You have some weird ass conversations
at 3am. I was with some coworkers and someone brought up the topic of
those conjoined twins on TLC which really needs to replace the
meaning of the L in their name. I'd seen these two before and heard
their story. Their names are Abigail Loraine “Abby” Hensel and
Brittany Lee Hensel. They are 25 years old and born connected in what
appears to be a terribly uncomfortable position. I couldn't imagine
being this close to another human being, but since they were born
this way and know no others its different.
Abby (5'2”) and Brittany (4'10”)
have two heads (of course), two spines that merge, each control an
arm and a leg, one rib cage, two hearts, two stomachs, four lungs,
one liver, three kidneys, one vagina, and one b-hole. See...now those
last two would bother me. You can be sitting there watching your food
intake because you like doing number two just once a day but your
other half is shoveling Burger King into her mouth and making you go
to the bathroom. Since you have control of one of the arms and legs
you can decide to just not walk.
