# Cut-rate brain surgery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239 "2012-04-19T03:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/1 "2012-04-19T03:35:45Z")
My wife took [this](http://rossm.smugmug.com/photos/i-JG7c6vn/0/X2/i-JG7c6vn-X2.jpg)picture of a building close to where she works. Seems legit. I’ve got half a mind to check them out. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/2 "2012-04-19T03:37:55Z")
And it’s next to “Daylighting Systems”. How much to you even need to do to make it light during the day? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/3 "2012-04-19T04:26:18Z")
Well check it out and tell us if you still have half a mind left. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/4 "2012-04-19T05:18:41Z")
Wasn’t there a Far Side cartoon like that? Frank’s Neurosurgery or something. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/5 "2012-04-19T11:07:36Z")
Well, it’s not rocket science. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/6 "2012-04-19T12:08:26Z")
My BRAIN hurts! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/7 "2012-04-19T13:50:54Z")
For some reason, this reminds me of a friend of my father’s who wanted Lasik surgery. To save money, he chose a surgeon who had _never done the procedure before_, so he got a discount. Everything worked out fine, but that’s not a risk I’d want to take. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/8 "2012-04-19T15:49:31Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > For some reason, this reminds me of a friend of my father’s who wanted Lasik surgery. To save money, he chose a surgeon who had _never done the procedure before_, so he got a discount. Everything worked out fine, but that’s not a risk I’d want to take. Why? It’s not like you’d ever see the difference. /I’ll let myself out. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/9 "2012-04-19T15:51:30Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > My BRAIN hurts! It’ll have to come out, Mr. Gumby. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/10 "2012-04-19T20:04:52Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > My wife took [this](http://rossm.smugmug.com/photos/i-JG7c6vn/0/X2/i-JG7c6vn-X2.jpg)picture of a building close to where she works. Seems legit. I’ve got half a mind to check them out. So you’ll be getting the 50% discount then? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/11 "2012-04-19T20:21:56Z")
They went to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College, too? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cut-rate-brain-surgery/619239/12 "2012-04-19T21:00:50Z")
I dunno, looking at the picture, both of those places look kind of shady to me.