By Beauty Damned

Ain't Got No Taste

I think this is so great that Austrian doctors were able to remove this man's malignant, cancerous tongue and replace it with a normal, healthy tongue. The only drawback is that he will probably never be able to experience his sense of taste ever again. (Not that he would have been able to if he went on with that huge tumor in his mouth...) But that just suuucks! Can you imagine the torment of seeing a delectable looking dish and smelling it and imagining what it tastes like and biting into it, only to taste nothing, only feel the textures in your mouth...? That's just horrible. But not as horrible as being dead from cancer.

Like most people with normal sensory function, I can't imagine losing any of my senses. I've always thought the absolute worst thing on earth would be to go blind. I don't know if it's worse to GO blind or be born blind, I think they sound equally wretched. I loved when Chris Rock said "Stevie Wonder's got all the money in the world and ain't nothing he can do about bein' blind. Doctors say 'here Stevie, take this dog.' All you got for Stevie is a dog? A fuckin dog? Can't he get a seeing eye midget? He could say 'Yo Stevie take a left and when we get up here you're gonna hang a right' All Stevie wants is a peek. Just a peek! Can't Stevie get a peek. Just a fuckin peek!" Hahaaaaa. It's true. All the money in the world and ain't nothin Stevie can do about bein blind as a bat. I'm sure at this point in his life he's not really too worried about it anymore...He can hear and music is obviously his true love, so I'm sure he's come to terms with being blind.

Maybe the guy with no tongue would be better off being blind too because then he wouldn't have to see delectable food everywhere he goes.

Which sense would you be willing to give up or the most devastated to lose? Inquiring minds need to know. Alternatively, what food would you miss the most if you lost your sense of taste? I would miss pizza. And doritos. And chocolate. And tacos. And....