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MaxxLarge [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 02:46:22 PM
It's probably the lure of the money. Seriously, as expensive as prosthetics are, I'd give a big hand to anyone who could offer them for less than an arm and a leg. I'm not talking about handouts, just a little leg up. Because footing the bill for one of those things can really be an exercise in extremity.
 
hillbillypharmacist [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 02:48:05 PM
MaxxLarge: Because footing the bill for one of those things can really be an exercise in extremity.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the new prosthetics are worth it. They can swim circles around the old ones.
 
rocketpants [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 02:56:59 PM
You can start with a degree in Biomedical Engineering...
 
The-Brain
2011-10-20 03:08:24 PM
You really limped through that headline, stubmitter.
 
ultraholland
2011-10-20 03:09:03 PM
Knee grow, please.
 
Fano
2011-10-20 04:33:40 PM
www.brutalashell.com

Be kindly and eccentric
 
JoeCowboy
2011-10-20 04:56:28 PM
My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.

JC
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 05:07:54 PM
JoeCowboy: My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.

JC

Is your sister named Peg? Or Ilene perhaps?
 
ThreadSinger
2011-10-20 05:12:09 PM
images1.wikia.nocookie.net

/hot like Icarus
 
Jesus Christ it's a lion! Get in the car!
2011-10-20 05:15:24 PM
All my submissions for prosthetic arms with rocket motors had been thrown out....
 
JoeCowboy
2011-10-20 05:18:33 PM
scottydoesntknow: JoeCowboy: My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.


Is your sister named Peg? Or Ilene perhaps?

Not a girl, dude, brother in law means a male. So the appropriate joke would be Matt or Russell.

JC
 
weiserfireman
2011-10-20 05:22:27 PM
My company makes some parts that go into some very high end prostheses. A couple years ago, there was an artificial hand on the cover of Time Magazine. The parts we made for the wrist were very visible.

It is fascinating stuff
 
Antimatter
2011-10-20 05:23:31 PM
ThreadSinger: [images1.wikia.nocookie.net image 200x391]

/hot like Icarus

We never asked for this.


Seriously though, I was very much impressed with HR. Was a worthy sequel to De 1, if a bit flawed in places.
 
firemothicc
2011-10-20 05:32:35 PM
The boss walked in and said: "this is kind of what I want, figure out the rest" as he handed me a sketch on a napkin. Thats pretty much how I started.
 
scottydoesntknow [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 05:45:19 PM
JoeCowboy: scottydoesntknow: JoeCowboy: My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.


Is your sister named Peg? Or Ilene perhaps?

Not a girl, dude, brother in law means a male. So the appropriate joke would be Matt or Russell.

JC

Yes, but brother-in-law means you have a sister, and since I went for female names...ahhh fark it nevermind

/Does JC stand for Joke Crusher?
 
JoeCowboy
2011-10-20 05:51:43 PM
scottydoesntknow: JoeCowboy: scottydoesntknow: JoeCowboy: My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.


Is your sister named Peg? Or Ilene perhaps?

Not a girl, dude, brother in law means a male. So the appropriate joke would be Matt or Russell.


Yes, but brother-in-law means you have a sister, and since I went for female names...ahhh fark it nevermind

/Does JC stand for Joke Crusher?

In this case, yes

JC
 
potterydove
2011-10-20 06:08:11 PM
lparchive.org

/hot
/also not obscure
 
FunkOut [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 06:45:02 PM
Why are there not more tentacle limbs? Do we not have the technology?
 
Mega Steve
2011-10-20 07:04:09 PM
potterydove: [lparchive.org image 640x480]

/hot
/also not obscure

Came for this one
 
Loucifer
2011-10-20 07:05:24 PM
Let's discuss it over dinner.

media.tumblr.com
 
23FPB23
2011-10-20 07:39:27 PM
They better not hire Kwame...he'll make a Real-Doll - psychobilly Cadillac style!
 
FunkOut [TotalFark]
2011-10-20 07:45:33 PM
23FPB23: They better not hire Kwame...he'll make a Real-Doll - psychobilly Cadillac style!

Oh dear. That thread made me laugh so hard I cried. Somebody kept making lolpics with a disapproving Asian realdoll.
 
Stoutpants
2011-10-20 08:11:55 PM
potterydove: [lparchive.org image 640x480]

/hot
/also not obscure

I loved Stanley Gimble!
 
colonel0sanders
2011-10-20 08:15:06 PM
If I were a carpenter, I'd hammer on my piglet. I'd collect my seven dollars, and I'd buy a big prosthetic forehead and wear it on my real head.
 
WhyteRaven74
2011-10-20 08:58:20 PM
img693.imageshack.us
 
notyomama
2011-10-20 10:52:16 PM
Here in the Chattanooga area, there is a store called Stubbs Prosthetics and Orthotics. It used to be called Stubbs Limb and Brace.

We also used to have a Hemlock Pharmacy before all the big chain drugstores took over.
 
skwerlmaster
2011-10-21 09:39:50 AM
FunkOut: Why are there not more tentacle limbs? Do we not have the technology?

yes, we do Link
 
Green Scorpio
2011-10-21 11:31:13 AM
JoeCowboy: My brother in law lost his leg just above the knee just a few weeks ago. I'm seriously hoping he goes as a pirate for Halloween.

JC

If he just lost his leg above the knee, I doubt he'll be going anywhere without a wheelchair.
And pirates never look good in wheelchairs
 
RoLleRKoaSTeR
2011-10-21 11:37:45 AM
Came for Winry Rockbell pics/refs...

Leaving disappointed.
 
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