This is wierd, and it freaks me out!!

Mr_Frisby · Fri 30/04/2004 02:26:06

http://www.secretlair.com/babieswithbeards/

I have never heard of this and am too stupid to figure out if this is real or a joke - um lil help - now there's a giant lizard eating icecream . . .

Phemar · Fri 30/04/2004 04:43:51

THat is just really feaky!!!

Dart · Sat 01/05/2004 14:01:08

Look at this:

http://www.secretlair.com/babieswithbeards/babies/elephant-shirt-boy.jpg

It's obviously fake. What the editor did was copy the boy's hair into a paint program, reversed the picture horizontally and vertically, then pasted it back underneath the boy's chin.

Queen Kara · Sun 02/05/2004 03:46:28

Awww , and I was ready to celebrate this "news" too.
I agree it's disturbing but at the same time it would be kinda cool if there really was such a thing.
Oh , well , at least I could always make a bearded babydoll sometime.

Nine Toes · Sun 02/05/2004 08:14:08

When these kids grow up, they will drink flat beer out of a dirty mug and ride their choppers all across the country... or they'll join an amish community.

I don't know if that's quite freaky enough... try this on for size:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/images/ency/fullsize/1719.jpg

It's a birth defect called Polydactyly (well, I wouldn't really call it a defect... it's actually quite normal). The effect of it is that you are born with extra fingers. Apparently, about 1 in 6 people carry the gene for this, but if I'm not mistaken, it's recessive.

Normally children who are born with this end up getting their extra digits severed off, as per the parent's request (so the kid doesn't get picked on in school or some shit like that).

I had read about a famous blues guitarist who had six fingers on each hand, but he got drunk and cut them off himself. Any one know who I'm talking about?...

shbaz · Sun 02/05/2004 08:54:09

A kid with six fingers would be a killer guitarist, and I wouldn't take any complaining about having "one less finger than there are strings!"

Dart · Mon 03/05/2004 01:12:53

If you want to see a really scary baby, go to an image search engine (such as images.google.com) and look up "harlequin fetus".

That thing is the most horrible thing I've ever seen in my life.

Oh, and if you don't have a strong stomach, please do not look at it. Just don't. Also,Ã,Â don't blame me if you end up having nightmares.

Evil · Mon 03/05/2004 01:44:07

Dart, that is about the saddest thing. Thank god only about 7 births in the US result in it.

Nine Toes · Mon 03/05/2004 08:44:36

Okay, that IS fucked up... good god, those poor children...

LGM · Mon 03/05/2004 14:08:55

It would be quite interesting if any of those lived to grow up..

I sense a new human race coming upon us!

Evil · Tue 04/05/2004 01:56:12

LGM, I've been doing some research on it. They tend to only live up to 9 weeks. However the oldest was a girl who reached the age of 7 before dying. Its such a pitty.

Queen Kara · Tue 04/05/2004 04:47:34

I haven't had nightmares but I wish I hadn't looked at those pictures. Stupid curiousity. *shudder*

Pesty · Tue 04/05/2004 05:47:11

Man, I shouldn't have looked it up! It was so sad, it made me cry. No child should be born like that and no parent should have to experience their child being born like that.

From the perspective of science, it's an interesting affliction. I didn't read much about it, because I was too busy crying about it. Do they have any ideas of what causes it?

remixor · Tue 04/05/2004 05:49:22

Quote from: Pesty on Tue 04/05/2004 05:47:11
Man, I shouldn't have looked it up! It was so sad, it made me cry. No child should be born like that and no parent should have to experience their child being born like that.

From the perspective of science, it's an interesting affliction. I didn't read much about it, because I was too busy crying about it. Do they have any ideas of what causes it?

It's a genetic thing, I believe, so it can often be detected if it's known ahead of time that the mother has it somewhere in her family line, but they're not sure of the actual reason it exists.

Rave · Tue 04/05/2004 06:56:27

Alright, well after reading the horror stories frome you guys, I've taken the reasonable action of not looking. I have every intention of saying in my ignorant bliss and sleep sound tonight. Althought i take your word on how awful the disease is and am thankful it is rare.

Haddas · Tue 04/05/2004 09:51:28

Aaah... So THAT's what it is. I saw a clip called "REAL AELINE VIDEO!1" and there's a woman feeding a baby like this. Poor, poor kids. I would want to know more about that diseaese. Why are the eyes red? What happened? WHY?

Peter Thomas · Tue 04/05/2004 10:40:49

"In Harlequin Fetuses, the free edges of the upper and lower eyelids are everted, leaving the eyes at risk for desiccation and trauma. The term "harlequin" derives from the newborn's facial expression and the triangular and diamond-shaped pattern of hyperkeratosis. The newborn's mouth is pulled wide open, mimicking a clown's smile."

at least that's what the site said... very sad... and to think people can have the audacity to make FUN of it...

Pesty · Wed 05/05/2004 06:21:12

Quote from: Peter Thomas on Tue 04/05/2004 10:40:49
at least that's what the site said... very sad... and to think people can have the audacity to make FUN of it...

Are you surprised? People (I don't mean everyone. Just the general populace) are jerkies. They'll make fun of anything they have the opportunity to make fun of, no matter how undeserving it is.

Nine Toes · Thu 06/05/2004 01:19:39

Hey, Schbaz... I found it.

It's an article in the February 2003 issue of Guitar World in an article about the 25 wierdest guitarists of all time.

The man's name was Hound Dog Taylor. Here is what the article read...

Born with six fingers on each hand, Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor once drunkenly tried to remove his extra digits with a razor blade. Thankfully, he was only partially successful, leaving his left hand intact to execute his wild Elmore James-on-crystal meth slide runs. Despite his clownish stage persona, Hound Dog loved to fight with his bandmates, and even wounded HouseRockers guitarist Brewer Phillips with a handgun when one dissing sessions got out of hand. A devotee of $50 pawn shop guitars and busted amps, Hound Dog rarely practiced, and he never performed sober. "When I die," he sagely predicted, "they'll say, 'He couldn't play shit, but her sure made it sound good!'".

That's kinda wild. I'd like to find out what band this guy was in, and maybe hear some of his stuff...