Monday, April 05, 2010

will power test

Occasionally a part of your epidermal tissue becomes itchy and the most natural reaction is to then scratch that itch until the time comes that that part of your epidermal tissue is no longer itchy.

Try this one: the next time you are itchy, do not scratch. Wait, and continue not scratching. Wait some more, do not scratch. Eventually the itch will disappear on its own, the question becomes, are you able to wait that long without scratching?

It has happened that I have been rocking V-8 to sleep and my arms are both busy holding her when I became itchy on a certain part of the back of my neck. I managed to hold out.

4 comments:

Zhoen said...

A test I had to perform every day I was scrubbed in, since touching my itchy nose meant contaminating my gloves.

Every once in a while one itch comes up that will not be thought away, and an instrument that will not be used in the case will sacrifice it's sterility to nudge the irritation away.

ghost said...

i believe that could quite possibly drive a man mad.

Debstar said...

Odd, I was scratching my itchy hand while I read your post. Now that I've read your post I feel itchy all over.

Mercenaria said...

My head gets itchy when someone mentions the word 'lice' or 'head lice'.

And there we go - my head is now itchy. I will hold off scratching for as long as I can!