
My mate who did physiotherapy had to get one for his studies. He saved quite a lot of money by only buying a half one, which I thought was a bit crap. If you're going to buy an actual real live dead skeleton, you may as well get the whole thing.
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superb. His face!!!.. and the finger popping out from behind the bone! Heh hee! I take my hat off.
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He reminds me of august...
mmmm...august...only 8½ months to go!!
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Sun 8 Dec 2002, 22:10,
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mmmm...august...only 8½ months to go!!

the benefit of the occasional repost is that others get to see great 'missed' postage
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it made the front page again...
I fear the Monday morning backlash from the anti-repost crew...
*shudder*
Off to bed for me... if I can sleep... ;)
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I fear the Monday morning backlash from the anti-repost crew...
*shudder*
Off to bed for me... if I can sleep... ;)

it'd been there already - as most people hadn't seen it i thought it hadn't been there before!
I'll see if i can un f/p it...
nope, i can't- oops!
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Sun 8 Dec 2002, 22:51,
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I'll see if i can un f/p it...
nope, i can't- oops!

How wierd would just the bottom half be?
edit - ohh! b3tan to the question.
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edit - ohh! b3tan to the question.

rather than top or bottom. Has all the bones in it then, and no duplication...
What really intrigues me is where do they get them from? Do people bequeath them to skeleton supplies companies, or do their families decide that they'd save on burial costs by flogging what's left of their dead relative?
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What really intrigues me is where do they get them from? Do people bequeath them to skeleton supplies companies, or do their families decide that they'd save on burial costs by flogging what's left of their dead relative?

it's people who 'donate their bodies to medical research'.
i was sickened when i found out my med student flatmate has to cut up whole real dead bodies. yech.
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i was sickened when i found out my med student flatmate has to cut up whole real dead bodies. yech.

he's got to do whole bodies. all a bit gross.
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the blood would be clotted by then.
I can't believe you can buy east/west - I just assumed Tomsk meant North/South!
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Sun 8 Dec 2002, 22:15,
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I can't believe you can buy east/west - I just assumed Tomsk meant North/South!

and it stinks, apparently.
i would still vomit.
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Sun 8 Dec 2002, 22:16,
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i would still vomit.

rarely squirt, but its usually the preserving fluid (formalin.. I think), but that f*ckin stinks...
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