Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Li(e)poma

People who know me from close quarters will testify that I've got these cool ugly fatty small tumors all over my arms. Turns out - these little fellas are called LIPOMAs in the world of medicals.

Lipoma has been defined by wiki as :
"A lipoma is a common, benign tumor composed of fatty tissue. Lipomas are soft to the touch, usually moveable, and are generally painless. They grow very slowly, and in rare cases can become cancerous. "

So now you see where I get this boring persona (and life) from? Common, benign, soft, grow very slowly - these tumors have been giving me their characteristics. By the way, these tiny creatures are not tiny at all and make themselves quite prominent (especially when they get jealous of muscles in the ym). They are totally useless actually. The only use I can think is to feature my arm in a vaseline body lotion ad - the one in which kids run toy cars on each others' arms. My arm can offer a hoarde of speed breakers to those toy cars.

These idiots are good at seeking attention (not from girls though.. they still remain hugely ignorant of my presence) and invite questions from almost everybody who sees them.

"What happened to your hand?"
"Are you taking suppliments?"
"Did something bite you?"

And here are my answers :
1. (to kids) These things appear every time I lie. They're not many but now you see what happens when you lie?

2. Once I was lost in the desert. Got something to eat and got it deposited in my body for future. Its still there.

3. Mom used to scold me when I used to play marbles in school. To save from her wrath, I hid some of them in there.

4. These are misplaced six pack abs. Will move them slowly to the right position.

5. Saw the movie Mummy so many times. Just like the guy in the movie, the insects have gone inside my arm too.

6. (When I go to someone's place to eat and am served something I hate..lets say baingan) I have got an allergy to that. See what happened last time I ate it?

7. If I press them real hard, they glow.

I am not at all into medicine but I think I know why these things are called lipoma.
At least I know the "li" part.

You can "lie" a lot about them.