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Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head?
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Jun 03, 2002
Sheer Brillance!! Funny as Well!
I'm so proud of myself for getting that.. Thumbs up!
How about a lobotomy?
Great fun .. reminded me at first of the old "How do you get rid of 30 pounds of ugly fat... cut off your head".. this one only takes a little off.. good trick teaser!
Hi:
That was a smart one. And delighting as well. As soon as I get one good teaser, I will post it. till then... quack - quack
That was a smart one. And delighting as well. As soon as I get one good teaser, I will post it. till then... quack - quack
ironmaiden980: a lobotomy is a surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain to sever one or more nerve tracts. There wasn't any growth removed.
Cute.
Toooo cute for words! Great one!
so simple yet so difficult!! brilliant!!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
that is a great trick.
I kept trying to say something like tumorectomy or something.
GOOD ONE
that is a great trick.
I kept trying to say something like tumorectomy or something.
GOOD ONE
Short, sweet, simple and I got it right. Nothing like a the surge of figuring out the answer before you press the answer button. Thanks for the good feeling. You know I'd never rate it as easy!
May 31, 2005
I know this may sound gross.... but, I thought it was popping a zit.
What about a tylectomy!
Great trick.. got me good!!
vey cute
What about toothectomy-Getting your wisdom tooth pulled or a eyebrowectomy-plucking an eyebrow?
Good one! I never would think of hair as a "growth" though
NICE
NICE
LOL! That one was awesome, I was totally stumped!
booooorrrrriinngggg
Excellent!! A++
HA HA HA!!!
good one!!
Great one!!
Loved it! And (surprise, surprise), i was stuck!
That one fooled me! Good one.
Way too easy.
Wonderful! Thanks!
duhh lol I am so dumb
nice teaser though
nice teaser though
cute. fun.
Fun stuff!
Very good. Does "shaved" count? Loved it, Thanks
More of what the others said;
Funny! Fun! Clever! Smart enough to get my brain moving and easy enough to give me that surge of pride when i Got It! Good Job!
Funny! Fun! Clever! Smart enough to get my brain moving and easy enough to give me that surge of pride when i Got It! Good Job!
That was great!!
LOL!
May 31, 2005
Actually it is called a biopsy. You are wrong.
I was thinking labotomy. This was not a good one. First teaser i have ever rated badly.
You know that surge a couple of other people have mentioned? I think I may be addicted to it, which is why I keep coming back to Braingle everyday. I got my fix with this one, boy, cuz I figured it out! Thanks for feeding the monkey, magisastar!!
lobotomy isnt removing a growth from the head. lobotomies dont consist of anything being taken out, just messed up. the orthodox lobotomy is a razor sharp bit of barbed wire that is poked through a drilled hole in your forehead and then swivelled back and forth. it goes deep however so not only impulse control but actual thought is affected. modern lobotomies use radiation... like television but more concentrated... still...
I found this easy.
so who here likes frank zappa?
I found this easy.
so who here likes frank zappa?
Very nice. I'm proud of the fact that I figured it out.
I liked this one. Of course since you started out with medical terms one would think it was another medical procedure. But a haircut is good. With some kids getting a haircut is as bad a surgery!
Actually haircuts do not "remove" the hair, they simply cut hair. The hair that you started with is still there. A hair transplant may be the closest comparison to your scenario but I don't want to take the fun out of your braingle.
It was kinda cute
It was kinda cute
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I thought it would be called impossible since it was in trick care
Very cute. I rated it fun and medium difficulty...... btw, I didn't get it . Oh well. Keep em comin!
Excellent teaser! Easy and clever, great job!
That one was just too easy. Still, it was clever.
fun!!!
That was quite funny!
i think brain surgery would have been a better answer.
Ask any beautician or barber and they will tell you that a haircut is the removal of hair growth. So yes, removing a growth from a human head is a haircut. Nice job, fun and easy. Need these once in a while so we don't become discouraged. Have a happy day every one.
A great way to start or to end a working day. Kudos.
Nice one.
How sick am I? The first thing that popped in my head was Decapitation?! Scary! Cute teaser though!
CUTE!
IF THE ANSWER WERE LOBOTOMY, THEN IT WOULD BE A
"NO BRAINER."
