If you have read one or more of my posts, you probably have come to the conclusion that I am not a person that likes crowds. It's true. While I enjoy parties, big cities, and 75% off sales on occasion, I don't gravitate toward them. Most of my life has been spent in wide open spaces less than or equal to ten minutes from something that has stayed relatively the same for thousands of years like a mountain, forest, or river.
Today, and, presumably every day for the next several weeks, I commuted to work by shoving my way through several blocks of people, squeezed onto the tube next to at least seven arm pits, and continued through narrow stairways to my final destination.
It was a long day. But I guess, as I have mentioned before, human beings are fairly adaptable creatures. Stubborn, but adaptable. I remained calm through my almost two hours of transportation adventures today, because it's the way it is. There is no way around it.
It's got its perks too, like the endless people-watching opportunities, and the gratitude I feel when I find fresh air again.
Friday, July 16, 2010
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Pictures??? Not of armpits though :) K, Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOh and I found this for you next time you are exposed to more armpits...
"We are all used to associating sweaty armpits with offensive body odor, but actually sweat doesn’t have much of a smell at all!
In fact, sweat is primarily water and is nearly odorless. The odor is produced by bacteria which live on the surface of the skin.
The bacteria break down the sweat, and the waste product is responsible for the underarm odor.
Sweaty armpits provide an ideal breeding ground for the odor-producing bacteria."
If you would like me to stop posting gross facts please post pictures, I must live vicariously through you.
Oh man, those were the days! Sweaty, squished days.
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