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So, in another thread Rubiconic Cossings mentioned sticking a pea in his ear when he was five (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12625524&postcount=8). My initial reaction was surprise, which I assume is normal, but it was shortly followed by thinking, "Why shouldn't someone stick a pea in their ear? Peas are small and round."
I'm suddenly concerned by the fact that I hadn't ever stuck a pea in my ear. I even start to worry that maybe my life has been incomplete because my mouth is the only orifice in my head which has been home to a vegetable, and if there had been a pea within arm's reach I'd probably have shoved it in my aural canal without an instant's hesitation.
The moment's passed now, but I've had these sort of feelings before, and I can't really explain the how or why of it.
Obviously, I successfully ignore most of them, but every once in a while my will is weak, so I'll do something stupid like sprain my ankle leaping out a third story window because a classmate had fallen out of one and broken his arm

Is this actually a common impulse that other people have the good sense not to discuss? Am I some sort of bizarre Leming-Human hybrid? Is it a result of the part of my brain that is supposed to deal with popular fashion (something I'm terrible with) becoming obsessed with self-destructive impulses instead?

You just need to chill. I've never had anything in my ear other than a finger, and I turned out fine.

To quote the movie Munich "Stop chasing the mice in your head."

Seriously, you sound like me when i haven't slept in a few days.

I'd suggest worrying about that quite a lot.

Actually, wait - you want to do things other people have done?

*Evil thoughts*

Say, don't worry about it at all. Did I ever mention that when I was seven, I stuck a firework up my backside, and danced around the room singing 'You're the One That I Want'?

You just need to chill. I've never had anything in my ear other than a finger, and I turned out fine.

Riiight.

I'd suggest worrying about that quite a lot.

Actually, wait - you want to do things other people have done?

*Evil thoughts*

Say, don't worry about it at all. Did I ever mention that when I was seven, I stuck a firework up my backside, and danced around the room singing 'You're the One That I Want'?

Well that explains your moniker! :p

So, in another thread Rubiconic Cossings mentioned sticking a pea in his ear when he was five (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12625524&postcount=8). My initial reaction was surprise, which I assume is normal, but it was shortly followed by thinking, "Why shouldn't someone stick a pea in their ear? Peas are small and round."
I'm suddenly concerned by the fact that I hadn't ever stuck a pea in my ear. I even start to worry that maybe my life has been incomplete because my mouth is the only orifice in my head which has been home to a vegetable, and if there had been a pea within arm's reach I'd probably have shoved it in my aural canal without an instant's hesitation.
The moment's passed now, but I've had these sort of feelings before, and I can't really explain the how or why of it.
Obviously, I successfully ignore most of them, but every once in a while my will is weak, so I'll do something stupid like sprain my ankle leaping out a third story window because a classmate had fallen out of one and broken his arm

Is this actually a common impulse that other people have the good sense not to discuss? Am I some sort of bizarre Leming-Human hybrid? Is it a result of the part of my brain that is supposed to deal with popular fashion (something I'm terrible with) becoming obsessed with self-destructive impulses instead?
you're forgetting the freak accident.

say he's playing with a train set that has a silo in it. they put peas (dried most likely) inside so you have some peas on the ground.

now he could've put his head on the ground (to watch the peas fall into the truck bed or whatever.) and a pea could've been lodged into his ear.

what he would've felt would be a tickling/uncomfortable sensation and the first reaction would be...

to stick his finger in his ear and thus shove the pea further in.

to any adult watching, it would appear that he just put the pea into his ear. to his memory he might think he put the pea in his ear.

you're forgetting the freak accident.

say he's playing with a train set that has a silo in it. they put peas (dried most likely) inside so you have some peas on the ground.

now he could've put his head on the ground (to watch the peas fall into the truck bed or whatever.) and a pea could've been lodged into his ear.

what he would've felt would be a tickling/uncomfortable sensation and the first reaction would be...

to stick his finger in his ear and thus shove the pea further in.

to any adult watching, it would appear that he just put the pea into his ear. to his memory he might think he put the pea in his ear.

You know that could well have been the case :eek:

Junii....super temporal spymiester!

You know that could well have been the case :eek:

Junii....super temporal spymiester!
Or maybe he tricked you into putting the pea in your ear so he could get a laugh, and now he's just doing his best to confuse the memory as much as possible to hide his filthy involvement.

Riiight.

