Postcripts to letter to God: Six fingers and testes tucked out of harm's way would be good

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-a

BMJ 2006;332:1454 (17 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7555.1454-a

Letter

Postcripts to letter to God

Six fingers and testes tucked out of harm's way would be good

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EDITOR—I offer a postscript to Brown's "Letter to God."¹

If, God, you wish to make life simpler for man, perhaps anyredesign could supply us with six fingers, rather than fiveon each hand. The logical consequence of this would be the developmentof a base 12 numeric system rather than base 10. Just thinkof the convenience—12 is exactly divisible by 2, 3, 4,and 6, whereas 10 is divisible only by 2 and 5. Those who havean extra digit due to polydactyly seem to cope very well.

It also seems a good idea to modify the testes so that theycan produce sperm at a higher temperature and then perhaps youcould safely tuck them out of harm's way inside the pelvic girdle?It has been many years since mine were last struck by a highspeed projectile when playing sports, but I still vividly . . . [Full text of this article]

Kenneth Campbell, clinical information officer

Leukaemia Research Fund, London WC1N 3JJ kencampbell@lycos.co.uk