Extra fingers

Discussion in 'Off Topic [BG]' started by BawanaRik, Dec 23, 2014.

  1. BawanaRik

    BawanaRik

    Mar 6, 2012
    New Jersey
    Yahoo has one of those little shorties involving people with funny body parts.

    Extra fingers was something that was discussed.

    It appears most people get them removed. If I ever found out my parent removed any extra fingers that were mine I would be mad.

    How would you feel about that?
     
  2. sissy kathy

    sissy kathy Back to Bass-ics Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 21, 2014
    Arbutus, MD
    I can't use the ones I have effectively, I don't need any more.
     
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  3. Basshappi

    Basshappi

    Feb 12, 2007
    Tucson,AZ
    I need a few more fingers.
    Seriously.
     
  4. BawanaRik

    BawanaRik

    Mar 6, 2012
    New Jersey
    I'd be less than happy if anyone remove any body parts of mine.

    Mine.
     
  5. Gorn

    Gorn Supporting Member

    Dec 15, 2011
    Queens, NY
    Extra fingers are rarely useful as fingers and usually just sit there poking out of next to a functional finger. Would you want a useless pinky-like lump of flesh sticking out of the side of your hand?
     
  6. 48thStreetCustom

    48thStreetCustom

    Nov 30, 2005
    Colorado
    Naw man. Without getting into the details, no woman would ever give you nookie with a deformed hand.
     
  7. tastybasslines

    tastybasslines Inactive

    May 9, 2010
    Los Angeles, CA
    I'd love extra fingers. One more on each hand would be incredible. Imagine what other things you could do on the bass with it. Or the extra grip it would provide you, or how fast you might be able to type. There are no end to the applications you might discover that it is useful for.

    Then that is not a woman I would want to be with. And I'll bet that plenty of women would like what the extra finger might be able to do.
     
  8. 48thStreetCustom

    48thStreetCustom

    Nov 30, 2005
    Colorado
    No. No they wouldn't. They don't even like dirty fingernails.
     
  9. bluesblaster

    bluesblaster

    Jan 2, 2008
    I use to work with a guy that had six fingers on each hand, its a bit of a shock the first time you notice it,...trying not to stare and all
     
  10. sissy kathy

    sissy kathy Back to Bass-ics Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 21, 2014
    Arbutus, MD
    I'm sorry but I'd ask him if I could examine it closely, especially if it is fully functional. I knew a guy in the army that had a thumb replaced with one of his toes. Looked normal; he said it took a few years before he quit seeing a toe there.
     
  11. I don't need more fingers, but I would like longer pinkie fingers. About a quarter of an inch longer apiece would be nice.
     
  12. slobake

    slobake resident ... something

    Hound Dog Taylor had six fingers.

    HoundDog.jpg
     
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  13. Maybe six fingers is normal and the rest of us all got short-changed evolution-wise.......
     
  14. You have six fingers? Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
     
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  15. zontar

    zontar

    Feb 19, 2014
    J-5
  16. Pilgrim

    Pilgrim Supporting Member

    I think worrying or obsessing about something like that many years after the fact is pretty pointless.
     
  17. placedesjardins

    placedesjardins

    May 7, 2012
    If I had 5 fingers and a thumb on one hand, I would be okay with them removing the extra pinky.
     
  18. Bard2dbone

    Bard2dbone

    Aug 4, 2002
    Arlington TX
    I've had several patients with some form of polydactyly. Actual usable, functional fingers are exceedingly rare. Weirdo mutant fingers that stick out of the side of another finger but don't have any joints are much less uncommon.

    I had one nine year old with thirteen and a half digits.