IF THE ANSWER WERE LOBOTOMY, THEN IT WOULD BE A
"NO BRAINER."
I got it, but I had heard it before. THAT'S when I got stumped.
ZONAHOBO...I heard it as: "How do you get rid of 200 lbs. of ugly fat? Divorce your wife."
Cute! I was thinking more along the lines of a guillotine... The given answer works much better.
My first thought was surgery.This was a fun teaser.
This one was fun, my first thought was haircut, but then I dropped the right answer!
Congradulations, you gave me a laugh!
Congradulations, you gave me a laugh!
I thought this one was cute AND funny! Easy, though. A haircut is the obvious answer, although a shave would have also worked. That's because a haircut doesn't necessarily REMOVE the growth; merely makes it shorter... a shave removes it. (Temporarily.) I give this one 3 stars. ***
seemed like more of a joke than a brain teaser - but definitely fun
I DISAGREE with southerngirl13 it was verry cool i wish all of them would be that easy! this is what i did:
Good one, It got me. I was misdirected to think a scientific proceedure. Hairy answer!
I thought it was cute - a fun way to start the day
coinman..watch out where the huskies go......
haha funny!!!!baldtomy is better
I never get these!! Very clever.
What a terrific trick teaser, Magisastar! Looks like it was submitted quite a while ago, so I'll have to go back and see what else you've done.
learningchinese - nice comment, cute joke.
southerngirl13 - I take it you had the hiccups while writing your inspiring and thought-provoking post.
learningchinese - nice comment, cute joke.
southerngirl13 - I take it you had the hiccups while writing your inspiring and thought-provoking post.
Look at the wording, 'remove a growth from your head'; I can't see it as from inside your head or from your face. This is good and clearly it got a lot of you. Good misdirection, and a clever and correct answer. I cut my grass when it grows and cut what little hair I have left when it grows as well. I'll remember this one.
GR8 Teaser - I had to look at the answer. Not really awake yet.
coachpisco - you woke me up; I'm that ugly wife!!! Thanks so much.
coachpisco - you woke me up; I'm that ugly wife!!! Thanks so much.
Excellent teaser. I got it right away.
That was horrible.
Hilarious!
Yay, I got it!!! That was a good one. I actually laughed!
That was good!! I didn't get it though
Didja hear me laughing?!?!?!?!?!!
sheer wit.
That was a good one!
Pretty easy but I liked it. Anything that makes you think cannot be considered DDDUUMMMB, but that person was
I thought it was good, but my knowing of the existence of melanoma ruins the fun!
I'd heard it before but it was pretty good.
MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!!! LOVED IT! GREAT JOB
Great tricker! Got it! Loved it!
Hey southerngirl13: are you a blonde? just wondering cause you sure got the dumb part down to a 'science'.
Hey southerngirl13: are you a blonde? just wondering cause you sure got the dumb part down to a 'science'.
funny,clever,
Very funny and unexpected. thank you!
Jun 01, 2006
Sux, way too easy!
Cute, cute, cute. Sometimes the easiest ones are the funniest.
That was fun.
Coinman: Brown shoew don't make it!
Coinman: Brown shoew don't make it!
Don't let the nay-sayers get to you. They just don't understand how a good riddle works. Great job.
you had me thinking that the growth was cancerous or something . but it was actually a very good one.
the most accurate answer is surgery.cutting is not removing
haha...
nysss...
nysss...
WOw, that seems kind of far fetched. But maybe it's just because I'm sore because I didn't get it...
Nice, easy and hilarious! Perfect teaser to start the day with!
cutting is removin , if you actually have nothing more to argue get a life and get a marker before you cut see if th same hair grows back.please it was real cute, ,but didnt get it.
LOL
ROFL
headinectomy
Pretty easy, but fun to solve!!! Thank you!
Clever! Well Done!
An oldie but goody
As someone with cancer and many friends in a cancer support group it made me think of other things. I enjoyed the spirit of the teaser though. Cute!
i got it easy enough but the first thing that popped in my head was a facelift
Sorry, that one was stupid.
Love seeing how many got this wrong, then wanted to call the quiz stupid. So today someone teased our hair instead of our brains. Get over it, have a laugh, get a haircut, and move on.
i loved it! it was hilarious!
