On 2021-02-24 at 00:05, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 23 February 2021 23:54:03 Stefan Monnier wrote: > >>>> Then reboot and cross your fingers. >>> >>> Arthritis at 86 is beginning to make that painful. :( >> >> I don't believe in crossing fingers either FWIW, I pick my nose >> instead, and I think it works just as well (but be careful not to >> do that right after chopping some habanero), > > And that rather sounds like the voice of experience :( Puts me in mind of an anecdote one of my uncles told me, regarding himself. We're all probably familiar with the little crusty bits that sometimes have to be wiped out of the eyes after waking up in the morning. (From what I can tell, these seem to happen more frequently after increased consumption of sodium or the like.) An uncle of mine once told me that he used to have to do that on a regular basis, but then at some point in his life he put a drop of *hot sauce* into each eye as one does with eyedrops (from what I gather, apparently intentionally) - and although that was astoundingly painful, he's never had those little crusty bits again. I have never dared, nor even seriously had the impulse, to try that experiment for myself. As to whether it has any basis in empirical fact, your guess is as good as mine. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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