If all people grew tails, would you have yours surgically removed?

[Boojatta]

Cats and dogs have tails. What if people also grew them? Suppose that there's no bandwagon effect. About half of all people have their tails surgically removed. The rest keep them. What would you do? Would you have yours removed?

Edited to clarify a bit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I'd keep it, especially if it was really furry.

I envy my cats' ability to wrap their tails around their feet. If I had a nice bushy tail I could warm my feet with it.

[qnr]

2. I'd keep it, especially if it was prehensile n/t

[kedrys]

12. Same here

When I was a lab rat working in a genetics research lab, I often wished I had one - extra appendage with which to snag test tubes and pipettes and such. Unfortunately, our research did not have anything to do with restoring tails. :P

From an evolutionary standpoint, I think losing the tail was a bad idea.

[AlienGirl]

3. I want a tail!

I read the book Age of the Tail as a kid, and thought it was a cool idea. I'd keep my tail if I had one, even if it was uncommon to have. Heck, especially if it was uncommon.

I went to school with a girl with no navel, and I envied her so much! She could just wear a two-piece swimsuit and amaze people.

Tucker

[hippywife]

4. Human tails

[BlueStorm]

5. Are those real?

They look like skinny sausages attached to their rear ends.

Blue

[AlienGirl]

6. Those are real!

It happens sometimes. Human embryos have tails, and normally the tail is resorbed during development, but occasionally it isn't and you get a tailed human. Most parents have tails removed (like extra fingers and even extra nipples) in the interest of creating a "normal" appearance.

Tucker

[Solon]

8. My dad was born with a tail...

and had his surgically removed at birth.

[BlueStorm]

14. Oh that is so interesting...

I would love to have a tail, hell I would like to be feline looking.

Blue

[ChoralScholar]

7. Anyone heard Jay Mohr's bit about this where he imitates Christopher Walken?

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/60886/Jay_Mohr_Christopher_Walken_and_a_dog.html

[Drum]

17. That's a great clip --- thanks!

:applause:

Jay Mohr does great stand up, and a killer "Walken"!

[Jamastiene]

9. I'd keep my tail.

I'd curl it up around my body when I went to bed like my cats do. Then I could just go ahead and totally become a cat and get it over with. I hope mine is nice and fluffy if I get one. :D

[Skittles]

10. OH HELL NO

My tail would very much indicate the status of my ass-kicking endeavors - for example, it my tail was swishing violently you'd know you were about to get your ass kicked ROYALLY. Yes INDEED!!

[ulysses]

11. are you kidding? I've wanted a tail for years.

That'd be too cool.

[trof]

13. If it were prehnsile, I'd keep it.

Like having an extra hand.

[YankeyMCC]

15. If half the population kept them

then I assume there'd be common accomidatoins for comfortable seating etc...so I'd keep mine. Bonus if it were prehensile!

[buddhamama]

16. heck no,

i'd skake it, constantly.