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Biting your tongue and other minor failings of the human body.

88 replies

PralineCookie · 10/10/2019 18:15

Is it just me or is biting your tongue one of the most annoying things ever? That or biting the side of your mouth. There really should be some reflex that stops you from doing it.

Don't get me started on hiccups.

What minor things about the body irritate you?

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MacavityTheDentistsCat · 10/10/2019 18:24

Producing hair that goes frizzy in the rain. No need for that at all! Producing sleek, swishy hair would be fine!

Pinkarsedfly · 10/10/2019 18:26

There’s no need for toenails to grow, really, is there?

1984isnow · 10/10/2019 18:33

Sneezing angers me

Dollywilde · 10/10/2019 18:34

That thing when you swallow liquid too hard and it becomes like a painful ball in your mouth.

Also heartburn.

Dollywilde · 10/10/2019 18:35

Not your mouth, your gullet... just me?

MacavityTheDentistsCat · 10/10/2019 18:36

Actually, now I think about it, I suppose that were I a bloke, I would be complaining about my testicles being outside my body. Grin

And the appendix - surely that could surely have been done with away by now? And wisdom teeth. Away with them!

GailTheFish · 10/10/2019 18:36

Brain freeze.

Mookins14 · 10/10/2019 18:37

Oh I love a good sneeze! So satisfying.

However, not so funny bones sticking out to catch on anything and everything (if you are clumsy like me)

Men's most sensitive parts dangling dangerously from their bodies rather than tucked away safely.

Moustaches and beards (male and female) just no need for this extra coverage.

All design flaws

Drogosnextwife · 10/10/2019 18:38

Dollywilde

I get that with food too, I just eat way too fast!

PralineCookie · 10/10/2019 18:51

There’s no need for toenails to grow, really, is there?

I agree. I hate long nails so if my fingernails could stop growing too I'd appreciate it.

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GrouchyKiwi · 10/10/2019 18:54

When you accidentally swallow and breathe at the same time and thus nearly choke.

I throw up if I drink black tea on an empty stomach. That's stupid.

Coffeeandchocolate9 · 10/10/2019 18:57

Could we please (men and women) have genitalia that are a bit more attractive? I feel like our Creator did well at boobs and rested on his laurels and stopped trying. Probably playing with the boobs.

While we are at it can we have a word about periods and associated symptoms too?

BIWI · 10/10/2019 19:00

@Dollywilde I get you!

Also, why do my finger nails not all grow to the same length/stay at the same length? Why does one always break just as I think they're all looking nice? Angry

Minesril · 10/10/2019 19:46

Brain freeze - pushing your tongue into the roof of your mouth will sort that.

Morgenrot · 10/10/2019 20:00

I do that too @PralineCookie. Then end up with ulcers. Pisses me right offAngry

Soubriquet · 10/10/2019 20:03

Why is it everytime we hurt something it’s usually the pinky toe...

You also manage to discover you know 14 languages when you stub that toe too

JesusInTheCabbageVan · 10/10/2019 20:03

Probably playing with the boobs Grin

"Yeah, just got some leftover bits and nubbins, roll 'em all up and stick ' em on where the legs meet, perfect, whatever, I don't care"

MothershipG · 10/10/2019 20:07

Babies that don't just fall asleep when they are tired, just cry and get more upset. What's that about?

TheCanyon · 10/10/2019 20:12

Bones that stick out, hips ribs collarbone etc that rub on everything and also that our ribs arent better designed so that when you move in certain ways, the skin etc doesn't pop under. Oh and not long/bendy enough arms to scratch that itch.

TilandPop · 10/10/2019 20:14

I second wisdom teeth! What is the point in them

Fournearlyfive · 10/10/2019 20:21

Getting an eyelash in your eye..

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 10/10/2019 20:23

Those really bloody annoying travelling itches. Where you think its on your thigh so you scratch it, but then mysteriously it's on your calf, so scratch that. Then it's behind your knee...

(I have just scratched in order: top of thigh, inner thigh, face. And face again.)

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 10/10/2019 20:24

Getting an eyelash in your eye..

Related: when your eye itches, so you rub it. It feels like HEAVEN!
Then a second after you stop, it starts up a thousand times worse.

Ridiculous design.

OhMyGodTheyKilledKenny · 10/10/2019 20:25

When you've eaten something dodgy or have a nasty bug why does your body have to evacuate the contents of your digestive system from both ends at the same time.

One would suffice and be a bit easier to manage!

KitchenDancefloor · 10/10/2019 20:30

Being able to trip over your own feet.

Stupid. Embarrassing. An utter design flaw.

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