23 Jan 2010

Who's in charge?

Written by Brian Teeman
who's in charge

One day all the parts of the body argued over who was the boss.

The Brain said: I control all parts of the body so I should be boss

The Legs said: I carry you where you want to go so I should be boss

The Stomach said: I digest all the food to provide energy so I should be boss

The Eyes said: Without me you would be helpless so I should be boss

The Heart said: I pump the blood around the body so I should be boss

The Lungs said: I provide the oxygen the body needs so I should be boss

Then the rectum applied for the job as boss, to which all the other parts of the body laughed so much that the rectum got mad, closed up and refused to work. 

After a few days...

The brain went foggy, the legs got wobbly, the stomach was full, the eyes got crossed and unable to see the heart and lungs struggled to keep up. so they had to concede and agree that the rectum was the boss.

All goes to show that you don't need a brain to be a boss....

Just an Asshole.

 

Of course that's just a joke and the real answer is that the body would not work at all if all the parts do not work together to serve a common goal.

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About Brian Teeman

  • As a co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters Inc I've never been known to be lacking an opinion or being too afraid to express it.

    Despite what some people might think I'm a shy and modest man who doesnt like to blow his own trumpet or boast about achievements.

    But it seems that no blog exists without an "About" page so rather than talk about what an amazingly great guy I am and list all the things I've achieved (and failed at) in life from my Cycling Proficiency Test in 1976 to winning an award for the "UK Individual Contribution to Open / Source" in 2005 here are some links.

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