OT: Hey You Weirdos!

[bearclaw]

Strategia_In_Ultima saidOn the other hand, a rebar through the forehead will do the same. I'm not joking; some railroad worker in the late 19th century IIRC had an accident where a steel rod was blown clean through the side of his forehead. He survived, but he was a radically different person after that, got sacked and spent the rest of his life traveling with a circus sitting on a chair with a steel rod in his head. Then again, this might not be such a good idea for the story.....

While this story is true, the bar did not remain in his head. What happened was that it struck him in the chin and went through the top of his skull, severed the frontal lobe of his brain from the rest. What ended up happening is that there was no concious or chemical control of his moods. Without any promting or causes, he would have radical and unprecicable mood swings which were so dramatic that he had no control of his personallity. When he was mad, he was nothing but mad, or sad, or glad.

As an interesting comment on the LSD discussion, it has been found that the actual chemical LSD causes a chain-reaction of 'mis-fires' in the brain that last for several hours. The initial cause (the chemical) is actually processed out of the body within 45 min. As a former heavy LSD user (it was a long time ago), I can attest that there are NO such things as LSD induced flash-backs or other long-term affects. (whoa dude, look at the colors of that Phong... it looks so real... BLAST. cool dude, even it's lasers feel real...)

That said, apparently there is still a federal law in the US (drafted in the 60's duing government LSD tests) that states that I've taken enough LSD to be labled as clinically insane...