DeposeTheBoyKing
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:29 PM
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If you could design the perfect human body... |
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...what it would be like? No, I do NOT mean "Angelina Jolie's lips, Pamela Anderson's boobs," etc. etc. I mean, are there any things about the mechanics of the body you'd like to change? As someone who cannot get to sleep to save my life, I think part of my problem is that I don't know what to do with my arms when I'm in bed. I'm constantly tossing and turning because I can't make my arms comfortable, and I wake up stiff. I wish I had detachable arms that could be removed while I sleep and reattached when I get up.
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:30 PM
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to be able to fly.
That would be very cool. I could eat twice my weight in food and still not get fat.
MzPip :dem:
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:31 PM
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thanks for the good laugh tonight... haha
the imagery just cracked me up.
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:32 PM
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3. People say that the human body is proof of 'intelligent design" |
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I disagree most strenuously. There are parts of the body (the appendix for example) that just don't seem right.
Also, if you're making the perfect human body you should eliminate the need to...well...eliminate. Everything you take in should be processed and used. Also, your lungs should be able to filter out any toxins so that you could survive in other environments.
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:14 PM
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10. The appendix and spleen |
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were used to digest and filter things in our past that we don't have to worry about any more, so those make sense. They'll probably be evolved away eventually.
I remember reading something a long time ago that said eventually we'll evolve to where our mouths are closer to our stomachs (like at the belly button) and that using our mouths to breath and eat is bad design because of the choking factor. Our fingers will probably grow longer and more dexterous, but less powerful because we're all button pushers now.
IMO, baldness is part of evolution.. Now that we have hats and other clothing to keep us warm, hair isn't all that useful.
The all time worst element of the human body IMO is the scrotum. Gawd it's annoying. The spine is pretty bad too, it's way too weak to support our upright stance.
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:28 PM
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16. My appendix is on the wrong side |
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Well, it's on the left side I should say. Clearly it's the correct side for me, as well as loads of other people. It's apparently not *all* that uncommon, and unless there's an issue with it, most people never know. Mine was discovered during an unrelated abdominal surgery, otherwise I wouldn't know. ;)
Maybe it's part of the evolving away; migrating to the left side first just to make sure there's nothing it can do there either. :D
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Thu Apr-29-04 10:16 PM
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that was funny!
" Maybe it's part of the evolving away; migrating to the left side first just to make sure there's nothing it can do there either. :D"
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Thu Apr-29-04 10:29 PM
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I'll be here all week. Try the veal! :hi:
;)
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:35 PM
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4. Umm, I see a small problem here... |
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What would you use to remove the arm left after you have detached the other? Also, you wouldn't have any arms with which to reattach your arms in the morning. :P
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:37 PM
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6. My husband could take care of it |
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When he's out of town, I'd have a Republican servant take care of it for me. Then I'd beat him with said arms.
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:36 PM
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5. Humans should have the same organs... |
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No giving men something and women something else. Give 'em both the same thing. You know, like the worm has. :evilgrin:
It'd end homophobia as we know it. Heterophobia as well.
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:43 PM
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a divisive issue I am afraid. :-)
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:40 PM
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Much more fun when you're slow-dancing. (Asimov, from "Science Present, Science Future")
Issac was the mac-daddy...
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Thu Apr-29-04 08:47 PM
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Well, it would start off with a titanium frame. It would be fully self-repairing. The intelligence would be increased by a factor of 10, and the speed of thought by a factor of a million or so. Memory would be enhanced, with improved search capabilities.
Naturally, we'd need greater strength - a hundred-fold increase should suffice. And vision needs to range from far infrared to x-ray at least.
The power source really ought to be fusion - something that works with plain hydrogen, let's say.
That ought to get us started!
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:16 PM
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11. Some kind of mix between SarahBelle and VelmaD |
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Let's see if I get points for this one :)
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:24 PM
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*blushes*
You're a sweetie-pie.
And my "perfect body" would definitely include some of your finer parts. ;)
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:26 PM
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14. Is that include, or make room for? |
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:30 PM
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17. Oh, you get a kiss for that one! |
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:* (And I don't hand out kisses easily). :D
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:23 PM
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and a tentacle on my back, sort of H.R. Giger-ish with a metallic skin. On the end, a stinger with some sort of neurotoxin to paralyze the medulla oblongata.
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:28 PM
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15. Easy to replace parts. |
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Edited on Thu Apr-29-04 09:29 PM by mrmcd
So when they are broken you can remove them and quickly regenerate new ones. Like my 2 f*****g herniated disks.:)
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Thu Apr-29-04 11:50 PM
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25. Yeah, but then we'd become commodities... Even worse, John W Bobbitt would |
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be able to go out with every psycho chick (or psycho dude, maybe his pendulum swings both ways) in the world, get it slashed off, and *POP* a new one grows out - just like Pinocchio's nose after a really big lie! :evilgrin:
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Thu Apr-29-04 09:32 PM
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Locking jaws like Pit Bulls. Thicker skulls but larger craniums for bigger, protected brains. Voluntary off switches WiFi Diagnostics Optical Zoom Directional Sound Enhancement aka Cat Ears Better smells glands Spring loaded legs for jumping great distances like in "The Arrival" Fire-resistant skin Adapters for replacing various vital fluids, think Oil Change Ability to focus body heat in specific areas, and also voluntary elimination of hypothermic effect Retractable steel nails for screw drivers Retractable wheels on feet Better protected vital organs, with built in heart monitor Modular organs USB 2.0 Brain interface
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Thu Apr-29-04 10:21 PM
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a pillow to hug when you sleep. Works for some.
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Thu Apr-29-04 11:17 PM
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Doesn't work. Hugging husband doesn't, either. I fear I am condemned to a life of not sleeping comfortably. (I have a comfortable mattress and bed linens; I just don't know what to do with my arms.)
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Thu Apr-29-04 11:31 PM
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24. 2 words: Flame. Throwers. |
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Thu Apr-29-04 11:50 PM
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26. My body - then I could say I have the perect body |
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Fri Apr-30-04 12:02 AM
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27. It would experience great pain ... |
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When it did not operate in a cooperative and altruistic manner. It's normal psychological state would be one of wonder. Not much room for 'Me' in this type of body. Scary?
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Fri Apr-30-04 12:58 AM
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but I'll bet it would have something similar to Angelina Jolie's lips and Pamela Anderson's boobs.
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