What's all this ear...

[Gob]

There are certainly some big Lord of the Rings fans out there, but most wouldn't go this far to look like their favourite characters.

Some fantasy film buffs in Arizona are taking their obsessions to new levels by actually having their ears cut open and sculpted to look like elves.

The elf ears craze has many health risks but that isn’t stopping sci-fi fans having the top of their cartilage sliced and sewed back together in a point.



Jordan Houtz, who went under the knife to get elf ears, said she thought about having the operation for around 18 months because she knew they would change forever.

'It was just something I thought would be fascinating,’ she told ABC’S Good Morning America show. ‘I wouldn't go as far as saying I’m a “trekkie”.

‘But definitely Lord of the Rings - all the sci-fi stuff. It just fit my personality. It's something that once you have it, it's there forever'.

The elf ears craze is believed to have been brought on by films such as Lord of the Rings and Avatar, as well as HBO’s comedy television series Bored to Death.

Body modification artist Steve Haworth, of Phoenix, Arizona, is world-renowned and has won the Guinness World Record for ‘most advanced body modification artist’.

He said: 'There are a lot of people out there who have an inner vision of themselves and want to express that to the world around them.

‘I'm very happy to be an artist that can provide that kind of work,’ he told ABC.

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[dales]

Fascinating....

[@meric@nwom@n]

Ha, they get to live with their choice for (y)ears down the road.

Youth is wasted on the young.

[loCAtek]

Izzat all? What about the folks with horns and forked tongues?

[The Hen]

I have seen far uglier ear modifications.

[Daisy]

Hen I'm getting flashbacks from the body modification thread we had on CSB II....

*ick*

[MajGenl.Meade]

If it spreads to England will it be done under the National Elf?

[kristina]

*snort*

[MajGenl.Meade]

So two huge guys in a khaki uniform walk into a bar, downs three pints and demand food. The landlord gives them each a steak pie on a nice plate. One guy walks over to another customer, pulls out a bayonet, cuts off the man's ears and goes back to his seat. He slaps one ear on top of each pie and they proceed to down the whole lot with great appreciation. "er" says the landlord, reaching for the phone, "you chaps must be Special Forces?"

"No mate" says the first soldier
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Pie 'n ears

[loCAtek]

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