Hair on Toes
So we were out for dinner yesterday - and a friend of a friend came along who's a physical therapist. This one girl - being suprisingly similar to my aunt C-athy, went ahead and asked the PT about her doctor's diagnosis. Ummm WTF? It both shows your lack of understanding of the medical world - and it shows that you are a little rude b/c you are trying to solicit free medical advice.
So, me, trying to disfuss the situation and not make the guy feel uncomfortable about the fact that there was no way he could answer that question - started asking rhetorical questions. Namely, why do people have hair on their big toes?
I mean seriously. How is that useful? What does it do for us? One answer was b/c we came from monkey ancestors. But that doesn't explain why we STILL have hair on toes.
Talking of body hair - it's really interesting to think about the type of body modification that societies participate in. In the US girls do things like shaving their legs, plucking their eyebrows, and dying their hair. In victorian England they did things like plucking hair out of their forheads - so that their hairline was moved back. Aboriginal tribes did things like put rings in their ears and noses. It all seems a little strange to do thing kind of stuff. But at the same time - living in the culture it seems so normal. I can't imagine having really hairy legs - I can't sleep when I have hairly legs and they rub up against each other b/c it bothers me so much. Weird but true.
Speaking of bodily functions - I also figured out this week that cloudy urine can be caused by drinking too much milk. I was really freaked out for a minute. Until I remembered that b/c I didn't go to the store for like three days - I hadn't had milk for like four days. Then when I did buy milk - I drank like half a gallon in a day and a half. Much more than usual.
Is it weird that I kind of want to do it again?
So, me, trying to disfuss the situation and not make the guy feel uncomfortable about the fact that there was no way he could answer that question - started asking rhetorical questions. Namely, why do people have hair on their big toes?
I mean seriously. How is that useful? What does it do for us? One answer was b/c we came from monkey ancestors. But that doesn't explain why we STILL have hair on toes.
Talking of body hair - it's really interesting to think about the type of body modification that societies participate in. In the US girls do things like shaving their legs, plucking their eyebrows, and dying their hair. In victorian England they did things like plucking hair out of their forheads - so that their hairline was moved back. Aboriginal tribes did things like put rings in their ears and noses. It all seems a little strange to do thing kind of stuff. But at the same time - living in the culture it seems so normal. I can't imagine having really hairy legs - I can't sleep when I have hairly legs and they rub up against each other b/c it bothers me so much. Weird but true.
Speaking of bodily functions - I also figured out this week that cloudy urine can be caused by drinking too much milk. I was really freaked out for a minute. Until I remembered that b/c I didn't go to the store for like three days - I hadn't had milk for like four days. Then when I did buy milk - I drank like half a gallon in a day and a half. Much more than usual.
Is it weird that I kind of want to do it again?
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