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First Human Tongue Transplant

Posted by michael on from the tongue-in-cheek dept.

JThaddeus writes "The New Scientist reports that "The world's first human tongue transplant has been successfully carried out by doctors in Austria." The 14-hour surgery replaced the 42-year old owner's original tongue which had to be removed because of a malignant tumour in his mouth. (Imagine the interviews: "I wanna thank all the doctorth and nurtheth who performed thith thuccethful thurgery.")"

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  1. Err, really not funny? by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "(Imagine the interviews: "I wanna thank all the doctorth and nurtheth who performed thith thuccethful thurgery.)"

    Anybody else read this and think that the story submitter picked a bad time to make a joke? The dude had cancer, it's not like he lost his tongue in a way that'd earn him a Darwin Award Honorable Mention. Making fun of him for that was tasteless, no pun intended.

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    "Derp de derp."
  2. Thath Tho Funny by fm6 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Tongue Cancer is just a barrel of laughs!

  3. Takes One to Know One by X-wes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would like to clarify this for you slightly. The moral of that post was to show how unfunny tongue cancer really is. Considering the wisecrack in the story, this bring-us-down-to-reality post shows a lot of insight on the part of the poster.

    I hope you, as well as JThaddeus, take some time to give this a bit of reflection.