The buzz down at the Diner this week revolved mostly about the British doc who had \u2018successfully\u2019 transplanted a human head. The Flathead table — the one usually dedicated to arcane discussions of 4 barrel carburetors, sandblasting techniques, after-market wiring and preferred waxes — was animated about this surgical breakthrough of the week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere\u2019d they get a donor head?\u201d Fairlane Fred asked the assembled auto restorers and Little Jimmy said he\u2019d read that the doctor had used cadavers.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy god,\u201d Barry exclaimed, \u201cthat\u2019s like dropping a blown engine as a replacement. How about that, Tim?\u201d he asked Tim Jensen at the end of the table. We all knew the story\u201d Tim had spent a week hauling his old 396 out of a favorite restoration, then dropped a rebuilt in only to learn it too needed rebuilding, the block having a crack he\u2019d missed, something the boyz would never let him live down, not if he lived to be a hundred and thirty and won the pole position at NASCAR.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess they\u2019ll be looking for donors now,\u201d Wally said, \u201cunless they\u2019re gonna work on zombies first.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou volunteering?\u201d Fred asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019d miss this ugly one way too much. Anyway, I\u2019d need a place to hang my hat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKinda weird to think about, you ask me,\u201d Tim said. \u201cAlthough, I saw a guy who had a face transplant on TV last night talking to the wife of the guy who used to have that face. Gave me the heebie-jeebies, I tell you that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if you get a 2nd hand head,\u201d Fred asked, \u201cdo you get some other person\u2019s memories? Or do you get re-wired and have to start over?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGo ask Frankenstein,\u201d Little Jimmy answered.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe very first Deadhead,\u201d I said. The boyz all turned toward me, 8 live heads pivoting as one. Fairlane shook his head and put his fork down solemnly. \u201cDamn, Skeeter,\u201d he said, \u201cyou left your own head back in the 60\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
I flushed a little, probably from that third coffee refill. \u201cYeah, maybe I\u2019ll check Craigslist, see if there\u2019s a fresh one, more up to date. Sure can\u2019t get excited about a cadaver head.\u201d I was pretty sure there was nobody there who\u2019d be willing to swap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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