The case of 100 missing brains has been solved. The brains, missing from the university of Texas in Austin, have been found at the university of Texas in San Antonio. T. Schallert, a professor at the Austin campus, said, “They, (the researchers at the San Antonio campus), read a media report and called to say, ‘We’ve got those brains!'”
The brains, used for research, have been AWOL since the 1990s, but their whereabouts took on a new urgency with the publication of a new book, “Malformed: Forgotten Brains of the Texas State Mental Hospital.
I am left wondering how one walks out with 100 brains, and how ironic that they have actually been forgotten.
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Credits: Gary Larson, the far side, the detroit free press wire services
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I think the brains just transferred to a new school and their transcripts were lost.
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Hah! Exactly )
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Absentmindedness?? This is my new word. It fits the bill for me. You too?
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That is perfect, Tess!
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😀 😀 😀
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If a mind is a terrible thing to waste, then a brain must be a terrible thing to lose…unless you forget you lost it…times 100! 😉 Humans are bizarre.
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So true, Lorna. We sure are )
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In the midst of great, scientific minds, no less! Bewildering.
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Yes! )
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Beth, this is so funny and puzzling, too. I cannot imagine this as a prank but someone had to come up with it, one way or another. It has been a mystery for over 10 years! I liked the cute comic, too, my brain often seems too full to sit still!
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I agree, robin. As you know, truth is always stranger than fiction)
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You are so right, Beth! Who could think up of such a thing? Losing 100 brains!!
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I know! )
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Somewhere between kidnapping a school mascot and squeezing as many people as possible into a phonebooth (back when there were phonebooths) – bizarre and funny i (in an ‘oops I lost my head’ kinda way)…
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Yes )
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I wonder if in their research they will find out why humans desire to “follow” as much as they do. Hrrm…
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An excellent query, Irt )
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Anyone who’s ever been a teacher is familiar with the phenomena of brains going missing…
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You are so right, barb!
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I’ve lost my mind before but have never found it with 99 others in a university. Ha! Of course that’s where all the brains hang out, so it makes sense.
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Yes, it makes perfect sense, paul )
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Now, to be fair, if you saw somebody hauling a hundred brains around, would you stop them or would you let them go about their business and try not to think about it?
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Those Longhorns, they are some smart cookies! Keep Austin Weird.
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Indeed they are )
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I wonder if one of brains was called Abby Normal. 🙂
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I have a friend who is a farmer,who says ‘I have yet to meet an intelligent professional’. I don’t think I’ll be sharing this with him.
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Oops, keep it just between us , tric )
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There’s a brain drain in the Texas university of system. heheh. Good catch in the news, Beth.
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Pretty funny, mark )
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Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most. Thanks for the chuckle, Beth.
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Hah! Me too )
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Beth, you continually manage to share snippets that are interesting and thought-provoking. The cartoon is perfect–love gary larson’s Far Side! 😆
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Thanks, ermine. )
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Ha!
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How I love Gary Larson! Perfect for this story.
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Thanks, and me too )
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I don’t know if that’s more creepy or gross! LOL! 😀
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Nice to know if you donate to science, you’ll be well looked after in the afterlife. 🙂
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I know! )
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One of those brains could be my grandmother’s!!! LOL The very idea!
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Yikes!
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