Yesterday, I set out to write a blog post bemoaning the fact that I was sure I had elephantitis of the pinky finger, as it has been mysteriously swollen for the past several days. I mean, I did accidentally strike it pretty hard against the refrigerator a week or two ago, but that's kind of a long time after the injury for the swelling to show up.
And then I googled elephantitis to make sure I spelled it right (I hadn't -- it's actually elephantiasis) and inevitably, some pictures of individuals afflicted with such a condition popped up. Immediately, I regretted my decision. Because there are some images you just can't un-see.
Kind of like the time I read an article about the "Tree Man*" in Indonesia, who has wart-like growths resembling tree trunks all over his body.
Suddenly, the swollen pinky doesn't seem so bad. Jibblies.
*I cannot be held responsible for any emotional scarring of individuals choosing to google either the Tree Man or elephantiasis. You have been warned.
Elephantitis resulted in worse pictures than the Tree Man, I think. I'm half-cat, and my curious side won out .... You're horrible for posting this. Also, now I'm wondering why we spell curious with a second "u", and yet when we amend the word to make it curiosity, we do away with the "u". Seems like a strange thing to do.
ReplyDeleteAlso, just thought I'd let you know that (a couple months later) I finally ordered the supplies for the hare-brained idea you stuck in my head. I get the feeling I won't finish in time for this year's Christmas... not to mentioned I ordered two so I could make one for myself. I feel like I'll have plenty of craft projects to keep me occupied for the next, oh, five years. (That's including my animal crochet projects I got for Christmas... I'm making an owl currently!!!)