ahah you're so not funny Al.
We have Cillia and Mucus in our nasal and tracheal passages to trap microbes and pathogens. Our tearducts only open one way. Same for our Urethras. Vaginas and Rectums aren't anywhere near as clean and you *can* get infection through those areas. But generally, our skin does a pretty good job of keeping out the nasties. :)
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:07, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

So really, 'does a pretty good job'
isn't quite the same as a shield.

Can you please pick a standpoint and stick to it
(Buckminsterfuller Bring out yer meat puppets, it's time for some fun, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:10, Reply)

it acts, for want of a better description, as a shield.
Please note that while I am at least attempting to put forth a coherent argument, I've yet to see you do the same. Please try, it's no fun when you don't.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

I would do, but having done so in the past
and been faced with an argument that has more holes than logic in it, I prefer to use this tact instead now.
(Buckminsterfuller Bring out yer meat puppets, it's time for some fun, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Except you are ill at the moment, so your bodies defences didnt work did they?

So what the hell are you talking about?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

with a bug my body obviously hasn't seen before.
I'm sure you get ill as well Al. Everybody does. The human body is not immortal and immune to everything.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

*facepalms*
That's my first one, ever. Well done.
(Slip Digby is a meat puppet, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:16, Reply)

Er...
We're straying from the topic here slightly.
But what you're saying is that under normal circumstances, the body is pretty much a fortress again pathogens?

I disagree. If that was the case, how would your symbiotic gut flora get in? Is all food you eat, and all liquid you drink completely sterile?
You know that the human mouth has a hell of a lot more bacteria present than the human anus?
It's actually "cleaner" for you to eat a nugget of shit than to kiss someone.

So no, the human body is an open houseparty with free booze.
( Cawl, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

But say we had no skin, kaol.
If we had no skin, we'd be leaving our bodies open to infection and pathogens like a cheap whores legs to cock.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:16, Reply)

That's a totally pointless statement.
Say we had no hearts. We'd be dead, so unable to catch diseases?
...
( Cawl, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:17, Reply)

it's not pointless at all.
I said earlier our skins acted as a major part of our immune system. It's true - without them - we'd be fucked.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:21, Reply)

If we didn't have skin we'd be dead.
Not due to infection either.
Due to dessication and blood-loss.
And lack of homeostatic function.

So it's a pointless statement.
( Cawl, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:25, Reply)

I know you're a bit inexperienced
but people don't have sex with whore's legs. They ususally use their vaginas or mouths.

*insert hilarious "you would know" comback*
(Bazongaloid, Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:19, Reply)

Nah you wouldn't in all likelihood,
probably too stingy to pay.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 18 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)