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    Image of Insomnia Bob Insomnia Bob
    09/27/09

    In reply to Woman Becomes Pregnant While Already Pregnant
    COMBO x2!
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    09/25/09

    In reply to Woman Becomes Pregnant While Already Pregnant
    Can you imagine having to tell people?

    "I'm pregnant!"
    "I know. You told me last week."
    I mean I'm pregnant again."
    "Wha-"
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    09/25/09

    In reply to Woman Becomes Pregnant While Already Pregnant
    It's also possible to carry two fetuses from different fathers. Same process. A case was reported recently...
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/25/09

    @twophrasebark: Is the baby mine.

    Kind of.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    09/25/09

    In reply to Woman Becomes Pregnant While Already Pregnant
    Maybe next time the female fetus will get pregnant too.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    09/25/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: The best way to stop your fetus from getting pregnant is to have it wear a little, teeny, tiny Purity Ring.
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    09/25/09

    @BullfightsOnAcid: What happens in utero stays in utero...
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/25/09

    In reply to Woman Becomes Pregnant While Already Pregnant
    Ocoto-mom is going to be so jealous of this woman's superfetation powers...
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    09/25/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Don King is on the phone setting up the Pay Per View fight as we speak.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    It's very possible that Darth Sidious got Shmi pregnant himself and used Force Mindwipe to make her forget.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/12/08

    @Parkington promises to stop changing his name every day: Not only possible, but much more plausible.
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    Image of screaminscott screaminscott
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    It appears that virgin births make for some pretty interesting fiction.


    Except for the birth of Jesus of course.


    Cause THAT'S not fiction. Right?


    >:)

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    Image of TheRealVeon TheRealVeon
    12/12/08

    @screaminscott: Wait, I thought that was Horus. I always get those two confused.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/12/08

    @TheRealVeon: That table got edited out today, the editor called it "spurious". Looks like it gets edited in and out regularly; might do better as a link to the original compiler.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    I might add:


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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    House MD: When House decides it's a fun time to mess with his patients.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    I don't buy Annikin being a virgin birth


    'oh that was a wondeful evening jedi...'


    *waves hand*


    'I was never here. you will forget the last 24 hours...'

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    'The Brood' creeped me the F*CK OUT! If that's where babies come from, I should be alternately spawning manic and depressive bulbous babies.


    eh.

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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    if all aliens were as cute as the Adipose we'd let them take over
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    Image of gertymac gertymac
    12/12/08

    @evildead1971:
    True facts. I really want an Adipose plushie.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/12/08

    @gertymac: Check ThinkGeek, I think they've added one to the Giant Microbes line. It's not as cute as the ones on Who, though. No limbs.


    I wouldn't have wanted to turn entirely into baby Adipose, but I sure wouldn't mind a few of them. I'd be thinner and there would be little cute critters in the universe, what's not to like?

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    Image of adverbly adverbly
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    I'll have to ask my mom how she did it.
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    12/13/08

    @adverbly: I think it was work related.
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    Image of BlaineStolo BlaineStolo
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    The latest episode of 'House' also covered a virgin pregnancy through parthenogenes, if anyone is interested.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    12/12/08

    @BlaineStolo: Except House was lying about it - it wasn't a real virgin birth.
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    Image of holographicProfessorMoriarty holographicProfessorMoriarty
    12/12/08

    In reply to Science Fiction's Explanations for Virgin Birth
    :Obi-Wan Kenobi realized that the midi-chlorians were likely responsible for Anakin's conception"


    Wasn't that actually Qui Gon's discovery?

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/12/08

    @dOk: Now now, we all agreed that we would never speak of midi-chlorians again.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    12/12/08

    @Grrsn Dn: Yeah, I don't remember those, or any "Qui-Gon."
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    12/12/08

    @Moff: that's too bad, qui-gon is pretty much the only character in the films we dare not speak of worth actually remembering.
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    Image of Lauren Davis Lauren Davis
    12/12/08

    @dOk: So it was. That was a brain skip. It's fixed now.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/12/08

    @Grrsn Dn: Haha. Well, it was a birth, but on the other hand it was a LITERARY abortion, so I guess it evens out.
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