Extra finger - polydactyly

"CBI" wrote in message ...
"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
om...

Where does this information come from? I've watched Bill Cosby for
years and never noticed extra fingers, and I just searched for some
pictures and his hands look like they have five fingers each.

When I was a kid, I took part in a neat program called Kaleidescope in
Kansas City...and there were hand-prints of famous people up on the
wall. Bill Cosby was one, and I distinctly remember seeing an extra
finger. It's entirely posssible that he had them removed, though. I
suppose it's also possible that I'm remembering wrong, but it doesn't
seem likely.

He is a comedian - perhaps he was playing a joke?

Yes, it's possible. The handprints were actually impressions in a
clay...and we could put our (much smaller) hands into the handprints.

This was when my mother was in dental school, probably when I was 10
or 11. I'm 34 now, so to be quite honest, I'm beginning to doubt the
accuracy of my memories. I'm positive there was a six-fingered
handprint that didn't look fake to my pre-adolescent eyes, and I'm
positive that one of the handprints was from Bill Cosby. I'm even
positive that the six-fingered handprint was from someone famous,
because I had heard of them. Beyond that, I'm not positive that Bill
Cosby's handprint was the one with six fingers. I *think* it was, but
I'm no longer willing to put money on it!

Cathy Weeks
Mommy to Kivi Alexis 12/01