Tingling Toes

I spoke to M today at lunch. She came to our office to speak to her sister and I. M broke the very sad news that she has Brisbania or some such disease. She self diagnosed this ailment on Web MD. Apparently the symptoms are tingling of the toes in cold weather. Curious I did some research and I found out that 93% of people that live in cold climates suffer from some form of Brisbania. In 99.9% of cases the disease goes undiagnosed. The 7% of the population that do not suffer from the disease are known to wear sensible footwear.

I understand that M is angling for a disabled parking sticker for the car. Best to get into a warm dry building promptly while on shopping excursions.  I thought the electric cart was pushing it

As Brisbania is such a widespread disease and likely met with scepticism by the general populace it seemed like a good idea to raise awareness. Why not a fundraiser? Bouncing around ideas we came up with a performance of the play "Death of a Salesman" entirely in mime, or with hand puppets. We settled on a combination of mime and hand puppets. M thought that proceeds might go towards her Mall scooter. I thought an investment in woolly socks might garner more sympathy.

I might add that there is a lot of pressure on me to sing my show stopping rendition of Danny Boy acapella, or accompanied by Jimmy on the spoons.

I might confess that I also tend to self diagnose by entering various symptoms on the Internet. I recently diagnosed that on occasion I suffer from mild anxiety. No, please I'm not looking for sympathy. I thought about applying for a disabled parking pass but thought it would make more sense if I owned a car first.