Doper freak show

A friend of mine was born furry. Really! Her parents thought she was a werebaby. Or a kitten.

She was supposed to be name Jennifer, but as she looked like an Ewok and had a cleft in her chin (which she told me is somewhat uncommon in women) they went “Ew. No, no ‘Jennifer’ is too pretty. Let’s call her Joan.”

The fur fell off during her first week in the world and she isn’t furry now (except in the spots where she’s supposed to be.)

Ah, I have found my arch-nemesis. :mad: :wink:

I now have more filling than actual tooth in my mouth. There’s not much left for new fillings to attach to, and many recent fillings have fallen out and had to be replaced. I’m getting my back molars pulled, instead of just getting further fillings, since I don’t really need them, and that’s the only thing I’m actually covered for, cost-wise.

Another oddity with me is the nail on one of my big toes. I’ve had problems with ingrown toenails in the past. On one big toe, I had the entire nail removed and it grew back fine. One the other toe, however, the doctor only removed half the nail, and when it grew back, that side of the nail was flat, rather than curved. So the nail looked like a peaked roof, convex on one half and flat on the other.

The last time I had a problem with my toenails, it was the with the funny one. It had ingrown on the flat side again. I did the usual little tricks to try and stop the process, but to no avail. I made an appointment with the doctor, and waited. And waited, and waited, and waited. Now my toe was badly swollen and red, and I couldn’t put any weight on my foot.

So, I had no choice. I carefully scraped a cut down the middle of the nail (along the roof peak) until I was through. No bleeding. I then began to pluck on the end of that half the nail and, gradually, most of the nail separated from the toe. I could see that the nail was very deeply ingrown.

While I could have used clippers to then cut the ingrown piece out, leaving the base on the nail attached to my toe, I decided that the nail might grow back easier, and give the toe more time to heal, if I just ripped the rest of the nail out of my toe. So that’s what I did. :eek:

Since my toe was so swollen and infected from the ingrown nail, I hardly felt anything. But, man, did it bleed. Much more from where the nail had been ingrown, than from where the nail had been naturally attached to my toe. All this had weakened the hold of the other half of the nail, and soon after I removed that half as well.

I could now walk again, though I had to wrap my toe extensively to keep the wound from bleeding. With enough care, the wound healed with no problems, and the whole nail grew back with no problems. And the weird half of the nail was a little less flat, with the roof peak further to the side. So that was cool.

Anyhoo…

Old Joke

As he tried to eat his supper at the local diner, the usual gaggle of a small town busybodies were bothering the local doctor for all the details about a baby he had delivered the previous evening. Exasperated, the doctor paused, looked up from his plate, and announced in solemn tones. “The child was born without a penis!”

Several shocked gasps were heard as a stunned hush fell over the small crowd . “But”, he added, “she’ll have a damn fine place to put one in 18 years or so!”, and went back to his dinner.

Mostly mundane, but I have super-numary dentition, which means I have a few (3 so far) more teeth than wanted, when they get awkward they have to be removed. (you can just call me Sharky :wink: ). Also I have no ear lobes.

I can touch my tongue to the tip of my nose, which doesn’t seem that impressive anymore.

I don’t think synesthesia causes any problems for me - of course, I’ve only known I’ve had it for (checks watch) 11 hours now. Other than not being able to tell left from right, which is apparently a common trait amongs us synesthetes. I think it does enhance some things, though - I have extremely vivid, fascinating dreams, and I can remember the exact location of anything I’ve seen. Maybe I’ll start a thread about my newfound abilities. :slight_smile:

Well I can reach those itches, little easier with my right arm but my left almost matches it.

My second and third toe from the inside on my left foot do not match up. At all. No matter how relaxed I am, or how hard I try to my toes will not touch unless I grab them with my fingers. Instead my second toe will dip beneath the third.

Not really freakish, but my pinkies when I hold my hands in front of my faces pinkies together, the tips bend outwards (a recessive gene) and my thumbs curve outwards.

Every so often my shoulder feels like it’s trying to pop out and it aches. The only way to get it to stop hurting is to jiggle it and kind of pop it back in, much like they do in movies for a dislocated shoulder only not quite so harshly and I can easily do it myself.

The nail on the ring finger of my left hand is ridged. It is presumed I shut my finger in a door and damaged the cuticle so the nail will never grow ‘properly’ again.

And apparently some distant cousins are trapeze artists with a circus somewhere in the States.

There is no spot on my back that I cannot touch. In fact, I can cross my arms behind my back (same as when you cross your arms in front, only, well, behind, and i can hold my opposite elbows). Surely this isn’t unusual?

My left breast is almost a full cup size larger than my right one. I’ve moved a lot since I turned 18, and been to a different doctor for each gynecological exam, and every single one of them has asked me if I was aware of the difference in size, then assures me that it’s ok. :rolleyes: