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Man, 44, learns he's been living with half a BRAIN after common symptom millions suffer
Daily Mail ^ | 02/20/2025 | Sadie Whitelocks

Posted on 02/20/2025 5:51:44 AM PST by vespa300

A man discovered he had been living with just half a brain after being hit by a common symptom that plagues millions.

The unnamed 44-year-old from the south of France started feeling a mild pain and weakness in his leg for around two weeks, which prompted him to visit his doctor.

More than a third of Americans suffer from some form of leg pain, which is usually down to muscle strain, arthritis or harder-to-identify causes, like vascular issues.

After doctors ruled out those common physical causes, they were concerned it could be due to a neurological condition that affects nerve endings.

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To: vespa300

He is obviously well qualified to bring into the U.S. and put in charge of a federal agency.


21 posted on 02/20/2025 6:18:01 AM PST by CFW
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To: vespa300

Looks like the Democrats have found their nominee for 2028.


22 posted on 02/20/2025 6:20:47 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: BobL

ROFL! I’ll guess who, in Time.


23 posted on 02/20/2025 6:20:59 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: dfwgator

Ans should run for public office


24 posted on 02/20/2025 6:22:31 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: vespa300

From the article:
“They were further surprised to find that he was still able to function sufficiently with an IQ of 75, at the lower end of the ‘normal’ range.

The man also had built a successful life for himself, with a wife, two children and a job as a civil servant.”


Civil Servant - Which now explains to me why our govt has been so screwed up all these years they all have lower end IQs and half a brain....


25 posted on 02/20/2025 6:23:41 AM PST by reed13k
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To: vespa300

Depends on which half he was left with.


26 posted on 02/20/2025 6:29:12 AM PST by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: vespa300
They were further surprised to find that he was still able to function sufficiently with an IQ of 75, at the lower end of the 'normal' range.

The man also had built a successful life for himself, with a wife, two children and a job as a civil servant.

Yep, sounds like someone who would tune into The View on a regular basis at their Civil Servant position every day, regardless if they had a half of brain or a fully functioning high IQ brain.

27 posted on 02/20/2025 6:31:40 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: vespa300

If you did have, say, an IQ of 75...ever wonder how many people would notice?
I spend considerable time every week between two universities, where I talk with a lot of students. I try to draw them out, but overall, I suspect there’s little education and less common sense in their heads. So I could probably be accepted as normal, while employing only half a brain.
But in the general population...hmm.


28 posted on 02/20/2025 6:32:32 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: vespa300

Has only half a brain yet he’s a successful civil servant.

Pretty much says it all doesn’t it?


29 posted on 02/20/2025 6:34:24 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Robert DeLong

Exactly!!


30 posted on 02/20/2025 6:40:18 AM PST by vespa300
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To: vespa300

I think the last line is enlightening-


The man also had built a successful life for himself, with a wife, two children and a job as a civil servant.


31 posted on 02/20/2025 6:40:21 AM PST by Retgearjammer
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To: vespa300

Seems to be more than many of our voters.


32 posted on 02/20/2025 6:41:09 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: dfwgator

“I keep half my brain tied behind my back, as always, my friends, just to make things fair here — fair and sustainable, for the callers.”
From Rush’s Famous Quotes, updated during the show at RushLimbaugh.com


33 posted on 02/20/2025 6:41:09 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: vespa300

THe term, “half wit,” now makes much more sense!


34 posted on 02/20/2025 6:41:41 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Too smart by half.


35 posted on 02/20/2025 6:46:41 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: vespa300
Reminds me of a game show on SCTV — "Half-Wits".

36 posted on 02/20/2025 6:46:45 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: vespa300

A democrat?


37 posted on 02/20/2025 7:01:43 AM PST by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: vespa300

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.


38 posted on 02/20/2025 7:04:14 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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Does he like pina coladas?

If you like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like makin’ love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape


39 posted on 02/20/2025 7:21:14 AM PST by Johnny Wumbo
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To: vespa300

Can the song by Cher (yes I know she’s loony) Halfbreed be adapted here?
Halfbrain….


40 posted on 02/20/2025 7:24:30 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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