tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post4206409277969532414..comments2023-05-13T06:25:38.107-08:00Comments on Our Third Thirds: Ailments R UsCloudyinAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04354513104617596508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-10781936751241027762015-12-20T12:40:30.627-09:002015-12-20T12:40:30.627-09:00A friend told me that when she gets together with ...A friend told me that when she gets together with family and the subject of ailments and aches and pains gets started they refer to it as their, "organ recital."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211773395857840723.post-52347616062593259652015-12-17T09:00:42.321-09:002015-12-17T09:00:42.321-09:00My friend, Connie (not the Connie you know), calls...My friend, Connie (not the Connie you know), calls these conversations "organ recitals."<br /><br />I would argue that the topic "ordeals we have faced outdoors" is indeed embedded in the human condition. From the perspective of a paleoanthropologist, anatomically modern humans have been around for at least 200,000 years - possibly much longer. How much of that time has been spent in the outdoors? We probably are programmed to talk about our outdoor experiences. Learning from each other would have been very important to survival.<br /><br />Are we programmed to talk about our ailments? I think the connection to survival/natural selection is certainly there, and you have given a few good examples.The Noodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931727195407264781noreply@blogger.com