THE FIVE SENSES

Your head has a bunch of holes: two for your eyes (seeing), another two for your ears (hearing), one for your mouth (tasting) and one in the middle for your nose (smelling). The fifth sense (touching) is on the end of your arms in the fingertips. The five senses send messages to your brain which is located in the middle of your head behind the holes - your brain is the control centre which determines your response.

It’s reasonably self evident that some people don’t have any brains behind their holes - ergo badly garbled messages go to their mouth and their fists.

SEEING

Your eyes are the organ of sight. There are 2 eyeballs. Light entering the eyes through the pupils is focused by the cornea to form an image on the retina which converts the image into nerve impulses which are transmitted along the optic nerve to the brain where info from each eyeball is processed in the brain to produce a single coordinated image in glorious colour.

Most people stumble through life filtering out stuff which they consider irrelevant and a waste of time. If they didn’t, and took all visual stimuli on board, they’d suffer from information overload and their brains would melt.

HEARING

Attached to the holes on either side of your head are ears. Sound waves entering the ear holes are converted to vibrations that are converted into electrical nerve signals which, in turn, are interpreted by the brain.

Some ears are big and floppy, some are small and neat, and some are incredibly sensitive. Like my music teacher who played solo violin at Carnegie Hall when he was 9 years old – he was a genius who could look at a bunch of dots and hear the whole orchestra!

Unfortunately most of us only hear what we want to hear.

TASTING

The tongue has a whole bunch of taste buds - the sweet ones are at the tip, the sour ones are on the sides and the bitter ones are at the back.

Some people have a highly developed sense of taste and can tell when, where and on which side of the hill the grapes grew. Some people have a poorly developed sense of taste and become dress designers and art critics.

SMELLING

Your nose holes let fresh air in and the hairs in your nose filter out all the dust and rubbish but, if the air is not fresh and clean, the olfactory nerves kick in to warn you that something isn’t quite right.

People smell but, because of regular bathing, deodorants and cologne, nobody knows what anybody smells like any more.

I like the way a beach smells when there’s nobody else around.

TOUCHING

At the end of your arms are a bunch of sausages called fingers. At the end of your fingers are tips which are full of nerve endings ergo, your fingertips are extraordinarily sensitive.

We all need patting and stroking but, be warned, unless you have prior approval, touching can get you into all sorts of trouble

THE SIXTH SENSE

The sixth sense doesn’t have any holes either but 17th century mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes reckoned all five senses were lumped together to create a common sense…but that’s not quite the same thing as a premonition or a gut feeling.

Neuroscientists are still working on this one…and there’s little doubt they will eventually nail it down. Until then, I reckon the equation below (from George Orwell’s book ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’) makes as much sense as anything else.

NONSENSE

Meaning the absence of meaning, signifying nothing, crap, balderdash, malarkey, et cetera. Nonsense is the preferred language of politicians and our drug fucked citizens.

The king of nonsense was Edward Lear (1812-1888) who wrote, There was an old man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly; but they said, ‘If you choose to boil eggs in your shoes, you shall never remain in Thermopylae.’

TASTING (alternate version)

The tongue has a whole bunch of taste buds - the sweet ones are at the tip, the sour ones are on the sides and the bitter ones are at the back.

The image above is a classic example of extremely bad taste!

THE FIVE SENSES Your head has a bunch of holes: two for your eyes (seeing), another two for your ears (hearing), one for your mouth (tasting) and one in the middle for your nose (smelling). The fifth sense (touching) is on the end of your arms in the fingertips. The five senses send messages to your brain which is located in the middle of your head behind the holes - your brain is the control centre which determines your response. It’s reasonably self evident that some people don’t have any brains behind their holes - ergo badly garbled messages go to their mouth and their fists.
SEEING Your eyes are the organ of sight. There are 2 eyeballs. Light entering the eyes through the pupils is focused by the cornea to form an image on the retina which converts the image into nerve impulses which are transmitted along the optic nerve to the brain where info from each eyeball is processed in the brain to produce a single coordinated image in glorious colour. Most people stumble through life filtering out stuff which they consider irrelevant and a waste of time. If they didn’t, and took all visual stimuli on board, they’d suffer from information overload and their brains would melt.	HEARING Attached to the holes on either side of your head are ears. Sound waves entering the ear holes are converted to vibrations that are converted into electrical nerve signals which, in turn, are interpreted by the brain. Some ears are big and floppy, some are small and neat, and some are incredibly sensitive. Like my music teacher who played solo violin at Carnegie Hall when he was 9 years old – he was a genius who could look at a bunch of dots and hear the whole orchestra! Unfortunately most of us only hear what we want to hear.	TASTING The tongue has a whole bunch of taste buds - the sweet ones are at the tip, the sour ones are on the sides and the bitter ones are at the back. Some people have a highly developed sense of taste and can tell when, where and on which side of the hill the grapes grew. Some people have a poorly developed sense of taste and become dress designers and art critics.	SMELLING Your nose holes let fresh air in and the hairs in your nose filter out all the dust and rubbish but, if the air is not fresh and clean, the olfactory nerves kick in to warn you that something isn’t quite right. People smell but, because of regular bathing, deodorants and cologne, nobody knows what anybody smells like any more. I like the way a beach smells when there’s nobody else around.	TOUCHING At the end of your arms are a bunch of sausages called fingers. At the end of your fingers are tips which are full of nerve endings ergo, your fingertips are extraordinarily sensitive. We all need patting and stroking but, be warned, unless you have prior approval, touching can get you into all sorts of trouble
THE SIXTH SENSE The sixth sense doesn’t have any holes either but 17th century mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes reckoned all five senses were lumped together to create a common sense…but that’s not quite the same thing as a premonition or a gut feeling. Neuroscientists are still working on this one…and there’s little doubt they will eventually nail it down. Until then, I reckon the equation below (from George Orwell’s book ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’) makes as much sense as anything else.	NONSENSE Meaning the absence of meaning, signifying nothing, crap, balderdash, malarkey, et cetera. Nonsense is the preferred language of politicians and our drug fucked citizens. The king of nonsense was Edward Lear (1812-1888) who wrote, There was an old man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly; but they said, ‘If you choose to boil eggs in your shoes, you shall never remain in Thermopylae.’	TASTING (alternate version) The tongue has a whole bunch of taste buds - the sweet ones are at the tip, the sour ones are on the sides and the bitter ones are at the back. Some people have a highly developed sense of taste and can tell when, where and on which side of the hill the grapes grew. Some people have a poorly developed sense of taste and become dress designers and art critics. The image above is a classic example of extremely bad taste!

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