This reminds me of the news piece done on televison a few year ago about Ashley and Brittany, if I recall their names correctly. They are a pair of cojoined twins so thoroughly joined that they reminded me of Douglas Adams' fictional Zaphod Beeblebrox, who had had an extra head grafted on.
Ashley and Brittany were both very bright and alert, each a seperate functioning mind. They mentioned that most people incorrectly thought of them as "a girl with two heads," while they described themselves as "two girls with one body."
The quick-fix decision to remove the offending "extra" head is unsettling.
