# Oh good, there's one on this side too... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443 "2000-05-24T20:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/1 "2000-05-24T20:12:48Z")
Last night I noticed a little nodule-like thing on my right leg that I had never noticed before. I immediately checked the other leg and was relieved to find a similar one there, so I relaxed. Are there parts to our bodies that are not symmetrical (or nearly so)? How about other animals? Any idea as to why the symmetry exists? And on the “why do you park in a driveway” line, shouldn’t symmetry be a palindrome? ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/2 "2000-05-24T20:29:03Z")
Yeah, and shouldn’t palindrome be a palindrome? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/3 "2000-05-24T22:59:12Z")
There’s plenty of asymmetry on the _inside_ if that counts. Most remarkable to me is the fact that the right lung as 3 lobes and the left only 2. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/4 "2000-05-24T23:10:58Z")
AHA! So ol’ Yahweh made Eve out of a lobe, not a rib! ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/5 "2000-05-25T00:35:24Z")
Sofa King: > [@](#): > > \*\* > AHA! So ol’ Yahweh made Eve out of a lobe, not a rib! > \*\* Could this be why some women are so full of hot air? (VB ducks and runs like _hell!_ ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/6 "2000-05-25T00:52:25Z")
Didn’t Descartes decide that the pituitary gland was the seat of consciousness because it was asymmetrical? ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/7 "2000-05-25T06:22:36Z")
I thought it was the pineal gland and it was because he couldn’t figure out any other use for it. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/8 "2000-05-25T06:43:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > I thought it was the pineal gland and it was because he couldn’t figure out any other use for it. > \*\* So what did he think the brain was for? ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-good-theres-one-on-this-side-too/20443/9 "2000-05-25T07:02:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > I thought it was the pineal gland and it was because he couldn’t figure out any other use for it. > > \*\* > > So what did he think the brain was for? > \*\* Cushioning for the pineal gland?