Filling Space

The following story was mentioned in the Los Angeles Times today, Mac mentioned it and I'm sure it will be or was carried on any number of local news shows. To summarize a judge in Arizona ruled that a woman's unborn fetus did not qualify her for driving in the carpool lanes. The judge stated that "the law is meant to fill empty space in a vehicle." The story states she was visibly pregnant so wasn't the unborn child doing just that, filling empty space? If that's all that is required then me and my conjoined twin ... ...

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Ok I went looking for more info on conjoined twins and related topics just to make sure I got all my terms correct. I haven't, but I got so side tracked that I really don't feel like finishing the post as I had originally envisioned it. I was going to go the route of conjoined twins, elephantitus of the nads, etcetera riding shotgun. However, look at the truly odd stuff [WARNING: The link will take you to a site showing people with birth defects who were put on display for profit. If this topic bothers or disturbs you don't click the link.] you can find when you're not even trying. There's a ton of info here on past freak show participants as well as on what appears to be the main site for a current freak show.

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