plus I spent the whole time watching Laurie, thinking, "Come on, Georgy...say something stupid!"

Man, I hate his fake US accent! And there is no suppressing his Blackadder roles...

Man, I hate his fake US accent! And there is no suppressing his Blackadder roles...
And it's because of his Blackadder roles, I forgive him this chance to make a decent amount of cash appearing in a trite, cliched, little-more-than-a, soap.

The attraction is his self-righteous indignation and disrespect for authority, and he gets away with it. Something many of us wish we could do in situations where we otherwise feel powerless.

That's part of the appeal, certainly. Then there's the fact that every episode has several moments of laugh-out-loud (albeit bitter and cynical) humor, and the fact that the characters are a great deal more human and flawed than many you see on TV. And, of course, it doesn't hurt that everyone on the show is rather exceptionally pretty.

Honestly, I don't know anyone who watches House for the medicine. Pretty much all of my female friends, at least, watch it because we find bitter, sarcastic, brilliant men with somewhat ambiguous relationships with their male "best friend" kinda hot. Of the male friends whom I know to be fans, one watches it to drool over Jennifer Morrison, two watch it for the comedic value, and one watches it because, well, he finds bitter, sarcastic, brilliant men with somewhat ambiguous relationships with their male "best friend" kinda hot. ;)

Well, you can mark me down for membership in the, "I can't see the attraction of House" fan club.
I watched three episodes and every one of them went the same way.
"He's got something wrong with him!"
"It must be xxxx!"
"No! He's dying!"
"It must be yyyy!"
"He's slipping fast!"
"Wait! I just found a hamster turd on the base of his shoe. That means he was in Africa last month and travelled up the Congo for the rare rabid hamster migration that occurs there just once every 500 years. He must have been bitten by one!"
"You're right! Thank god! He's alive!"


Just so you know, House is very specifically supposed to be a modern-day medical Sherlock Holmes. It's made very very obvious if you watch more than three episodes. These over-the-top diagnoses from next to no evidence are self-conscious and deliberate imitations of the Sherlock Holmes style.

(Besides, seriously, you can't watch House for the medicine. It is pretty much the same every episode. It's just a framework on which to tell the story of the characters, which is the real point of the show, IMO.)

(Besides, seriously, you can't watch House for the medicine. It is pretty much the same every episode. It's just a framework on which to tell the story of the characters, which is the real point of the show, IMO.)

The thing being that the "story" of the characters is flat and uninteresting.

The thing being that the "story" of the characters is flat and uninteresting.

Eh, that really just comes down to personal taste. For what it's worth, though, I didn't think much of the show until I happened to watch several episodes in a row. Before that, I probably would have agreed with your evaluation; now it's one of my favorite shows.

Howso, ick? It's not common per se, but it does happen every once in a while.

Take a look at this:

http://thumbs.vidiac.com/comment/5BBE3D15-E83A-47B4-9418-13C73DC7054E.jpg

Yes, that is real, and yes that is a mouth on his neck. His body absorbed his twin brother's, and his brother's mouth grew somewhat fully formed. He can even move it.

Have a nice day.

I'm not even going to open that...*shudder*

EXACTLY!! Someone else who understands why I am not enthralled by the entity that is House.

heh, my entire family mocks that show. we watched it last night because they replaced heroes with it - well, "Watched" is a bit loose as my mom was reading and I was on my computer, "overheard" is a bit better. the producers of that show have discovered a way to take the same exact plot and repeat it over and over again and still make money...blah. I did enjoy that halfway through the show a mother brought her 4 year old daughter in thinking she was epileptic, only to be told she was "marching the penguin"

Mother: ....come again?
House: ya-ya-ing the sisterhood...
Mother: ...excuse me?
House: you may want to teach her a little bit about privacy...
Mother: :eek:

The attraction is his self-righteous indignation and disrespect for authority, and he gets away with it. Something many of us wish we could do in situations where we otherwise feel powerless.

my mom insists she had a doctor like this when she lived in chicago. apperently he was deliberately rude to basicly everyone. they manage to make House seem somewhat endearing, but in real life people just hate those kinds of jerks.

And the name of the deformed twin? Jonas. Jonas Venture....Junior.

Howso, ick? It's not common per se, but it does happen every once in a while.

Take a look at this:

-snip-

Yes, that is real, and yes that is a mouth on his neck. His body absorbed his twin brother's, and his brother's mouth grew somewhat fully formed. He can even move it.

Have a nice day.

