# Elective surgical lobotomy questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223 "2015-12-02T17:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/21 "2015-12-02T22:58:49Z")
You might have trouble completing your doctoral program, but you’d get to have sex with any and all of the fertile women! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/22 "2015-12-02T22:59:47Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > If you get lobotomized, but are still able to commit crimes, does the doctor who performed the lobotomy go to prison instead of you? No, but he has to pay child support for any children you have! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/23 "2015-12-03T02:57:10Z")
…all things considered, I’d still rather have a bottle in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/24 "2015-12-03T13:52:48Z")
If you break the bottle at the neck, I think you’ll have a pretty good lobotomy tool. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/25 "2015-12-03T14:11:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > If you break the bottle at the neck, I think you’ll have a pretty good lobotomy tool. I understand an ice pick (technically referred to as an _icepicculum_) inserted behind the eyes can be a handy tool for a do-it-yourself lobotomy. If you could find an ice pick these days. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/26 "2015-12-03T15:56:48Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > If a person voluntarily gets himself surgically lobotomized (whether by a doctor or in a “back-alley”) and then wants to take cortex replacement therapy, then would his insurance cover this? > > Any thoughts on this? > > Also, Yes, this is a completely serious question. > And what would my personality be like, after the change? Would I no longer recognize friends or family? Would my personality undergo odd changes, be subject to random fits of shouting at the imaginary roaches on my walls, and spinning in circles? Would I forget how to do simple arithmetic? Leave my possessions strewn all over creation? Would the insurance also cover a guide dog, to keep me from wandering randomly into traffic? > > Those are also completely serious questions. I think it’s already to late to jump into the Republican primary race, but good luck. I can see your campaign slogan already: “Don’t vote for de billionaire or de brain surgeon. Vote for di Fool.” ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/27 "2015-12-03T19:53:46Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > I think it’s already to late to jump into the Republican primary race, but good luck. > > I can see your campaign slogan already: > > “Don’t vote for de billionaire or de brain surgeon. Vote for di Fool.” Still be a better choice than Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/28 "2015-12-04T04:01:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Still be a better choice than Trump. I don’t know the OP personally, but the odds are good that you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223/29 "2015-12-04T19:40:54Z")
I’m getting a strong sense that someone’s balls are going to be cut off very shortly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elective-surgical-lobotomy-questions/739223.md?page=1)