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What I don't understand about smoking is why the first person did it. We have an Indian with a tobacco plant. He tried eating the leaves, but it made him sick, tobacco being quite poisonous. He then said, "I can't eat this, so I think I'll dry it and inhale the smoke."
Also, who first separated eggs and whipped the egg whites? Why would you do that? Yes, it turns out you get fluffy goodness, but why would that occur to anyone?
I recall a story (in one of my middle school texts, I think) in which the fallen civilization was buried in junk mail and the toilet seat was interpreted as a headdress. You'd strap the seat cover to your forehead with a ribbon reading "Sanitized for your protection."
Was it this book?
I'd try separating eggs before I'd eat the first artichoke. And I love artichokes.
Also, who first separated eggs and whipped the egg whites? Why would you do that? Yes, it turns out you get fluffy goodness, but why would that occur to anyone?
Early humans were taught by a time-traveling Julia Child?
What I don't understand about smoking is why the first person did it. We have an Indian with a tobacco plant. He tried eating the leaves, but it made him sick, tobacco being quite poisonous. He then said, "I can't eat this, so I think I'll dry it and inhale the smoke."
Maybe they used it ritually in fires or for smudging and then thought "I can get this buzz more efficiently if I make a tiny fire just for me"
The artichoke is the one I always question. How much trial and error did that take?
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Typo, thinko...it's a complex post.
Botox didn't make me look surprised (even though the bottom half of my forehead never took. It more made me unable to look surprised, since had it taken, my eyebrows would not have been able to move up. The worst paralysis was that which removed my ability to furrow my brows. At least that's started wearing off. Definitely hampered my teaching.
I dunno. Tattoos, piercings, lip plates, flattening infant skulls, foot binding, inserting pearls under the skin...people take for granted lots of things that other cultures/people think strange and extreme. I'm numbed out on that, mostly. Except for people that split tongues and penises. So not numb about that.
To quote a really funny Canadian comedien, "the first guy ever to eat lobster must have been some jesus hungry."
Actually, a guy smoking a cig at the bus stop was what got me off on this idea. I so rarely see people smoking in my current lifestye, and it seemed so strange!
I studied archaeology and I still can't imagine how people got around to smelting copper. Especially since a lot of copper is arsenical and can kill you if you smelt it wrong. It's not the kind of thing you'd stumble on in one easy step.
Yeah, smoking is a pretty straightforward progression from "random weed on the fire" to "same weed on purpose on the fire" to "weed-fire in a tiny tiny firepit called a pipe".
Egg whites, uhhhh, same kind of question I have about who figured out that brains are edible. Clearly somebody did, but was it a foodie, or a kid on a dare?