You are visited by a genie, who says, “I have seen your future, and you are destined to receive a severe burn sometime soon. I cannot prevent your fate, but I can direct it to some degree. If you tell me what part of your body you think would be best to have injured, I can make sure that that body part receives the burn.”
What do you choose?
I had a fairly large amount of second degree burns on my foot, back, shoulder and chest (mostly boob) this winter. Tripped while carrying a large pot of hot water with some fat in it, if anybody wants to know. The shoulder and back parts were the worst, because even when they started to heal I couldn’t sleep on them. The foot sucked too, even though those were first degree it was really uncomfortable to wear shoes. I’m voting leg, just because I haven’t had that one yet and arm might cause more unsightly scarring.
Hair
How about some of my excess belly fat?
Anus?
Can’t be any worse than after those bad burritos I ate that one time. I didn’t think my intestines could hold that much scalding liquid.
I’m thinking chest. Even with a shirt on I can sit at a desk or chair in such a way that the shirt isn’t resting on it.
Same for sleeping. I can sleep on my side or back and not have my chest touched.
Also the skin on my chest doesn’t stretch and move during the day as much as say my back or shoulders.
Arm. I’ve already had three different second-degree burns there (all cooking accidents) and they healed just fine.
I once got burned by boiling water to my right arm and right hand. The arm recovered relatively quickly, while my fingers and hand were slow to mend.
I would not choose my hand or feet for sure.
I also recently got a second degree burn on my arm and it didn’t really hurt.
It healed well although it was disgusting.
(I don’t have much experience with blisters.)
So, feel free to burn your arm. I also now have an amazingly cool scar. I hope it never fades.
Leg
Assuming the burn would cover the same area no matter which body part I chose, I’d go with “leg”. The skin on my legs is less sensitive than that on the other parts, and it’s easier to isolate a leg and not bump it by accident.
Leg, with arm as a second choice. The other options seem like they would hurt more when I try to do stuff, but the limbs would be relatively out of the way.
Butt. Good old Glut. Max.
I could stand to lose some weight there anyway…