Thread: Adam's Rib
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Old Feb 18, 2004, 03:37 pm   #23 (permalink) (top)
ThorfinnSS
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Did anyone actually count their own ribs? - Besides Marilyn Manson of course. I definitely have an odd number. After seeing my X-ray at a chiropractor's office I started to wonder. I suppose there must be some evolutionary advantage to having one rib of an attenuated length. Maybe it helped my early ancestors hurl a spear more effectively at a mammoth. But, pre-Darwin, the same folks who gave you the actual number of angels who could fit on the head of a pin, came up with the creation from a rib dogma. Just curious about how widespread this attenuated/atrophied rib syndrome is. Maybe there are males with a full set, I haven't been up to the surreptitious counting in the gym - it might be misconstrued. How about an online count?
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