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Blue People of Troublesome Creek
Category: Biology • Weird
Posted on: January 27, 2007 11:13 AM, by The Omnibrain
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Although the story appears genuine and interesting...
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/52914
...I wonder about that photo.
Posted by: boojieboy | January 27, 2007 12:46 PM
Thanks for that link, a truly fascinating story.
It reminded me immediately of the famous story "Eleven Blue Men" by Berton Roueche, which was originally published in the New Yorker magazine back in the 1940s, then later collected and published in his book, The Medical Detectives. Roueche was widely praised for his ability to expalin medical mysteries in detail while still making them understandable to the layman. I highly recommend the book.
You can read the first several pages of "Eleven Blue Men" on Amazon's preview page for the book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0452265886/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-4378061-9533618#reader-link
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Posted by: chezjake | January 27, 2007 1:22 PM
no the pic is real.. it's actually an old family picture from my personal collection. I'm actually not that blue- more of a purple...
ok I'm full of shit - the picture does look a little suspect but I actually posted it because i thought the picture was cool - the story was just gravy.
Posted by: steve | January 27, 2007 5:14 PM