The right Joanna spread the Splitting Cream right down the middle of their body. "Okay," she said. "Now what?"
"Be patient, deary," the old woman said. "You'll see soon enou - Wait, look! It's starting!" The Splitting Cream began to glow. Both Joannas begin to moan in pain. The glowing ointment begins to take effect and their heads slide away from one another while their torso expands, ripping their sweatshirt and tank top in the process. But just before their torso split apart, two lumps began growing between their heads. The lumps formed into heads, two more Joannas. Then their torso began to split apart, but something went wrong, and the splitting stopped at their wast. So now there were four Joannas, two per torso, and they all shared one pair of legs.
"Oh my," the old woman said. "I didn't expect. that."
"Yeah?" all four uniformly said. "Me neither!"