"What's the Least Useful Body Part?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Mar 2019 10:20 p.m. PST |
"We're all familiar with the flashy, big-ticket organs: the heart, the brain, the lungs. Their celebrity often obscures the work—humbler, less heroic, but often no less essential to the maintenance of a life—performed by those organs only doctors know about: the body's back-up players, pulsing and pumping in relative obscurity. Not to mention the mid-tier organs, like the gallbladder, whose functions most of us only dimly comprehend, unless—or until—they start acting up…."
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| Bowman | 20 Mar 2019 5:20 a.m. PST |
Haven't read the article yet but….. Ask someone who had their gallbladder removed how they feel after a nice pizza or a juicy hamburger. |
| Bowman | 20 Mar 2019 5:24 a.m. PST |
Our vestigial tissues are pretty useless as we evolved out of the need for some things. While our spine is absolutely necessary for even the simplest activities, the last few bones, that constituted our vestigial tail, are rather useless. Until you fall skiing or snowboarding and bruise your tail section. Now that's miserable. |
 etotheipi  | 20 Mar 2019 6:35 a.m. PST |
From most of the discussions on this board, I nominate the brain. Hey … can we make this a poll?!?!!? |
| Tango01 | 20 Mar 2019 12:20 p.m. PST |
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| Mithmee | 20 Mar 2019 12:41 p.m. PST |
I am with etotheipi on this. For many it is the brain, since so many individuals have no clue that they have one. |
| Private Matter | 20 Mar 2019 1:08 p.m. PST |
Someone who has 30+ years of marriage under their belt may have a different answer….. |
| etotheipi | 21 Mar 2019 10:30 a.m. PST |
I only have 27 years of marriage experience, however, I can attest to the value of being able to let the brain idle in neutral every once in a while. I am fairly certain SWMBO would say the same. :) |
| GHECKO22 | 22 Mar 2019 2:11 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 22 Mar 2019 9:11 p.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha…! Amicalement
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| Old Wolfman | 23 Mar 2019 11:25 a.m. PST |
Anything about the appendix? |
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