# Is this mad science? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616 "2002-04-14T20:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/1 "2002-04-14T20:58:48Z")
[From the Guardian.](http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,665328,00.html) :eek: Yikes. This guy isn’t kidding, is he? Has anybody else heard about this? Or, for that matter, do we have any takers? (I’m just putting this in the Pit as a precautionary measure. I’m sure somebody’s going to make a “third leg” joke.) ---
**Author:** ![cercaria](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@cercaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cercaria)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/2 "2002-04-14T21:56:12Z")
For some reason this doesn’t bother me. I mean, if we’ll allow women to get implants that make their breasts bigger then their heads, why is giving a someone horns or wings unacceptable? They have risks, but so does having two foot-wide water balloons in your ta-tas. If reasonably sane people want to look like freaks, that’s their prerogative, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/3 "2002-04-14T22:20:12Z")
You know, _I_ was just going to get wings tattooed on my back… How would you put a shirt on? ---
**Author:** ![PosterChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@PosterChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PosterChild)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/4 "2002-04-15T00:04:54Z")
People will definitely do it, if given a chance. You gotta check out the [Lizard Man](http://bmeworld.com/amago/) and the [Body Modification EZine](http://www.bmezine.com/). PC ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/5 "2002-04-15T00:48:14Z")
Yeah, but Red Bull’s cheaper! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![\_your\_name\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/919ad9/32.png) [@\_your\_name\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_your_name_here)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/6 "2002-04-15T01:46:19Z")
hm…this isn’t too much. if yu look inot underground body modification, there is someweriously weird stuff. in some groups people remove fingers and toes or even limbs. there’s also scarring done by burning, implanting, extreme piercing, and so much more. i wouldn’t be surprised if this only the beggining. ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Phoenix\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoenix_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/7 "2002-04-15T05:41:43Z")
When I saw this, I kinda thought it was cool. Probably not something I’d do, but it still seems cool that it can (soon) be done. And while I’ve seen a bit of debating about the 5-year figure when it was first mentioned, it makes me curious what kinds of things could be done after that. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/8 "2002-04-15T22:34:04Z")
First thing that pops into my head: “Sticking feathers on (or up) your butt won’t make you a chicken.” But perhaps plastic surgery will. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-mad-science/103616/9 "2002-04-16T00:30:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by (your name here) \* > \*\*hm…this isn’t too much. if yu look inot underground body modification, there is someweriously weird stuff. in some groups people remove fingers and toes or even limbs. there’s also scarring done by burning, implanting, extreme piercing, and so much more. i wouldn’t be surprised if this only the beggining. \*\* Og? Is that you?