I got this pretty easily .
funny joke..but it did not say what kinda groth was bieng plucked..there was to many possiabiliaties that could of ben the answer..nice try but thumbs down...
Stupidectomy
What stupidectomy? This was great! Where's your sense of humor? Oh, must have had a humorectomy. Thumbs up on this one!
Good one!
Lobotomy made me think of this old piece of wisdom:
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
Lobotomy made me think of this old piece of wisdom:
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
if, instead of "a growth" you said "growth" it would have been more correct. i enjoyed it though and I got it right!
that was stupid...and I loved it! I suppose a haircut could even be a Trichootomy, Hey Saxman, its I'd rather have 'a full bottle in front of me' than 'a full frontal lobotomy', but that same thought popped into my brain too...and the original beginning to I'm a lumberjack, by monty python, where Michael Palin is a distraught barber....woo hoo..its friday TGIF.
good one. it made me laugh a lil
Fabulous! To the critics: Um guys, it's a TRICK teaser. The whole point is that it shouldn't follow the pattern so all of your suggestions for words ending in -ectomy defeat the purpose. Stop being sore loosers and give credit where it's due! Ya got stumped, you will live to tease another day!
Again, great teaser. Very cute. And I got it right cuz I don't have an IQ rod stuck up my butt :-P
Again, great teaser. Very cute. And I got it right cuz I don't have an IQ rod stuck up my butt :-P
I liked it. Fun
Got the answer made me laugh
NICE WORK
Got the answer made me laugh
NICE WORK
took all of 3 seconds to figure out
That was great!! Easy but tons of fun!! Excellent job!!
Great Teaser! I was thinking something along the lines of a labotomy or something, but that's not a growth... Anyway, awesome teaser, very funny. I liked it!
How about...
Nose job? )
Nose job? )
OR AN EAR BOB
Grea Teaser.pretty easy but great teaser
Pretty easy, but isn't that considered a Joke? I thought this was supposed to be a brain teaser. I want more riddles and logic puzzles!!!
actually there are many answers... lobotomy (sorta, but not really a "growth"), nose job, ear bob, wart removal, skin resurfacing etc., yet i never guessed HAIRCUT! maybe it's because i personally don't consider hair as a growth persay...
My vote was for decapitation, What was I thinking ? Very clever, and funny.
I was about to give up when I looked at the catagory. The answer just came right to me then! Fun puzzle, trick ones usually are!
Hmmmmm...I'm getting hung-up on the comments I enjoy them as much (sometimes, more) than the teasers
AWESOME!!! Made me laugh.
easy...
That is a good one. lol
Good one!!! LOL!!!
I solved it fairly quickly. However, you aren't "removing" the growth, only a portion of the growth...
That's the key difference between otomy and ectemy. For example, phlebotomy is the removal of some blood (ie when you have your blood drawn).
That said, it is still fun and I am going to pass it along to others who don't visit this site.
That's the key difference between otomy and ectemy. For example, phlebotomy is the removal of some blood (ie when you have your blood drawn).
That said, it is still fun and I am going to pass it along to others who don't visit this site.
This was a funny one. Completely stumped me.
hardy har har
I was thinking 'biopsy' cuz that probably could be another ansewer. your brain is in your head.
that was actually quite stupid. not to be mean, but i thought was was stupid.
Haha... but there are so many other "growths" that can be removed from your head. Your answer was funniest, though.
haha I got it, I figured my answer should've been right since this is trick
It's easy!
What a coincidence! I'm getting a haircut today!
I'm so old I remember when this came around in the 50's!
CLEVER!!!
Cute. Got it right away, but I would agree that there could be more than one answer to this one.
Fun!
how about haircutectomy
nice one
nice one
A "haircutectomy" would designate removing a haircut from your body, which doesn't make much sense.
Loved it!
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
Loved it!
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
Loved it!
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
I guessed encephalectomy... but I think that would be about the same as decapitation, not a growth removal, lol.
Sorry for triple... It was coming up with a "braingle down for maintenance" thing.
Very very old and way too easy.
I remembered this one from 60 years ago!! Too easy
It may have been easy, but also a good laugh! Thanks for posting. I love this one!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got this oldie but goodie right away.
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