Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Call of Doody - Poop and the Military

My wife loves to share interesting facts about human biology.

"Do you know why poop is brown?"

"No, honey..."

"It is actually brown because of dead blood cells!"

"...thanks?"

This got me thinking. Poop isn't only digested food. It is part of you that died to keep you alive.

Suddenly, poop wasn't a loathsome substance any more. It was the bodies from the battlefield of the immune system. The red blood cells went blue doing their job to keep my body oxygenated. The white blood cells fought valiantly against foreign invaders for my sake, giving their lives for my survival. Red, white, and blue. Hmmm...

This got me thinking even more.

Should I be playing taps over my toilet? Probably not.

But perhaps there is value in feeding "Support the Troops" through the Allegorical Imperative.

At the very least, this way of thinking could be a decent improv exercise.