Could you all do me a favour?

[sg]

Could you take your index finger and use it to locate where your ribs meet in the middle, then travel downwards and see if you can feel an inch-long, gristly springy thing that points down. If you find one, could you tell me if you have ever noticed it before and possibly what it is? I went to the doctor and she told me it was a bone, but I have never noticed it before a few weeks ago, and I am sure it is growing.
Is it normal?
thanks

sg

[raysparx]

Do the chickens eat them then whiffey? or does the wire stop them spreading? like a sort of pile cage???

[sg]

excuse me but am I or am I not dying here?!
Not, it would seem, however, all this talk of "Nobby's", "Johnny's", "Emma's" "Lucien's" or whatever you want to call them is rather stealing my thunder....

[tinkertontom]

never mind sg its given you something else to think about

[whiffey]

raysparx, it involves forming a loop at the base and pulling hard. It is obviously better if you can get a friend to do it for you, but most people are reluctant to bend over even for a close friend. Hence the gloves. It can be managed if you squat over a mirror. Obviously you'll have pulled the curtains as well.

sg, you are not dying, everybody has got a xiphisternum and it always hurts when it is pressed.

[raysparx]

Thanks whiffey,have to be a good friend though, sorry sg,we are rude aren't we, but me old farmers are playing up a bit and whiffey is an expert pile plucker !!!!

[sg]

Thanks whiffey.
I am going to write to Morrisey with that lyric, but I'll ask him to credit a Mr Whiffey on the sleeve of his next album..

"Everybody has got a xiphisternum -
and it always hurts when it is pressed"

[whiffey]

You need a torch, because you won't be able to see too well with the curtains closed. Try to bounce the beam off the mirror directly onto the grapes. It's faintly erotic as a bonus.

[raysparx]

cheers whiffey I will give a go with my long nose pliers,thanks for your wisdom !!!

[mycats]

Hey SG - I will look for that book thanks, I still use your "so many wooden limbs joke everytime the word pirate is mentioned rofl and I still laugh everytime :-)

[kazminx]

i just cut me farmer giles off with a stanley knife....have a towel handy though and a large scotch!!