Pointless ExperimentsPavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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BreadAt lunch one day at school I decided to see if I could eat an entire slice of bread in one go. And after I'd managed to fit one in my mouth, I put in another one.
The problem wasn't so much getting them in there as how to chew and swallow without any air. The bread soaked up all my saliva so I couldn't get it into a workable bolus, and I gradually started going purple while my schoolmates looked on in interest.
Just as one of them started to wonder if it might be worth trying to save my life in some way, a small piece at the back broke free and went down successfully. That gave me enough space to breathe again and to get the rest down. A few moments later, I had succeeded in my task. Nothing's worth doing without some personal risk, I guess.
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 13:59,
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