Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:36:07 -0000
From: Morrigan <morrigan.nihil@NTLWORLD.COM>
To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA
Subject: reasons for skin

Without it, we'd stick to each other and the bedclothes
It prevents infection
Our insides have to be inside, not outside
Where would we put tattoos?
Without it, men would cut slices out of their faces when shaving
So we can sunbathe
So we are waterproof
To anchor our hair down
Goosebumps
Without it, my cunt would really look like half a pound of chopped liver
So we can sweat
Freckles
Without it, stretch marks would have no place to go, what would we stick
plasters to?
Red lipstick
Circumcision
Masturbation
How else would we describe skinny people?
That record by the Clash on Sandinista
Sand
Massages
Lice, fleas and the wart virus - or are these acceptable extinctions?
No skin = no fur, the cats would look weird
Leather
Bananas would have no cohesion
Swimming
Saunas
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