Gimme Some Skin

 

1. I could have gone the rest of my life without knowing that.  Yuk!

   I think I’ll send this to all of friends.

   Posted by bigwhitehat       01/11/2006  at  09:46 AM  



2. Oh man, now that’s just icky! 

   Posted by rudebadger       01/11/2006  at  09:54 AM  



3. Some knowledge is better left in the shadows.

   

   Posted by Tannenberg       01/11/2006  at  10:28 AM  



4. Hmmm, didn’t the nazis use human skin (with tattoos) for lampshades, etc… Macabre, indeed. Right out there with “long pork”...

   Posted by Rat Patrol       01/11/2006  at  11:26 AM  



5. Could this be the origin of the expression “tan your hide”

   Posted by StinKerr       01/11/2006  at  12:40 PM  



6. I don’t think so, Stin.  It probably came from the process of tanning hides to make leather....

   Posted by Tannenberg       01/11/2006  at  01:39 PM  



7. Then there’s the lines out of Rolf Harris’ “Tie Me Kangaroo Down”, from around 1963(?)

   Tan me hide, when I’m dead, Fred, tan me hide when I’m dead.
   So we tanned his hide, when he died, Clyde, and that’s it hangin’ on the shed…

   Rat Pat, CRS to remember…

   “May all your chooks turn into emus, and kick your dunny down”

   Posted by Rat Patrol       01/11/2006  at  02:06 PM  



8. Well, as the article shows, it wasn’t always bovine or (pardon me, ) porcine hides being tanned.

   Posted by StinKerr       01/11/2006  at  03:49 PM  



9. Ethics and morality have changed a lot.  From the apologetic book binder with a rich client to our modern concepts of criminality and perversion.  I think this is one of the things that has improved with age.

   Posted by Dr. Jeff       01/11/2006  at  03:52 PM  



10. must cost an arm and a leg

    Posted by bulldog       01/11/2006  at  03:59 PM  



11. WHADDA Y’ALL THINK????

    1. Kerry in drag
    2. boogers
    3. this

    HAS THE GOOD SHIP BMEWS REACHED THE BOTTOM, UNDER THE SKIPPER’S COMMAND?

    naaaahhhh ...

    Posted by Oink       01/11/2006  at  05:23 PM  



12. Of course not, Oink. We’re rigged for high pressure depths. Jacques Cousteau could only dream of reaching the depths that we are capable of reaching here.

    OCM, I think that a skin graft requires the same matching techniques as do other organs. (The skin is your body’s largest organ, Long Dong Silver not withstanding.) Gotta get a good match to have good results. It’s more than just blood type, I fear.

    Posted by StinKerr       01/11/2006  at  05:31 PM  



13. Yeah, as a temporary measure to allow the injury site to heal and regrow close enough would be good enough. I understand that there is some sort of “artificial skin” for just that purpose.

    Posted by StinKerr       01/11/2006  at  05:53 PM  



14. It just occured to me that library fines might have been stiffer and librarians tougher in the old days.

    Posted by StinKerr       01/11/2006  at  05:57 PM  



15. Back in the 80’s they used pig skin (no joke) for a temporary patch on serious burns.  I declined to be one the donor list.

    Posted by Oink       01/11/2006  at  09:18 PM  

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