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About 100 brains missing from University of Texas
AP via Yahoo ^ | 12/02/2014 | AP

Posted on 12/03/2014 3:39:57 AM PST by DFG

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The University of Texas at Austin is missing about 100 brains — about half of the specimens the university had in a collection of brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde.

One of the missing brains is believed to have belonged to clock tower sniper Charles Whitman.

"We think somebody may have taken the brains, but we don't know at all for sure," psychology Professor Tim Schallert, co-curator of the collection, told the Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/11R7vym ).

His co-curator, psychology Professor Lawrence Cormack, said, "It's entirely possible word got around among undergraduates and people started swiping them for living rooms or Halloween pranks."

The Austin State Hospital had transferred the brains to the university about 28 years ago under a "temporary possession" agreement. Schallert said his psychology lab had room for only 100 brains, so the rest were moved to the basement of the university's Animal Resources Center.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


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To: jsanders2001

“clock tower sniper Charles Whitman”

There was a rumor,
of a tumor.


41 posted on 12/03/2014 5:48:24 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: DainBramage

“Well, the Jerk Store called, and they’re running out of you”.


42 posted on 12/03/2014 5:52:59 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: DFG

Well that didn’t take long.


43 posted on 12/03/2014 5:57:38 AM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: DFG

Apparently MSM headline writers increasingly wish to break into comedy writing.


44 posted on 12/03/2014 5:58:23 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
They were Democrat brains - never been used.


45 posted on 12/03/2014 6:00:01 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: Farmer Dean

What scare me is that I sometimes think Biden may be one of the smarter ones.


46 posted on 12/03/2014 6:04:14 AM PST by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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To: DFG

And here I thought that maybe they were talking about the faculty.


47 posted on 12/03/2014 6:11:37 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: DFG

As expected, their first statement was that there was no evidence of brains showing up at A&M.


48 posted on 12/03/2014 6:22:37 AM PST by ansel12
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Haaa! Hook’em!

Actually I thought since Austin is such a foodie city, one of the foodie trailers might be wanting Food Channel time! Brians and Eggs anyone?!! (My mom’s favorite!)


49 posted on 12/03/2014 6:23:34 AM PST by YouGoTexasGirl
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To: DFG

An Aggie joke, right?


50 posted on 12/03/2014 6:23:45 AM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: DFG
So undergrads just walked in and took them? Did they have these brains behind an unlocked screen door?

Southern people are funny.

51 posted on 12/03/2014 6:25:26 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: DFG

I’m very relieved to know this since I thought the situation of missing brains at the University of Texas was much, much worse.

Whooop!


52 posted on 12/03/2014 6:46:46 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Adversity does not build character so much as expose it.)
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To: SMARTY
Don't waste your time looking in HER office either:


53 posted on 12/03/2014 7:32:18 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: EinNYC

UGH!!!! What’s the big deal? There are at least 500 brains missing in Congress - allowing for at least 35 with the potential for common sense and logic.


54 posted on 12/03/2014 7:36:56 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: OrangeHoof

Texas has a football team? Who knew?


55 posted on 12/03/2014 7:38:48 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: OrangeHoof

Texas has a football program? Who knew...


56 posted on 12/03/2014 7:41:15 AM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Delta Dawn

You were a bit slow, there.


57 posted on 12/03/2014 7:41:50 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Dang, I thought I saw a Gator trail earlier...


58 posted on 12/03/2014 7:45:31 AM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Delta Dawn

Serves Texas right for foisting Muschamp on us.


59 posted on 12/03/2014 7:48:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: DFG
About 100 brains missing from University of Texas

Hey Rick Perry -- whatever you are up to, it won't work.

60 posted on 12/03/2014 7:52:28 AM PST by meadsjn
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