# Spleens to spare. (Ick! Ick poo!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 20, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763 "2003-07-20T16:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763/1 "2003-07-20T16:45:45Z")

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My future mother-in-law is recovering after surgery. She went in to have a spleen removed. What the surgeon found was not one, not two, but THREE spleens. Spleen One was normal-size. Spleen Two was a mini. And Spleen Three was just an itty-bitty fella.

Blccch.

Apparently this is not terribly uncommon. This particular doc says he has scooped five at one time. … Who the heck needs more than one spleen?

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**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763/2 "2003-07-20T23:03:32Z")

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I’m not sure about the prevalancy of multiple spleens, but _damn_ that’s an eye-catching subject line.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763/3 "2003-07-20T23:26:34Z")

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My sister had two full sets of wisdom teeth.

Don’t know how many spleens she has, though!

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763/4 "2003-07-20T23:29:59Z")

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Boy! When she vented her spleen (let out her anger,) I bet she blistered the wallpaper!

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**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spleens-to-spare-ick-ick-poo/189763/5 "2003-07-21T00:42:53Z")

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And thanks to the genes that you share with your sister, **Mama Tiger** , I have extra wisdom tooth buds lurking in my upper jaw! I’m told they probably won’t make an appearance. But they’re THERE. And the last thing I need is more teeth!

Extra spleens? Whodathunk it? The human body is weird, I’m telling you!