If you could design the perfect human body...

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

...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.

[Mz Pip]

1. I would like

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:

[newsguyatl]

2. LMAO

thanks for the good laugh tonight... haha

the imagery just cracked me up.

[WillParkinson]

3. People say that the human body is proof of 'intelligent design"

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.

[tridim]

10. The appendix and spleen

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.

[dolo amber]

16. My appendix is on the wrong side

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

[Kenneth ken]

20. ROFL

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"

[dolo amber]

22. *a-thankhew*

I'll be here all week. Try the veal! :hi:

;)

[salvorhardin]

4. Umm, I see a small problem here...

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

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. My husband could take care of it

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.

[Deja Q]

5. Humans should have the same organs...

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.

[BootinUp]

8. This could be

a divisive issue I am afraid. :-)

[Blue-Jay]

7. Boobs in the back.

Much more fun when you're slow-dancing. (Asimov, from "Science Present, Science Future")

Issac was the mac-daddy...

[brokensymmetry]

9. Perfect?

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!

[Taverner]

11. Some kind of mix between SarahBelle and VelmaD

Let's see if I get points for this one :)

[VelmaD]

13. aww shucks

*blushes*

You're a sweetie-pie.

And my "perfect body" would definitely include some of your finer parts. ;)

[DS1]

14. Is that include, or make room for?

;)

[VelmaD]

19. oh you are BAD

BENT OAFER! :spank:

[SarahB]

17. Oh, you get a kiss for that one!

:* (And I don't hand out kisses easily). :D

[solinvictus]

12. Gills

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.

[Mr. McD]

15. Easy to replace parts.

So when they are broken you can remove them and quickly regenerate new ones. Like my 2 f*****g herniated disks.:)

[Deja Q]

25. Yeah, but then we'd become commodities... Even worse, John W Bobbitt would

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:

[DS1]

18. Letssee

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

[Wapsie B]

21. Maybe you need

a pillow to hug when you sleep. Works for some.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

23. Tried it

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.)

[EV1Ltimm]

24. 2 words: Flame. Throwers.

[HEyHEY]

26. My body - then I could say I have the perect body

[Egalitarian]

27. It would experience great pain ...

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?

[jmags]

28. I'm not really sure,

but I'll bet it would have something similar to Angelina Jolie's lips and Pamela Anderson's boobs.