trepanation

[Hulsebos A]

M Holmes har 'zegd:
>
> Nick English writes:
>
> > I must have missed a post somewhere or something...What exactly IS
> > trepanation?
>
> It's pretty straightforward really. You shave your scalp, swab on a
> little surgical spirit, cut the flesh, peel it back and then take a
> Black & Decker drill to your skull with a masonry bit at slow speed. The
> game is to drill a hole in your skull without squishing your brain.
> Bonus points are awarded for each extra hole.
>
> The trick is that you have to remember that things are backwards in the
> mirror.
>
> > --Nick
>
> FoFP


Heh, heh, sure...

One thing that crossed my mind last night: there's a Dutch saying, 'Hij heeft
een gaatje in zijn hoofd', literally 'he's got a hole in his head', which means
that he's gone (slightly) mad.

All this puts the word 'unplugged' in a brand new context :-)

Cheers,
         Arjan H
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