The one absorbed or the other one? So the absorbed twin is alive and can function? Is that big black spot the head/scalp of the absorbed twin?



I like Hugh Laurie and watch House sometimes. But I'd like to see the Blackadder sitcom that was mentioned he played in. Bet it's good.

I wonder if he'll feel lonely now.

What? You don't find a guy carrying his own brother for 36 years gross?

http://img351.imageshack.us/img351/2018/blarg0ip.jpg

Oh my.

Ah, here I was going to reply to all the House slandering going on :p - just to find that Poliwanacraca already said it ALL:
That's part of the appeal, certainly. Then there's the fact that every episode has several moments of laugh-out-loud (albeit bitter and cynical) humor, and the fact that the characters are a great deal more human and flawed than many you see on TV. And, of course, it doesn't hurt that everyone on the show is rather exceptionally pretty.

Honestly, I don't know anyone who watches House for the medicine. Pretty much all of my female friends, at least, watch it because we find bitter, sarcastic, brilliant men with somewhat ambiguous relationships with their male "best friend" kinda hot.
(Besides, seriously, you can't watch House for the medicine. It is pretty much the same every episode. It's just a framework on which to tell the story of the characters, which is the real point of the show, IMO.)
I didn't think much of the show until I happened to watch several episodes in a row. Before that, I probably would have agreed with your evaluation; now it's one of my favorite shows.

:fluffle:

I watched the first two shows and thought "Wait? That's it? OMG, that's the very definition of a sensationalist-yet-boring one-trick-pony!"
I kept watching because it was on between two other shows I watch and two episodes later, I was hooked. It is by far my favourite show right now. I blame it on Hugh Laurie. ;)
Too bad there's still so much focus on medicine that the stories of the main characters often get too little time each week.

Grey's Anatomy, on the other hand, I still find pretty damn uninteresting and unconvincing, character- and storywise.

Pictures. The bastards never show us pictures. :mad:

I like Hugh Laurie and watch House sometimes. But I'd like to see the Blackadder sitcom that was mentioned he played in. Bet it's good.
Oh. My. God.

You have not seen BlackAdder?
none of the 4 series?

Oh. My. God.

You poor, poor thing. Find a copy NOW!

Oh. My. God.

You have not seen BlackAdder?
none of the 4 series?

Oh. My. God.

You poor, poor thing. Find a copy NOW!


Nope. The only channel that would play it would probably be PBS (http://www.pbs.org/?station=WUNC&address=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2F). I'll keep an eye out for it.

I watched some British show on there the other day(can't remember the name). It wasn't a comedy but a dramatic soap opera like show about a girl and her mother (but she thought it was her sister and knew her grandmother as her mother and when she told her she was her mother the drama began), wasn't really my thing, but they acted well and it kept my attention. I've seen Absolutely Fabulous on there but didn't like it, Benny Hill is on sometimes.. don't really like that either... and use to watch MR. Bean on HBO.. that was pretty good.. I like Rowan Atkinson.

Glad this guy lived through the surgery and is doing alright.

I saw something years ago where this person had a big tumor that had grown teeth and hair, but they never said it was a fetus in fetu. It had no limbs or anything just the teeth and hair.... wonder if it was the same thing as this.

Fetus in fetu, from my understanding, is a full fetus growing with in another. It is possible for one embryo to absorb another, but not really completely, so that hair and teeth or whatever from the twin may grow in odd places, but that wouldn't be fetus in fetu.

Or, it could have just been an odd tumor. Weird tissues can grow in tumors sometimes, even beating cardiac muscle, IIRC.


My fiance's mother is a neonatal ICU nurse and once saw a case of fetus in fetu - the other fetus had attached to the baby's kidneys and was drawing nourishment that way. They found it just after birth, however, and the other fetus was removed.


Oh, and I totally love House. He's an arrogant and belligerant asshole, but I just can't help liking him (in the show at least, I'm sure I'd hate him if he were an actual person). You really can't watch any of the medical dramas for the medicine, although I do have fun trying to guess what people have before it's diagnosed.

use to watch MR. Bean on HBO.. that was pretty good.. I like Rowan Atkinson.
Then you must hunt down a copy of BlackAdder. The main character (Edmund BlackAdder) is played by Rowan Atkinson.
And he's much, much funnier in that than Mr. Bean.

Well there's a story you don't hear everyday.

How about the uteral story of Liberace and his absorbed twin?

...and no, I don't hear that one everyday, either. Just a few more times than this one.