tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854799610785943780.post8267758066909358360..comments2023-07-14T06:29:05.039-04:00Comments on Ginger Doodles: I Heart GutsMary Stuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193758516376835185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854799610785943780.post-18898985339858648152011-11-30T12:02:41.312-05:002011-11-30T12:02:41.312-05:00Wow, TWo appendixes? That's double the useless...Wow, TWo appendixes? That's double the uselessness. I love it. I should have said vermiform, not veriform. Yeah, new research has shown the appendix was like a little pocket for intestinal flora ("flowers? for me?" says the intestine) so if the aforementioned wolly mammoth got a little nasty and made your bowels, um, evacuate, your appendix could restore all the microbial goodies.iheartgutshttp://iheartguts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854799610785943780.post-49187753508918512652011-11-30T11:12:17.847-05:002011-11-30T11:12:17.847-05:00Thanks! Also, I love anyone who knows and correct...Thanks! Also, I love anyone who knows and correctly uses the term "vestigial." Ironically, just yesterday my Schwan's guy was telling me he'd read somewhere that the appendix was originally the repository for things like bone that the stomach couldn't handle, back in the days when we were gnawing on Wooly Mammoth haunches, presumably, and that it's possible we originally had 2 stomachs, not unlike a cow. I'm not sure I buy that last bit, though he did say his uncle had an appendectomy a few years ago, during which they found not one but TWO appendices. Very weird. "I'll take vestigial with a side of defunct for $1000, Alex..."Mary Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193758516376835185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854799610785943780.post-5190347143012996762011-11-30T09:38:55.033-05:002011-11-30T09:38:55.033-05:00glad you're healing up and enjoying your presc...glad you're healing up and enjoying your prescription meds. the appendix does indeed look like a worm, that's why they call it a veriform. poor useless vestigial lil guy.iheartgutshttp://iheartguts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7854799610785943780.post-22210997512516758802011-11-21T23:41:29.835-05:002011-11-21T23:41:29.835-05:00Fair enough. It just looks like a worm anyway.Fair enough. It just looks like a worm anyway.Mary Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193758516376835185noreply@blogger.com