Thanks to Karen for finding this one in a Times Online article about a baby born with two faces.
If she does end up being viable then this opens fascinating questions: will she develop as one person or two? Will she speak through both mouth at the same time or will she be able to talk to two different persons at the same time yet having only one individuality?
Indeed the four eyes blink together so the two brains are heavily connected and synchronized, but she might develop an imbalance between the two brains if for example her mother always talks to one face and not the other.
In fact she might have to be considered as an entirely new species since her cognitive abilities may well be completely beyond anything humans can do.
Jon, Nottingham
The best way to prevent her developing a brain imbalance is to glue her to a rotating platform so that everyone has to talk to both faces equally. We should also keep her in a perspex box, guarded by the X-Men, in case she turns out to be able to control metal WITH HER MIND.
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Think you might be talking out of your second mouth there Jon.
Jon missed off
p.s. i am wanking while writing this
Would it be deemed wrong to ask how many nadgers she has?
Oh.
“If she does end up being viable”
What?
Maybe she’ll be able to shoot killer bees from out of each mouth. Or send thoughts to dogs that they can actually understand. I hope she stays viable.
What’s so amazing about this? Most women are two-faced anyway.
Sorry.
The child’s other features are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Craggy_Island
Four eyes? That’s a lot of tears.
P.S. “All of Lali’s facial features are duplicated except for her ears - she has two. Otherwise, she has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.”
And yet:
“Rural India is deeply superstitious and the little girl is being hailed as a return of Durga, the Hindu goddess of valour, a fiery deity traditionally depicted with three eyes and many arms.”
Still, we should probably get our rapture on anyway, eh?
I like this comment on the same story:
“Perceived as a goddess in one religion, and no doubt as a devil in another. Her condition, however, is understood through science.
Des, Edinburgh,”
Thanks for that Des
And thanks for that too, to science. Loving your work with your explaining and that.
I bet when she grows up she gets called a two faced bitch alot!
Hahaha! It’s funny because it’s true!!! Hahaha!
Hey, DW, I’ve been thinking of retiring for a while now. Do you think you could take over?
Her elevation to deity status is of interest, now the parents can drop her in at the temple to beg, rather than have her on the hot, dusty streets. A much better business plan for all concerned.
How old do we have to wait until she’s viable, or is it sixteen like with normal one-faced girls?
That’s the benefit of having lots of weird looking, little-bit-disabled gods: your spakky kids can start earning YOU money.
I’m still waiting for the reincarnation of Christ to be born, little goatee beard, crown of thorns and all.
The cross may be a bit painful for the mother, but that’s the price you pay for letting God fiddle with your gibblets.
think of the blow jobs she will be able to give when she grows up, do you think you could get it in one mouth and out the other ?
Damnit Fucko the Clown, you bet me to the blowjob joke!
Fucko the Clown (any relation to Gordon?) had nimbler fingers than McShitsalot by THREE DAYS fact fans.