Today we went to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. It's a very nice museum in it's own right, but this month they are hosting "Body World III". We experienced two floors filled with real human cadavers preserved using a new technique called plastination. What a way to learn about human anatomy. I mean... BAM! There's the whole digestive system, just hanging there for all to see. In addition to showing all manner of body systems and organs, there were bodies posed in "artistic" stances; skateboarding, doing gymnastics, dancing ballet. This exhibit left NOTHING to the imagination.
The only disturbing part was that the person who created the preservation technique is a German named Gunther von Hagen. Perhaps someone should have told him that being German, maybe it wasn't such a good idea going into the business of cutting up people. I don't think this exhibit would play well in Miami Beach.
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Maybe Gunther would play better in Miami if he anglicanized his name to Greg or Steve like the Indian customer service reps.
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