Acupuncture

[Rapscallion]

Wandered around the White Rose shopping centre (mall for those in the colonies) this afternoon to do some shopping and avoid having my wallet stolen. Optimist, that's me.

Did my shopping and noted a Chinese Dr and Herbs (as it's called). Not that much interest, but there was a note out front advertising acupressure massages. Heh - been doing some excess hours of late. Figured it wouldn't hurt.

Went in, was upsold (not sure how) to accupuncture, and found myself on a bed with needles sticking out of my skin. Never had this before, and I was sort of hoping for a full-body stigmata (didn't get that - boo!), but it was very relaxing (just what I'd wanted). Not sure if it was the needles or the fact that it was a quiet room beneath a heat lamp, but it felt good.

Anyone else tried it?

Rapscallion

[Jester]

mall for those in the colonies

Now, here in the U.S. we call them malls, but I KNOW you Brits cannot possibly still be referring to us as colonies, since we have not been British colonies since around 1776 or so.

(I admit that it can be debated precisely when the U.S. stopped being colonies: in 1776 when they declared their independence from the crown, in 1781 with the British defeat at Yorktown and the end of hostilities, or in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris, but regardless, you get my meaning.)

So I must assume you are referring to the current British colonies (or Overseas Territories as they are currently called): Anguilla; Bermuda; the British Antarctic Territory; the British Indian Ocean Territory; the British Virgin Islands; the Cayman Islands; the Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; the Pitcairn Islands; Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Though frankly, I don't know how many of them actually have malls. I am guessing the B.A.T. does not, for one.
With a population of 51 people, the the Pitcairns don't seem like the best place to build a mall. And I am having trouble picturing a Gap or Old Navy in Anguilla, but since they produce my favorite rum, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I still can't figure out, though, why you felt the need to point out what shopping centres are called in these particular places, since the total population of all such colonies is under 250,000 people. In other words, about the same number of people as the city of Chandler, Arizona, which itself is a suburb of Phoenix. Or, to put it in British terms, the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

There are just over 4,000 members of CustomersSuck.com all time. I don't think I am going too far out on a limb when I suggest that it is unlikely that a significant number of the membership is from any of those fine British colonies--oops!--I mean Overseas Territories.

So honestly, who could you possibly be addressing as "colonies?"


Oh, and it's good to hear that you enjoyed the accupuncture, too.

[JustaCashier]

Raps, I think you've been needled yet again!








*Ducks the little plastic arrow thingies being flung my way, that are used for spearing fruit and veggie pieces that are added to cocktails*

Mike

[Jester]

the little plastic arrow thingies...that are used for spearing fruit and veggie pieces

Cocktail spears.

Though sometimes they do use plastic swords that do the same job. I remember loving playing with those as a kid.

[Rapscallion]

I'm trying to work out how someone came up with the idea of putting sharp pieces of metal into someone's body to make them feel good.

*ponder*

Rapscallion

[Jester]

There are tons of things that, when you think about them, really should make you wonder how people came up with them.

Take the humble olive. Did you know that if they are not brined, olives are inedible? So what genius came along one day and said, "Ya know what? Those funny pitted fruits on those trees that we can't eat....maybe if we stuck them in some salty liquid, they would be more palatable." (As an olive hater, I find this particularly hilarious.)

Or think of the zipper. Seriously. We all deal with zippers every day. What genius/nutcase came along one day and thought, "These buttons are just so tedious. We need a faster way to fasten our pants, coats, and other things. I know! How about two interlocking tracks of metal teeth?"

Or hell, how about vodka? I can understand the invention of beer, sure. Someone left some soggy bread out too long, and suddenly the light bulb went on. But vodka? You take a grain and ferment it....and then purify it over and over until it has almost no taste left? Isn't the idea to something you ingest to add MORE flavor, not LESS? The same argument goes for clear rums. I love rum....why do people have to ruin it by removing all the things that make it taste so good? And more to the point, what genius thought that would make things BETTER?

And forget THINGS. How about US? Take our clothing. Seriously. Think about it. If you are in a place where you do not need clothing for protection from the elements, what purpose does it serve? Why did we one day decide that we needed to cover up just those parts of us that are most important to reproduction? And that women, the givers of life, should cover up their glands that nurture and provide sustenance to their offspring? We are a weird lot, don't ya think? I sometimes think I know why the monkeys are throwing feces at us!

There are a lot of weird things in the world that make us scratch our heads. Accupuncture is not unique in this.

[JustaCashier]

Cocktail spears.

I knew, I knew what they were called. Just couldn't think of it at the time!

Though sometimes they do use plastic swords that do the same job. I remember loving playing with those as a kid.

Oh yeah! The swords RAWK!

When I was around 9 & 10, my Dad, older Brother and I went to this Chinese Restaurant alot. My Dad would order a fancy drink, so not only would I get the sword from his, if it came with one, but the Waitress would also spear some maraschino cherries with one, and bring it all out to me!

Mike

[NightWatch]

Alright... have ya seen hentai (yes, i know it's japanese! but much of Asia has similar cultural phenomena)? have you noted the Chinese tendency towards extreme understanding of how the body functions from a spiritual standpoint? Have you talked to someone who is actually from that part of the world?
Can you see how a group of repressed weirdos with an obsession with the human body might come up with some weird ass ways to make you feel better, that actually work?

Yes, I love Asians, they make me smile. I have never tried accupuncture. I want to, but I'm afraid I'll find some hack who just jabs needles in everywhere.

[Rapscallion]

Hmm - maybe accupuncture works on the feeling of relief you get when the needles come out? *ponder* Actually, that was the only bit that hurt even slightly.

The first practitioners certainly didn't try it on Wolverine...

Rapscallion