What Is The Weirdest Thing About Your Body?
Hello. Welcome to the Weekend Gene Pool, where I get to ask you a question in return for your observations. Yes, there does appear to be a huge penis in this picture, but I cannot verify that.
Look, I don’t have a wonderful question for today, okay? This is Rachel’s question, which she uttered at 4 a.m.
What is the weirdest thing about your body?
In my case, it is this. I don’t believe I have ever disclosed it before. Roughly every two months I wake up with a phenomenally painful muscle spasm. Usually it is in my calf, but sometimes it is in a toe, where my toe erects, rudely giving “the toe” to the other digits. It is very weird. Or sometimes it is in a foot muscle, generally the arch of the foot. It has happened in a buttock, but rarely. It lasts only about 15 minutes. The muscle gets horribly tense, as hard as a boulder. I have to walk it free. Thud, thud thud. I will always assure Rachel everything is fine despite my whimpering, even though it is 3 o’clock in the morning and usually naked, and sometimes crying. I am sorry to share this detail. There is nothing sexual about it. It is just horrible.
I am mentioning this only because Rachel has begun having the same thing happen to her. Apparently, it is caused by a lack of potassium, which is cured by eating a banana. I am not making any of this up.
So, please share your weird body bullshit. That is the question and observation of the day.
Today’s Gene Pool Gene Poll:
It really might help to drink a lot of water all the time. My foot used to cramp up early in the morning before I got out of bed -- talk about a rude awakening -- and I'm thinking it was because I was getting dehydrated.
I find I now have an almost irresistible urge to put a sharp stick in my eye every time I see or hear Donald Trump. Does that count?