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How To Grow a Head

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-not-like-that dept.

Taco Cowboy writes "British scientists have found a mechanism within our gene sequence that allows the growing of a new head — with brains, etc. The gene is tentatively known as smed-prep, and the information contained in smed-prep also makes the new cells appear in the right place and organise themselves into working structures."

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  1. Oh Sure by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone was in favor of growing Hitler's head. But the when you grow it on the body of a great white shark -- ooh, suddenly you've gone too far!

    (side note if you recognize that paraphrase: mark your calendars/DVRs for June 24th!)

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    1. Re:Oh Sure by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Funny

      Heads in a jar just like on Futurama!

      I guess an isolated brain isn’t good enough for them and they want the whole 'head enchilada'.

    2. Re:Oh Sure by Ironix · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't help but reply to this.

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    3. Re:Oh Sure by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

      Of course, he did build a machine for that you know...

  2. Would that make it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    a smed head?

    1. Re:Would that make it... by skine · · Score: 4, Funny

      So the British scientists are getting ahead, but only a little.

    2. Re:Would that make it... by DocMAME · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, the original poster was correct... SMED-head, as in Smed-prep... but thanks for playing!

  3. Okay, that's it... by ShadowDragoonFTW · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, that's it, science is getting too damn strange for me now.

    1. Re:Okay, that's it... by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Take the blue pill. The story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.

    2. Re:Okay, that's it... by tmosley · · Score: 4, Funny

      Then roll over and find a copy of your own head in the bed with you.

  4. How "working"? by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Working" as in, you pull the chord and the ear moves?

    Or "working" as in, you go for the chord, but the things runs off and starts multiplying and plotting the demise of your species?

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    1. Re:How "working"? by srussia · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Working" as in, you pull the chord and the ear moves?

      Or "working" as in, you go for the chord, but the things runs off and starts multiplying and plotting the demise of your species?

      Both. How strange the change from major to minor!

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  5. Zaphod? by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Funny

    Zaphod, my buddy! Is that you?!

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    1. Re:Zaphod? by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, I'm surprised we've gotten this far without quoting this cute ditty by Shel Silverstein:

      Chester came to school and said,
      “Durn, I growed another head.”
      Teacher said, “It’s time you knowed
      The word is ‘grew’ instead of ‘growed’ ”

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  6. Re:Yes but can they do it without copying Migranes by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 5, Funny

    At the moment, this only works for flatworms, whose purchasing power is rather limited, last time I checked. So I doubt they will make a fortune soon. Then again, the difference between a banker and a flatworm is probably somewhat negligible. Actually, no, I am sorry. My sincerest apologies to all the flatworms reading slashdot.

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  7. Re:Grow parts of fingers? by VorpalRodent · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to the article, this technology is already here...assuming you can accept your new fingers having hair, eyes, and a brain.

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  8. Re:Grow parts of fingers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the article, this technology is already here...assuming you can accept your new fingers having hair, eyes, and a brain.

    Everything was going great right up until I started masturbating ... then it got awesome.

  9. Obligatory MIB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Do you have ANY idea how much that stings?!"

  10. Hello??? This is Slashdot by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those are not the body parts we seek.

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  11. Re:They always say by vegiVamp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad head is better than none.

    You left another typo, there.

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  12. how to get ahead in navigating by MagicM · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know a group of cannibals that would trade you a nice banana picker for one of these!

  13. Re:Irresistible blonde joke... by maroberts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whilst a doubling of memory capacity is surely good, I'm not sure that adding a head with a single extra brain cell will improve a blonde's intelligence.... :-)

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  14. Tonight... by RuBLed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pinky: Brain, I have an idea...

    1. Re:Tonight... by infinite9 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?

      I think so Brain. But if people could put heads at the end of their hands, they would never leave the house.

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  15. Next head.... by mseeger · · Score: 3, Funny

    Multi-Threading, here i come....

  16. needs tweaking by JackSpratts · · Score: 3, Funny

    as is typical, lab results are promising, fascinating even, but not yet entirely practical. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/JackSpratts/PUFFER-SMITH-47645.jpg