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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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Well...?
If you could, what part would you do and how would you redesign it?
I'd probably do feet. Toes, are far too fragile and open to being completely obliterated by the bottoms of cupboards and stray things lying on the floor. And if they don't get caught by that then they are too cramped together and athlete's foot sets in.
I don't know how I'd redesign them, maybe keep the independent movement of the toes but have skin over all 5 of them (a bit like a sock).
This would provide support from the others if one got damaged...
or something...
Anyway.
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Toes are actually quite important for balance, so you'd still need something like them to maintain the humanoid erect posture and walking/running.
The spine needs some rethinking. We didn't evolve originally to be fully upright at all times, and the back turns out to be a bit of a weak point if your posture or weight distribution is poor. (Something I know all about, sadly.)
Otherwise, Mother Nature's done a none too shabby job with homo sapiens, I reckon.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:42 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Really? Our arms are too short to walk on all fours (well at least mine are) like apes. I think the human body evolved appropriately up until civilisation exploded. We weren't designed to sit on chairs all day long - so poor posture will develop as a result. We weren't designed to retain so much fat, otherwise we would have already evolved better methods of storage. Though maybe 'pear-shaped' fat people would have lived longer than 'apple-shaped' fat people, thereby improving weight distribution of Man.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:24 am |
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gavomatic57
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:30 pm Posts: 1757 Location: Cardiff, Wales
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I'm not sure, but I think some gills would be handy. With all the fat people carry these days, we'll be back in the sea in no time.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:20 am |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5150 Location: /dev/tty0
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I think I would redesign my hair...It was really curly at one point, and I didn't mind that, but I wanted it perfectly straight...I tried chemically straightening it back in October and now it's just kind of a frizzy mess  I'd like to redesign it so I could choose on the morning I wake up how I wanted it, with actually having to do anything to it...
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:58 am |
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Helsing
Has a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:46 pm Posts: 57
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Hmmm, possibly the tongue, mine just tends to be a little unsuitable for purpose, and ends up being bitten frequently. Something longer and more slender, perhaps forked fora bit of zaniness.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:25 pm |
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stuartpengs
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:00 pm Posts: 300 Location: In the night garden.
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LOL at all the show offs from over the border walking upright! Meh.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:34 pm |
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Electric_Wizard
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:05 pm Posts: 277 Location: In the studio
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Mine certainly does. Perhaps we could have hooves instead of feet. It would certainly eliminate the toe stubbing danger. I've often wished my arms were detachable. I'm not the best sleeper in the world, and I really find my arms get in the way sometime. You would need some kind of arm butler to reattach them in the morning though.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:41 pm |
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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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Wow, brilliant idea! I wake up so many times and try to get up and get mahoosive pins and needles down my arm. It's really painful!
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:48 pm |
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KRKux
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:50 pm Posts: 278 Location: London / Bedfordshire / Newcastle
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The nose.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:51 pm |
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Vigil
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:49 pm Posts: 58
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The eye... no more short sightedness.
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Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:57 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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I'd have my penis shortened, stops people getting jealous just joking.... but seriously i'd like shorter arms....mine are a bit too lanky and getting a shirt to fit is a PITA
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:11 am |
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fakesnake
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:30 am Posts: 138 Location: lost in the wilderness
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just do what I do when I go to a fancy dress party I sick it in my ear and go as a petrol pump if I could redesign anything it would be hair, stop it dissapearing from top of head and appearing up the nose.
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Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:49 am |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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What about teeth? Isn't there anyone out there who wishes that they could grow new ones when the old ones fall out? 
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Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:51 am |
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm Posts: 5490 Location: just behind you!
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A neck that can rotate 360 degrees. Failing that something to stop snoring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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