QotD

"[...] this naturally led to thoughts of how silly it is that when superheroes or other humanoid characters with gills are portrayed in film, art, etc., the gills are always placed on the neck. this makes no sense at all, since gills of that size would be much too small to collect sufficient oxygen for an organism of that size. it would make much more sense to put the gills on the chest or back. it'd look way cooler, too.

"and that led to 1) a story idea, and 2) the realization that soon after medical science made it possible for humans to have gills, someone would want to get theirs pierced."

-- merde, 2002-05-09

[merde: I still haven't forgotten that ice storm all those years ago...]