# Stolen Kidneys

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 6, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962 "2000-10-06T14:42:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962/1 "2000-10-06T14:42:49Z")

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Re: [Stolen Kidneys](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_255.html)

Maybe people spreading UL’s should consolidate them, so as to avoid the upcoming 5c email tax about to be passed by Congress.

For the stolen kidneys story, they should add that besides waking up in a tub of ice, there was also a pile of 1,000,000 aluminum pull tabs, enough to pay for two years of continuous dialysis.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-kidneys/35962/2 "2000-10-06T17:24:16Z")

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The column ( **including** Slug Signorino’s illustration) can also be found on pages 255-258 of Cecil Adams’ book «[_Triumph of the Straight Dope_](http://www.straightdope.com/otheroutlets/books.html)».