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You just need to chill. I've never had anything in my ear other than a finger, and I turned out fine.

you're forgetting the freak accident.
Look, people, forget about the damned pea, that was just a recent example of a chronic issue.

Or maybe he tricked you into putting the pea in your ear so he could get a laugh, and now he's just doing his best to confuse the memory as much as possible to hide his filthy involvement.

ahhhh...damn those time machines!

You know that could well have been the case :eek:

Junii....super temporal spymiester!

actually... Junii... Uncle who pays attention when babysitting his neices and nephews...

Yes, this happened, but it was a small eraser, and not a pea.

saved my nephew a grand spanking....

and a trip to the doctors... I had my repair kit with me. managed to get that thing out... and people wonder why I have tweezers in my repair kit.

Look, people, forget about the damned pea, that was just a recent example of a chronic issue.

Peas be with you :p

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Just do it. :)

Just do it. :)

Well, if it will peas you...

Look, people, forget about the damned pea, that was just a recent example of a chronic issue.But where's the fun in that? :(

Look, people, forget about the damned pea, that was just a recent example of a chronic issue.

there is no pea.


the pea doesn't exsist.


nope... didn't work...


excuse me, now I gotta take a pea...

Perhaps this is a sign that you should change your major.

actually... Junii... Uncle who pays attention when babysitting his neices and nephews...

Yes, this happened, but it was a small eraser, and not a pea.

saved my nephew a grand spanking....

and a trip to the doctors... I had my repair kit with me. managed to get that thing out... and people wonder why I have tweezers in my repair kit.

Super temporal spymiester has got to be so much more fun though! LOL

forget peas, spiders (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_ODD_Spider_Boy.html?source=mypi) are where it's at these days.

forget peas, spiders (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_ODD_Spider_Boy.html?source=mypi) are where it's at these days.

Been there done that...read the OP ;)

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Oh, you're so sweet.

Maybe I should tell your mommy you're using these very very naughty words.

Could you please tell your mother to come in the room? I'd like to suggest to her that she make that internet filter of yours just a little stricter.

Naughty words for naughty birds! You don't want to be a naughty bird, do you? That wouldn't make your parents very proud, now would it?

Been there done that...read the OP ;)
dammit!

Peas*snip*

To slightly answer this question...

Just reading about it wants to make me stick a pea in my ear.

It's called aural-peaerotica - have you not noticed that a pea fits exactly into your ear? Clearly there's an evolutionary purpose and I think, though I'd have to do some research (and study some biology I suppose), that it was highly useful to the cave-ladies of yore.

Imagine your caveman coming home after a long day hunting dinosaurs (this would be just after the 7th day of the Lord, when dinosaurs and humans co-existed peas-fully [you'll get that joke later]). Well he'd be tired and probably a little pissed with your constant whining for sex, cos after a day in the fields picking all sort of erotic looking vegetables, like cucumbers and turnips, that's pretty much all a cave-lady could think about.

The solution, as a cave-lady, would be to secrete a pea around their person (they're very small see, better than a pumpkin for example), and, when your caveman puts his head down to sleep, you'd whip out the pea and stick it in his ear.

Why the instant pea-erotica would ensure that your caveman was fully aroused and ready for a night of sordid sex, possibly involving the horn of triceratops... or possibly not.

It's where the word 'peace' comes from - I had a peaceful night's sleep last night actually meant I had a peas-ful night's sleep last night.

So you're really only experiencing natural, ancient evolutionary forces and there's nothing to worry about at all.

Hope that clears it up for you.

Oh, you're so sweet.

Maybe I should tell your mommy you're using these very very naughty words.

Could you please tell your mother to come in the room? I'd like to suggest to her that she make that internet filter of yours just a little stricter.

Naughty words for naughty birds! You don't want to be a naughty bird, do you? That wouldn't make your parents very proud, now would it?

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To really, really answer the question,

It actually is to do with evolution. Humans are powerful mimics as any joyful parent will tell you on seeing their new-born try to mimic their facial expressions.

We learn a lot through mimicry - seeing someone do something and then trying it ourselves. Cues for mimicry can come through each of our senses.

There was a previous thread a while ago where, when someone had, for some reason, mentioned sticking your tongue to the roof of your mouth, many people might then automatically stick their tongue to the roof of their mouth. Even if you think 'haha, not falling for that', you'll still find you have an urge to 'test' it.

Some people are more powerful mimics than others.

It's called your inhibition. It's there for more than keeping you from becoming, for example, happy. That pea is going to cost you pain and hospital bills, but that is your choice.