The same individual animal? Because that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.

I guess it would be less wasteful though. If you're going to butcher a man-pig to steal his pancreas you might as well use the leftovers. Would save hospitals money on catering too.

You know what, I've thought about it and I'm all for it

Even today, very little is wasted when animals are slaughtered. And products made from animals find their way into a surprising number of end products. Here's some indication of whats going on from the Daily Mail (2009): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217794/From-...

I was joking, but joking aside, please don't use the daily mail as a source of data. People in the US might not realise it but The Daily Mail is like a tabloid version of fox news but with more racism.

> [...] that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on.

The meat wouldn't stay fresh while you recovered from surgery. You could always freeze it, but then it's not quite as delicious.

> Go to hospital for pancreas transplant

> Go home with a packed meal

> A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. 'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?' It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.

And some time after that a future where all of these are produced in the same factory from cell culture, and real sheep are rare.

But surely by that time we can have, say, electric sheeps, right?

We can dream.

Dreaming of electric sheep is something a Dick would come up with.

You have apparently committed comedy homicide. May VALIS have mercy on your soul.

If you take away the whole "nuclear war" aspect that future doesn't sound all too bad.

sure, but status-wise you would be sort of a loser if you didn't have a real one.

Unless people walk up to it and check they’ll never be able to tell the difference anyway.

That's all before you go to bed with your wife(male) who has a sheep-implant vagina.