There’s Always A Simple Explanation
August 06, 2005
Since the blogathon started, my head has been filled with questions. Perhaps you can answer some of them:
1. What does gangrene taste like?
2. Do bottles of sunscreen have an expiry date? What about mustard?
3. Aside from duct tape, are there other methods to remove plantar warts? What about genital warts?
4. What should I do to keep awake when even coffee has given up on me?
5. Since pedophile and pedometer have the same root, are they somewhat related?
Yes, sunscreen and mustard have expiry dates.
That’s all I’ve got.
Posted by: Laura M on August 06, 2005 at 09:43 PMYes on question 2a and b - believe me, you’ll know when the mustard goes wrong!
3 - you can freeze them off with liquid nitrogen, or get over the counter wart remover. When the ln didn’t work, the doc actually TOLD me to just go buy the compound w.
3 - ice cubes in your shorts. do laps of the house. 5 min power naps (set an alarm!). pinch yourself repeatedly. find something that scares you, to generate an adrenaline rush. stand on your head (take photos to prove it)
Posted by: Opal on August 06, 2005 at 09:57 PMthe second three should be a four. Mental note: when you can’t type numbers reliably due to short fingers, TURN ON A LIGHT.
Oh, there’s another one: bright lights. don’t sit in the dim.
Posted by: Opal on August 06, 2005 at 09:58 PM1.No idea. Probably gross. If you have any questions go ask your doctor. You can still have a skin infection without getting gangrene. You don’t want that either. If you don’t want to do that then check out the walk-in clinic on Victoria St.
2.Yes. Sunscreen usually has the date printed on it, but if it’s separating badly then it’s time to go. Mustard will start to smell bad, but it can take quite a while. Keep it in the fridge and you’ll probably use it up before it goes bad.
3.I used to get warts on my fingers. They were a sign that I had some emotional problems I needed to deal with. I dealt with them and one day they went away. *Genital warts are a BAD SIGN. If you have one go see your doctor.
4.I have no idea about how to keep you awake. Try an ice pack around your neck?
5.Actually, they have slightly different roots. Pedophile used to be spelled ‘paedophile’. To break it down: paed- child, phile-lover ->lover of children
ped-foot, meter-measure ->measuring with feet
I particularly like all the different words for love that the ancient Greeks came up with. It’s funny, but the more words that a culture has to describe something seems to correlate to how much they thought about it. No shit, eh?(:
(Just ask the walking dictionary/thesaurus)
2 - I remember being on a school trip once in middle school and my mom gave me this sunscreen that expired in ‘79 I believe it was. (I was born in ‘84). I found this out after I had put it on and smelled like shit/expired sunscreen.
3 - I also had a plantar wart, and none of the otc stuff worked, so I had to have laser surgery to burn it off. They had to stick a needle into the thing to numb it up first. It was most unpleasant.
4 - Techno music. Or you have your various drug options?
Posted by: Nikki on August 07, 2005 at 01:00 AM