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Post by kate on Oct 27, 2023 10:35:36 GMT
Of course we are all forgetting the biggest organ we all have (heard that on the radio the other day) - and that is - skin.
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Post by petrochemist on Oct 27, 2023 13:09:13 GMT
My great great great grandfather was a surgeon so would have dealt with more than his share of organs:  |
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Post by petrochemist on Oct 27, 2023 13:15:08 GMT
Of course we are all forgetting the biggest organ we all have (heard that on the radio the other day) - and that is - skin. I'd not forgotten just looking for a reasonable example, it seems the only interesting one I can find is another doctor in the family, shot in Infra red to see partly through her largest organ (skin)  |
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Post by zx9 on Oct 27, 2023 17:45:11 GMT
Of course we are all forgetting the biggest organ we all have (heard that on the radio the other day) - and that is - skin. That was my first thought on seeing your photo, skin definitely counts as an organ but I a don't think hair does.
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Post by zx9 on Oct 27, 2023 18:02:35 GMT
Pete pretending to rock the cinema organ, it was in The Regent Street Polytechnic cinema the site of the first showing of moving pictures in the uk. Explained here.  IMG_3478 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr We were there to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our graduation from the Polytechnic of Central London, which was previously The Regent Street Polytechnic and latterly the University of Westminster.
Edited to include the original picture I had intended to post.
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Post by kate on Oct 28, 2023 5:45:32 GMT
Fright I was given a couple of these way back 50 years ago. I never liked them! I gave them away when I moved house.  ap frighten clown by Kate Ferris, on Flickr |
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Post by nimbus on Oct 28, 2023 7:37:28 GMT
I can see why you didn't like them!
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Post by zx9 on Oct 28, 2023 8:21:59 GMT
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Post by zx9 on Oct 28, 2023 8:25:29 GMT
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Post by zx9 on Oct 28, 2023 8:29:34 GMT
For me it is the big fast spinney things that I can't cope with, add that to high and upside down well that is real fear. There are at least half a dozen rides here that I would not even consider going on.  Prater Vienna IMG_0525editNov by Keith Hudson, on Flickr |
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Post by dreampolice on Oct 28, 2023 9:22:34 GMT
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Post by Chester PB on Oct 28, 2023 15:42:11 GMT
Of course we are all forgetting the biggest organ we all have (heard that on the radio the other day) - and that is - skin. When I took my O-Level Biology examination, there was a question about 'the largest organ in the human body' which was not named, so nobody hoping to answer the question knew how 'largest' was defined. It is skin only if measured by surface area, the large intestine if measured by length, probably the brain or lungs if measured by weight, etc. I began my answer 'I choose to define 'largest' as 'largest by mass'' and wrote about the human brain. The answer must have been acceptable since I got a decent grade, but I read later that the question caused a lot of problems with marking and some answers had to be 're-assessed' by external examiners. |
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Post by Chester PB on Oct 28, 2023 15:44:00 GMT
My wife wants to know if the mouse escaped. |
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Post by zx9 on Oct 28, 2023 16:56:44 GMT
My wife wants to know if the mouse escaped. The mouse did not escape.
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Post by petrochemist on Oct 28, 2023 21:33:10 GMT
For me it is the big fast spinney things that I can't cope with, add that to high and upside down well that is real fear. There are at least half a dozen rides here that I would not even consider going on. I'm fully with you on that, here's another ride that I really wouldn't fancy:  Wingwalker by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr |
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