Body World

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:44 pm

Got talked into to taking the wife and kid to something called "Body World" over at the science museum. They take dead bodies and organs and dip them in plastic for display. The place was crowded as fukk, people jostling to see cancerous rectums, hydrocephalic fetuses, and diseased cranks that had been sliced in half.

I dunno, maybe I'm not hip to the jive or something, but it creeped me the fukk out. I pushed my way through the crowd and went and played with the wave machine. Then I drove the tow boat simulator and marveled at the Hmong house.

I don't think I'll ever eat beef jerky again.

http://www.smm.org/

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:48 pm

When I liveed in New Orleans, a girl took me to some corridor in a hospital just off Canal Street. She snuck me in, and we acted like we belonged there. There was a collection of freakstuff in jars along the corridor. I guess she had just happened upon it. There were human trunks, body parts, and a baby that had a horn like a goat. Most of it was almost a century old.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:50 pm

Must be a new thing, the have that going on at the Trop too. I hope Moe Green isn't on display.

http://www.tropicanalv.com/ent_bodies.asp

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:52 pm

Everyone acted like this was a cool science exhibit when I thought the only thing missing was a tatooed carney sitting out in front.

Freaky.

When we got back to the car, my son (age 11) said: "That was fun AND disturbing."

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:52 pm

And then, there's always this:

http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp

Tom In VA · Post by **Tom In VA** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:54 pm

JCT wrote:I hope Moe Green isn't on display.

There isn't even a plaque - or a signpost - or a statue of him in that town ...

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:56 pm

Whatever happened to the days of museums having trains sets, stuffed zebras, and a giant electromagnet that picks up nails?

I expected a carny to wave people into a side tent for an extra fifty cents and do the trick where he shoves an ice pick up his nose.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:57 pm

I'm not paying $25 to see some bodies. I can go roll around the west siiiiiiiiide and see them for free.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:27 pm

PSUFAN wrote:When I liveed in New Orleans, a girl took me to some corridor in a hospital just off Canal Street. She snuck me in, and we acted like we belonged there. There was a collection of freakstuff in jars along the corridor. I guess she had just happened upon it. There were human trunks, body parts, and a baby that had a horn like a goat. Most of it was almost a century old.

culled from the local population no doubt.

DiT · Post by **DiT** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:30 pm

the biggest collection of freaky shit can be found here:)

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:50 pm

They were all white - even the African Americans. Formaldehyde said so.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:52 pm

Uncle Fester wrote:Got talked into to taking the wife and kid to something called "Body World" over at the science museum. They take dead bodies and organs and dip them in plastic for display. The place was crowded as fukk, people jostling to see cancerous rectums, hydrocephalic fetuses, and diseased cranks that had been sliced in half.

I dunno, maybe I'm not hip to the jive or something, but it creeped me the fukk out. I pushed my way through the crowd and went and played with the wave machine. Then I drove the tow boat simulator and marveled at the Hmong house.

I don't think I'll ever eat beef jerky again.

http://www.smm.org/

That same exhibit was here in Tampa over Xmas. Disturbing b/c its actual dead people who gave their bodies to Science.

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Cicero wrote: Disturbing b/c its actual dead people who gave their bodies to Science.

Alledgedly.......

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Yeah, it was almost surreal. They were selling Body World trinkets in the gift shop, things like brain key chains, spinal column pens, deviated septum salt shakers...

Like I said, I'll take my museum with trains sets and riverboat simulaters, please.

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:12 pm

Saw it 4 years ago. Do they still have the bloke on the horse? That was my fave.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:36 pm

He's not talking about the east london museum of beastiality, nish. They don't tolerate such things in Gawd's country, wisconsin.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:04 pm

I didn't see a guy on a horse.

They had a basketball player, a gymnast, a muscleman, and a bunch of others.

Kind of put me off my Slim Jim.

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:08 pm

What? Didn't they even have the bloke on the enormous bicycle? You were skanked, Sir.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:13 pm

They had a guy who was peeled open like a giant flower made of meat. He looked like he swallowed an M-80 or something.

After that, the rest was kind of a blur. I went down to the planet exhibit and tried to think happy thoughts.

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:15 pm

Cicero wrote:
That same exhibit was here in Tampa over Xmas. Disturbing b/c its actual dead people who gave their bodies to Science.

In Florida, they could have just displayed a foreskin and it would have produced the same amount of controversy and outrage.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:20 pm

The enormous crowds and jostling for position kind of caught me off guard.

"Look, Maude, rectal cancer."
"Lemee see, out of the way, lemee see."

helmet · Post by **helmet** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:51 pm

Saw it in Philly this winter. They had the horse, the bicycle, everything. The gymnast, the hurdler, and the chick shooting an arrow were my favorite. My gf and her mom thought the pregnant chick was NOT cool.

And I've been to the Mutter Museum twice. I love that place. They had a Lewis and Clark exhibit up to mark the 200th anniversary, and it was pretty good.

helmet · Post by **helmet** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:52 pm

Uncle Fester wrote:Yeah, it was almost surreal. They were selling Body World trinkets in the gift shop, things like brain key chains, spinal column pens, deviated septum salt shakers...

Like I said, I'll take my museum with trains sets and riverboat simulaters, please.

Yeah, I bought the spine key chain and a finger bone pen.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:57 pm

I almost bought the penis pinky ring for Irie, but I had spent all my money on the human head lampshades.

Ed Gein was ahead of his time.

Fat Bones · Post by **Fat Bones** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:11 pm

Is this collection on loan from Buchenwald?

Dr. Mengele gives it four gold molars!

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:30 pm

helmet wrote:Yeah, I bought the spine key chain and a finger bone pen.

Actually, you can pick up a lot of the same stuff in any medical school bookstore. I usually stock up on the eyeball keychains, finger bone keychains, etc. as prizes for my students for top grades on quizzes and tests.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:37 pm

Body World?

I liked it. It was better than "Cats."

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