Brains, we all need them and we all have one, except donors. Now, everyone is getting behind Hari and Krishna the joined together at the head twins (who share a brain) who are well and truly milking their 15 minutes of fame. They’ve got front covers, they’ve got spreads, they’ve got themselves preemptively photoshopped apart like a Jenny Craig ad before and after shot.
Aparts from the inevitable talkshow tour (the circus freak circuit for the modern times) how are Hari and Krishna going to pay for this operation. Does they have a Medicare or Health Care card? Did they cue jump the waiting list ahead of all the other joined at the head twins who didn’t think to get a publisicist? Are we as tax payers going to have to foot the bill for more cosmetic elective surgery for the rich and famous? (I had to pay for my third penis reduction operation out of my own pocket)
I raise some interesting questions about this social dilemma. But the first question I put to Wayne when we were belting out a ding from his Holden Belmont was, who are we as humans and who are GP’s to decide if joined together at the head twins want to be separated? Should we really be playing God? This is not the Milton and Bradley game “Operations”. You don’t get a zap if you fuck it up, you get headaches all around and ethical dilemmas even Peter Singers would’t debate.
I am like the voice of my generation. I drink Big M’s, I eat Chiko Rolls and I watch Ladette to Lady (the Aussie version) and shake my head and what thePoms are doing to our birds. And If I was a joined together at the head twin I wouldn’t want to have the attention removed along with my other head.
Do you remember in the Superman 2 film when he gave his powers up the he could root that bird? Well he couldnt wait to get back to being faster than speeding bullet again (not a premature ejaculator). The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Once Hari And Krishna become “normal” (they are still Indian though) these Children’s Charity’s will cast them aside while they give attention to the three headed twins.
And we all know two heads are better than one.
*Get out of Jail free card: if one of or both of the twins die or end up like Wayne and Collingwood supporters then I then I reserve the right not to cop the sway of public rightiouness and indignation. I was merely debating the topic and not the twins.

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#1 by Mr Pastry on 19 November 2009 - 10:36 pm
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With the publicity they received I anticipate a spate of conjoined twin celebrity operation shows, conjoined twins separated by celebrities scoring points for their selected charities gaining publicity for their failing careers – it’s a sure fire ratings winner.
BTW I always thought conjoined twins were the only ones who could genuinely refer to their “other half”
#2 by stewie on 19 November 2009 - 11:24 pm
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Collingwood forever! What model Belmont is it?
#3 by Trevor McDonald on 20 November 2009 - 10:48 am
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Thankyou for both weighing in with your opinions on this debate. But we can’t lose sight of the important issues I have canvassed here? The Aussie version of Lady to Ladette and the Seperation of Powers: Who will check the other Twin’s balance?
It’s a 1969 HT station wagon with the column shift.
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#4 by stewie on 20 November 2009 - 10:17 pm
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My mate Matt had twin HD panel vans conjoined at the head (it was a very painful experience all round). The difficulty in separating them was one had a 186 and the other the 179 and it meant having to substitute the column shift with a celica 5 speed box and adaptor plate for both, after which they were no longer fully holden. Besides that ethical debacle, there was no way that either chassis had been able to give informed consent. The whole mercy surgery caper is a moral minefield.
#5 by stace on 22 November 2009 - 12:00 pm
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Guys seem to have a thing for mutants. When my boyfriend does the fruit & veg shop he likes to bring me home mutant veges and display them on the bench for me. Usually it’s a tomato that’s grown like a big knob thing out the side, or a zucchini that’s grown a sort of double bum arrangement. Occasionally there’ll be bosoms.
What does this mean, Trev? I’m not a bloke, so I don’t really get it.
#6 by Mr Pastry on 22 November 2009 - 10:28 pm
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@stace – As a supermarket shopper I have been living in a world without mishapen vegetables unaware of their continued existence. I often reflect and miss the mirth and merryment such mutant food stuffs can bring. The UK supermarkets are bringing back vegetables you can chortle at, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m91-DuRv30 Surely Groupthink needs to initiate a photo competition for the most amusing vegetable pics – First thing Monday I’m off to the local farm shop for some amusing examples.