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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:37AM (#35626515)
Is this the story of how someone ended up with one less appendix than they should have?
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jdmichal on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @07:39AM (#35626935)
People only have one appendix to start with. Did you mean appendage?
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @08:55AM (#35627544)
No, that's what I meant, but said in a facetious way. If someone is complaining about lower right abdominal pain that could be the appendix, when lower left would not be.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jdmichal on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @09:29AM (#35627891)
Ah I get it now. Sorry for the density.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by xpe on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:10AM (#35628377)
Don’t apologize; we all benefit from a good chuckle.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by bell-cot on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:50PM (#35630425)
Unless the patient is one of the 0.01% - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situs_inversus
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by runlaszlorun on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @08:56AM (#35627548)
Perhaps they have -1 now.

Either that or my recent C excursions have me thinking in buffer overruns and index errors.

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by xpe on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:11AM (#35628396)
The official recordbooks will now show that patient is officially the first to lose an appendix but gain a preface.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by OJFord on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:29AM (#35628636)
That would be two less than they should have? Unless you're commenting on its uselessness that they 'should' have zero despite one being normal?
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jdmichal on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:33PM (#35630214)
Last I heard, there's an idea that it might help recolonize the gut with good flora after infections and such.
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