# Who Wants to Have My Kidneys?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 29, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951 "2007-05-29T17:44:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951/21 "2007-06-01T22:19:00Z")

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Here is the [BBC News](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6714063.stm) story about the Dutch hoax

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951/22 "2007-06-01T22:48:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Saitou]  
Update: Well the programme just ended and it was just a media stunt 🆒  
They wanted to highlight the issue and considering the massive coverage in the (inter)national media they succeeded  
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Oh darn. I’m too late. I was going to say I thought it was neither disgusting nor outrageous (as some had suggested). I figured a show like that would not only mean the “winner” would get the needed transplant, but the “losers” as well because there would be so much support for them. And, a lot of other people that otherwise wouldn’t have received transplants would get them too because of the publicity. It sounded brilliant to me.

As usual, the Dutch are well ahead of the rest of the world. As usual, some people inside and outside of the media make negative knee-jerk reactions without thinking through all of the possible outcomes.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951/23 "2007-06-02T03:07:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Charlie Tan]  
Since I lost one kidney due to cancer, I find the whole idea revolting.  
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I find it more pathetic than revolting. But I don’t have mine out for another 2 weeks yet.

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**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-have-my-kidneys/405951/24 "2007-06-02T03:25:43Z")

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Let me say that I have spent to much time reading this board.  
After reading the title my first thought was “Steak and Kidney pie. When come back, bring pie.”

Sorry.

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