"dr.klump" wrote:
> I dreamt last night a fairly long dream of which i can only remember a
> small part,but as my dreams go,the parts i remember are the "meat" of
> the dream,not the whole meal.
> anyways,In my dream I was holding my OWN brain in my hands,it felt
> like solidified jello, greyish.In my dream I cracked the two
> hemispheres apart(like a chestnut) i just stuck my thumbs in at the
> section closest to the hippocampus and opened it...
In everything2.com there's an August, 2001 article by Crispy Crunchy
Goo (probably not his or her real name) about touching your brain. Here,
I'll quote a little of it:
--
...I was watching The Nightmare Before Christmas, and towards the
middle of the movie, there is a part where the undead Mad Scientist type
flips open the top of his skull like it's a lid or something, and
scratches or rubs his brain in confusion.
At that point I had a rather unsettling thought.
It started with idle speculation about how it would feel to just
lightly run your hand over the surface of your brain, assuming that it
could be done in relative safety. Would you feel a tingling sensation?
Maybe a crawling feeling down your spine?
That's when the disturbing part hit me.
What if, in the course of this hypothetical brain massage, you
accidentally touched the part of your brain that controlled the muscle
movements in your hand and arm? Suddenly that light touch causes your
fingers to uncontrollably plunge deep inside your brain, instantly killing
or at least horribly incapacitating you.
I suppose the logical conclusion to make is simply, don't touch your
brain. If you absolutely can't resist the temptation, have a friend do it.
And make sure they wash their hands!
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