Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 30, 2015

I sympathize with Mark.

Mark’s knees don’t hurt anymore, but his arms have ceased to function for some reason…

And the aches and pains are more than happy to answer.

Mark’s body is now asking Mark’s brain for advice about which leg to limp on. This is known as “referred pain”.

Yes…..

Should’ve listened to Todd.

We’ve gotten to the root of Mark’s problem…

My body and I stopped talking to each other months ago. I’m fine with that.

I think I’ve been doing the whole thing backwards!

I thought it was my body that told my brain when my knees hurt. So if I feel an inkling, I treat my body with heat, or ibuprofen, or little stick-on patches called Salonpas..all in the hopes that my brain won’t find out.

If it’s my brain that knows first…all I need to do is go to the Tiki for a few shots of Glenfidditch, or even a couple of banana daks…and confuse my mind so my knees never find out they should hurt!

Shika… my body and I conspire to try and get away with things my brain would never allow, if it knew.

If it does find out, though…that’s when I pay for it.

Knees, hips, back, shoulders, wrists, I’m pretty much messed up.

Good morning BS’rs. Me? Well,I thimk SS has it right,about the mind and pain. If you don’t mind it does not matter.I could go on and on,about my body pain but.. :) Peace.

My brain just told my body it doesn’t stand a snowballs chance in you know where of doing anything productive today……………………………………………

My brain………….where did that damn thing go???

I guess it’s not just me……sigh!I like the one about Glenn not receiving any help from his body to straighten up. I can relate so I just don’t bend over. Susan Sunshine has some good ideas there. Beviek – that couch cake is pretty neat!

All I know is that if I woke up with no pain I must have died last night.

The head bone’s connected to the ….OUCH!!!

I’ve got both this week..IBgone: Am not!

ah awlays sed…. “Ah aint OLED butt…. ifn thet loos chanje on teh sidewok dont covur mah deduckabel ah aint bendin over ta pik it up…. ju$ $ayin…”

Use it or lose it, sad but true.

Beviek – that couch cake is pretty neat!_____________A couch with a built in hassock! Looks delicious too.

When you gyrate like Elvis, you become geriatric pretty quickly.Rock or roll your chair.