Snake bites, lion bites, underground mosquitoes that bite. Plus: the surprising uniformity of finger wrinkles, detecting forgeries, and the history of the pineapple.
Utterly delightful post, including your marvelous way with footnotes.
I've been looking at the "finger wrinkles" on the tops of my aging hands. Yup, they seem to be the same on both hands. I doubt I will carry on further research. And I live in a poison snake free zone. But Bravo for the Blood of Tim.
Your story on lions reminds me of a joke from my late childhood that remains one of my favorites. Little boy in Sunday School looking at a picture of the Christian martyrs in the Colosseum. He starts crying piteously. The teacher is impressed by this display and asks him what moves him most about the scene. Through his tears he says "One poor lion doesn't have a Christian."
Great anecdote! And I'm glad you like it. Brain Food sometimes gets less engagement/comments so perhaps people don't like it as much, but it's an outlet for me to explore ideas that probably don't warrant a full essay (or at least I don't have as much to say on the topic that I can write 2,000-3,000 interesting words about an idea). But everything on Substack is an experiment!
I'd love to read the wife's side of the divorce papers. 🤔
'Yer honour, he's just constantly snaking around...'
Utterly delightful post, including your marvelous way with footnotes.
I've been looking at the "finger wrinkles" on the tops of my aging hands. Yup, they seem to be the same on both hands. I doubt I will carry on further research. And I live in a poison snake free zone. But Bravo for the Blood of Tim.
Your story on lions reminds me of a joke from my late childhood that remains one of my favorites. Little boy in Sunday School looking at a picture of the Christian martyrs in the Colosseum. He starts crying piteously. The teacher is impressed by this display and asks him what moves him most about the scene. Through his tears he says "One poor lion doesn't have a Christian."
Great anecdote! And I'm glad you like it. Brain Food sometimes gets less engagement/comments so perhaps people don't like it as much, but it's an outlet for me to explore ideas that probably don't warrant a full essay (or at least I don't have as much to say on the topic that I can write 2,000-3,000 interesting words about an idea). But everything on Substack is an experiment!
I just love the Brian Food, Brain (...playing on your old 'one reader writes' anecdote here)
so do hope you will never stop these.
I appreciate the 'outer edges of the canvas', often asking'why/what da heck'?
Q: our noses and ears are ( the only?) 2 parts of our bodies that continue to grow throughout our lives...why did evolution decide on that?
Thank you! This is a good question - do you have the answer? I've never looked into it.
I do not have the answer, and am...as of now ...counting on you!!
( please, no rush; I've lived a full life without the answer to this puzzler, and believe I can continue on for 'some time')
I was bitten by a Barbary Ape, in Gibraltar, while minding my own business. Those primates have got it in for us.
100 miles/years so true