# Taking home organs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 19, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143 "2003-02-19T16:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143/1 "2003-02-19T16:04:20Z")

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Can you take home your organs you have removed?

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143/2 "2003-02-19T16:09:34Z")

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I know a guy that was got a free Baldwin Fun-Machine[sup]TM[/sup] that way.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143/3 "2003-02-19T16:12:23Z")

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I knew a guy who took his appendix home with him in a glass jar. This was a while back, though. Are we talking about organs that have failed, or are you just desperate for knick-knacks and conversation pieces?

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**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143/4 "2003-02-19T16:18:53Z")

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A friend had her gallbladder and appendix removed and I asked if she was going to keep them. She said she didn’t think she could. I thought a person could keep their organs, but I wasn’t sure.

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**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-home-organs/156143/5 "2003-02-19T17:59:20Z")

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My girlfriend was offered her tonsils in a jar when she had them removed. She refused. That was about 8 years ago, though, so things may have changed since then.