IS IT TIME TO USE STEM CELLS FOR PRACTICAL JOKES?

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	IS IT TIME TO USE STEM CELLS FOR PRACTICAL JOKES?

tabsey

11-23-2008 6:23 AM

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humour, daily mash

tabsey says:

"The joke could even be turned around on the medical profession and you could have some random bloke arriving at A&E with a 26-inch plasma screen lodged inside his genetically enlarged rectum.

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