Random news item

Somebody keep this baby away from this woman! He has enough spare parts for SIX lawsuits!

Ore. baby born with extra toes and finger

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A baby has been born with two extra toes on each foot and one extra finger on each hand. Born May 13, Vincent Monarque has five fingers and a thumb on his left hand, with the thumb and first finger joined by a web of flesh.

The part of the article that disturbed me the most was the normal method of removal:

Extra infant appendages are often no more than little tags of boneless flesh. Doctors remove them by tying a tight knot around them to restrict the flow of blood. Without a blood supply, they wither and fall off.

This little guy's extras actually have bones, though, so they'll require surgery. I hope none of those little tags of bone-ful flesh show up in a Big Mac or a Hardee's Thickburger or something. (Actually, the latter wouldn't be so bad - maybe they'd lose enough money to make them stop running those horrible commercials that are so not selling a hamburger.)