A Pain in the Whatchamacallit
By Tiny Ruisch
`The other day I was reading Ripley’s Believe it or Not. I learned that “omphalophobia” is a fear of belly buttons. The article was only mildly interesting, but the comments were more fun to read. Someone said they had a phobia about getting a phobia. I was surprised to find out that there is such a thing. After all, I found it on the internet. Phobophobia is the fear of phobia(s) and, more specifically, of the internal sensations associated with that phobia and anxiety.
I’m not writing about phobias. If you clicked the link you might have noticed that it opened a Wikipedia article. The free encyclopedia is one of my favorite web sites. I’ve even contributed a few dollars to help keep it running. Although it can be edited by almost anyone, I’ve found that most articles are fairly accurate.
I’m not writing about Wikipedia either. You can find millions of reviews with a simple internet search. What is this article about? I’d like to share some of the unique and funny articles that I’ve found on Wikipedia. Here are some links to articles you might find interesting:
List of people who died on the toilet – I don’t think any of them were reading this article.
Ferret-legging – I wonder why I haven’t seen this sport on ESPN.
Bristol stool scale – I’ll have to remember to ask my doctor about this.
Trimethylaminuria – not only is this disease hard to spell, it’s incurable.
Leck mich im Arsch – Mozart was truly versatile.
Le Pétomane – another one that I remember was featured on Ripley.
List of animals with fraudulent diplomas – my dog is smarter than your cat.
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo – for wordsmiths.
Islamic toilet etiquette – I’m surprised I haven’t seen this on Facebook.
Chicken or the egg – hint. We still don’t know.
Longest word in English – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious isn’t the word.
Toilet paper orientation – seem like an appropriate article to end this list.
I was originally thinking of posting these links on the club website. I decided that would be a waste of my time as hardly anyone would see it. I also post these newsletter articles on my personal website. Here is one last Wikipedia Fictitious entry link to end the article.
Thanks for reading.