YOU SAID:
I wanted a handful of vertebrae and a headful of mad.
INTO JAPANESE
私は一握りの椎骨と一握りの狂牛病が欲しかった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted a handful of vertebrae and a handful of mad cow disease.
INTO JAPANESE
私は一握りの椎骨と一握りの狂牛病を望んでいました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I wanted a handful of vertebrae and a handful of mad cow disease.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.