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    Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System

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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Urbana-Champaign, eh? Sounds to me HAL9000 (or SAL) is up to something. This is probably part of some viral ad campaign for the remake of Demon Seed.
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    Image of lazyeight lazyeight
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    When I accompanied my first daughter to the scales so I could report her weight to her mom, they opened up a chest freezer and it was FULL of frozen placentas.
    Definitely weirder than watching a birth.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    03/02/09

    @lazyeight: jeez, who did the delivery, Herbert West?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/02/09

    @lazyeight: I'll have mine lightly pan fried with some fava beans and a nice chianti..
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    03/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: In some places of the world, this is a menu option.

    But are you sure chianti goes with placenta? Personally, I prefer a few of our Ca. central coast Pinot or Merlot.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/02/09

    @joneez is enjoying a California 'winter': Thanks for the tip!
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    Image of steampoweredboy steampoweredboy
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Oh do calm down nerdboys, it's where you all started life, your first hug came from a placenta. Deal.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/02/09

    The FBI is sending Dr. Jacob Hood to investigate...@steampoweredboy: First hug? No, it was more like first security blanket...
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    03/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Ack! Posting malfunction...
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    Image of braak braak
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    I guess probably the only thing weirder than this would be if they were finding placentas in the sewer system that weren't mysterious...
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    Image of SuperTuna SuperTuna
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Btw - when our son was born last year, I joked around with the nursing staff about flash freezing the placenta and bagging it so I'd have a snack on the way home. They didn't think it was too funny :D
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    03/02/09

    @SuperTuna: Not big Penny Arcade fans I take it?
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    03/02/09

    @Aidan_: Oh man, I could totally go for some cold placenta sandwiches right now.
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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    03/02/09

    @smartboydan should really be studying right now.: oh, fuck, i'm DYIN over here. i forgot all about that.
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    Image of RoboBagins RoboBagins
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Someone call the X-files, errr I mean Fringe!
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    03/02/09

    @Robotic Bilbo Bagins has no use for fleshy ones: uh oh, my cousin goes to school at UofI in Champaign/Urbana, he's a freshie, and he's always telling me about the weirdos in the surrounding town - it all makes sense now: they're sewer-grown pod people!!!


    I can't wait to tell him!

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    Image of Ed Grabianowski Ed Grabianowski
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Is "placentalicious" a word?
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    Image of Fishypu Fishypu
    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Did you have to include the picture? Maaaannn.....
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    03/02/09

    @Fishypu: Oh, don't worry. That isn't a real placenta, it's a whoopy cushion.
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    03/02/09

    In reply to Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
    Thank you for explaining what a placenta is. [Text-sarcasm!]


    Now if only there was a School House Rock song to cement the knowledge in my head...

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/29/08

    In reply to WHO Predicts How We Will Die in 2030
    I guess robots fall into war and other unintentional injuries. Buy your robot insurance people, you can never be too protected.
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    Image of Rick Batty Rick Batty
    11/29/08

    In reply to WHO Predicts How We Will Die in 2030
    Do the members of the W.H.O. have presecience? I think I missed the SciFi tie in.
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    Image of braak braak
    11/29/08

    @Rick Batty: Maybe you should try looking for it wherever it is you've left the relevance of your opinions.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/30/08

    @Rick Batty: If it's coming out of the UN, it's at least part fictional science.
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/29/08

    In reply to WHO Predicts How We Will Die in 2030
    That's interesting. Now excuse me while I go outside for a smoke break.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/30/08

    @meirelle, Commander Closet Commie: WHO's own study showed no link between 2nd hand smoke and cancer. This of course, was vigorously suppressed. Hope it's not too cold where you are.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/29/08

    In reply to WHO Predicts How We Will Die in 2030
    I hope to be the "blaze of glory" outlier of the study
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