Advantages of the Third Arm
The new top emailed photo on Yahoo today is that of a three-armed baby in China named Jie-Jie. Doctors in China are trying to figure out which arm to cut off because both are fully developed, and they can’t tell which one will be less functional.
I say that Jie-Jie should keep his arm, as it will give him amazing abilities later in life. Among the new skills:
- He can salt and pepper his steak while he is cutting it.
- He can play impossible chords on the guitar.
- Instead of making snow angels? Yep, Snow Starfish.
- Its always more fun with three hand puppets!
- He can applaud and finger-whistle at the same time.
- Morning grooming is a snap. He can use two QTips and brush his teeth at the same time.
- The Triple-Bird Flip would be the best picture on MySpace.
I saw this photo earlier, but there was no source posted, so thanks for linking.
That’s odd. It’s completely clear to me which one needs to come off in order to keep the shoulder functioning… Doesn’t matter if the smaller one in the front functions better, it’s not attached to anything but his chest…
I’d say leave them all, too. Although, you have to guarantee the family that his lot in life won’t be “circus freak”.