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Post by timartwonis on Mar 16, 2004 14:41:14 GMT -5
what is harlequin?
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Post by Dark on Mar 16, 2004 14:47:52 GMT -5
Har-le-quin
noun An amusing character in some traditional plays, who wears special brightly coloured clothes with a diamond pattern.
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Post by Madamluna on Mar 16, 2004 15:01:13 GMT -5
potato ing harlequin babies. I HATE looking at harlequin babies, but I do that thing where I keep looking anyway because I have a horrible sense of judgement. But the most disturbing one I've seen wasn't a baby--it was six or seven years old. They usually don't live past the first few hours. It's horrible. If for some insane reason you are thinking "gosh gee willikers, it's one of the most nightmarish things in the world--LET'S SEE IT," then I will link to a page about harlequin icthyosis here. It's got images on it so it's obviously not work, school, eyeball or sanity safe, but if you clicked on it then you deserve whatever you get. |
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Post by Luigi on Mar 16, 2004 15:38:27 GMT -5
Most disturbing thing I ever saw...my school bus driver used to run over rabbits on purpouse. But that wasn't as disturbing as when my friend's baby died, and she sent me pictures of the body. It was horribly deformed, had the harlequin fetus disease. Why she took pictures and sent them around is beyond me. I had nightmares for two weeks. EXTREMELY DISTURBING, you've been warned. asylumeclectica.com/malady/archives/harlequin.htmToo scared...to look... |
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Post by Luigi on Mar 16, 2004 15:38:45 GMT -5
The most disturbing thing I've ever seen, was on www.rotten.com ... It was a picture of a man's headphones caught in a mousetrap... EWWW I couldn't sleep all night... *titters* Sorry... |
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Post by Madamluna on Mar 16, 2004 15:48:37 GMT -5
Oh, I was beaten to a harlequin fetus page. Well, now you have double the pages, double your fun horror.
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Post by Luigi on Mar 16, 2004 16:52:54 GMT -5
What harlequinn fetus thingie already described? What does it do?
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Post by Dark on Mar 16, 2004 21:43:15 GMT -5
What harlequinn fetus thingie already described? What does it do? You don't want to know. Believe me. YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO KNOW. However, if you want to know go to that site. But you are warned that it's really creepy. |
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Post by negativenine on Mar 16, 2004 22:56:50 GMT -5
Oh wow. That's so scary. They don't even look like babies...
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Post by Luigi on Mar 17, 2004 16:29:40 GMT -5
You don't want to know. Believe me. YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO KNOW. However, if you want to know go to that site. But you are warned that it's really creepy. I do want to know. Believe me. I REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW. But I don't want to see pics
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Post by Madamluna on Mar 17, 2004 16:52:54 GMT -5
I do want to know. Believe me. I REALLY DO WANT TO KNOW. But I don't want to see pics But the pictures are what make it fun! X3333 But anyway, here's a little rundown for ya from the page I linked to. "Few congenital birth defects are as disturbing to the eyes (and souls) of its witnesses than Harlequin Ichthyosis - commonly known as Harlequin Fetus. In this rare genetic disorder, which occurs in 1 in 300,000 births, babies are born with a massive horny shell of dense platelike scales and contraction abnormalities of the eyes, ears, mouth and appendages. Basically, wherever a fold would normally occur in a newborn baby, these poor souls have cracks. " A witness's experience: "On Thursday, April ye 5, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in 'Chas'town. It was surprising to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low, which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I saw it." |
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Post by BSam on Mar 17, 2004 18:29:37 GMT -5
A witness's experience: "On Thursday, April ye 5, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in 'Chas'town. It was surprising to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low, which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I saw it." that's more disturbing than the pictures...or maybe it's just my current mood as opposed to when i saw the sites... |
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Post by ŘỠßëřŦ on Mar 18, 2004 10:28:54 GMT -5
No, I think the *shudders* pictures are more disturbing...
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Post by Cakesniffer on Mar 18, 2004 22:51:03 GMT -5
My best friend literally watched her grandmother die last year. She doesn't seem too bothered by it which seems odd to me. I would be scarred for life.
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Post by negativenine on Mar 19, 2004 10:30:49 GMT -5
A witness's experience: "On Thursday, April ye 5, 1750, I went to see a most deplorable object of a child, born the night before of one Mary Evans in 'Chas'town. It was surprising to all who beheld it, and I scarcely know how to describe it. The skin was dry and hard and seemed to be cracked in many places, somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The mouth was large and round and open. It had no external nose, but two holes where the nose should have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of coagulated blood, turned out, about the bigness of a plum, ghastly to behold. It had no external ears, but holes where the ears should be. The hands and feet appeared to be swollen, were cramped up and felt quite hard. The back part of the head was much open. It made a strange kind of noise, very low, which I cannot describe. It lived about forty-eight hours and was alive when I saw it." Somehow this reminds me of Poe... maybe just the old-fashionned-e way it's written and the freakiness... I'm still gonna say the pictures were freakier. You don't really get an idea of how revolting it is until you see them... |
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