> Dear Cynsa, > > I feel for your butt. Sorry, let me rephrase that. I feel sympathy for > your butt problems. You suggest moving to the equator, but I should warn > you that while moving near the equator might cure mistybutt, it is > likely to cause a related problem - steamybutt. > > Let me explain. > > While I don't actually live anywhere near the equator, I do live in a > country with a semi-tropical summer and a warm rainy season. This has > meant that on many days my bicycle saddle (sadly not motorbike, only a > weedy pedal bike), like I said, my bicycle saddle is often very damp or > even drenched with tropical moisture in the morning. This means a whole > tropical summer day with a damp behind - steamybutt. And this in turn > leads to an embarasing medical condition that you may not have > experienced (since you didn't mention it in your chronicles), which can > only be described as ... and this is quite embarrassing .... ATHLETES > FOOT OF THE BUTT ! > > Which is rather difficult to explain at the chemist's (or drug store). > > "Err, do you have athletes foot cream?" > "Yes, what kind of athletes foot is it?" > "What do you mean?" > "Well, where exactly on the foot is it? Between the toes? Along the side > of the foot?" > "Actually it's not on my feet." > "Not on your feet? Well, where HAVE you got athletes foot?" > (at this point, all the other shoppers in the store have gone very > quiet) > "Errm, well, it's ... on my bu... err... my posterior." > > So you see, it's not a pleasant thing to have, and I suspect you could > even get it as a complication of prolonged mistybutt. So be careful. > Wipe that seat. > > from Gary (in Japan) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 10:14:06 -0800 (PST) From: Trunky PaffoTo: Gary Heayes Subject: Re: Equatorial mistybutt - or "steamybutt" Dear Gary: I was so sorry to hear the tragic news of your steamybutt, a condition with which I am admittedly unfamiliar. yet you have my sympathies. it seems there is no escape in this world from the perils of a misty butt; indeed, in some cases the repercussions are even more dire. as yet no alarm has been raised in the medical community; we can only hope that greed will serve to arouse the pharmaceudical companies to develop a new topical cream so that you may someday, with pride, walk into your nearest chemist's and ask for preparation M. it is a dream I have. yours most sincerely, cynsa beans