Oh! How I chuckled! I grinned and had to titter as I consciously suppressed my laughter to avoid attracting any unwanted attention to myself as I took a small breather to check out other bloggers’ take on the latest #Blogging 101 assignment. I must have looked a little nutso while at it.

This must have been one of the most creative take I have come across in response to the Feed Your Senses Daily Prompt and making the prompt personal.

Mrs. Anglo Swiss has been creatively hilarious with her take on the prompt. Her response was conjuring up a Mr. Super Sense character and not just from anywhere, but from WordPress (!), who, happens to be have a magic potion.

In her story, Mr Super Sense has offered Mrs Anglo Swiss the magic potion to amplify all of her five senses. What ensued as her reply was not only original and as-a-matter-of-fact sort of take on her senses , but amusing and entertaining.

The one that made me laughed a little louder was this:

The last one of your super offer is touch. Do you really think it would be an enjoyment to run my fingers through the silky fur of my three felines and feel every pore, every strand, every tic and every snail that they pick up in my garden? To notice every strange foreign body they might attract on their travels. It would not disturb my furry monsters, I am sure, but I do not think I would enjoy the feeling of giving them a tummy tickle, chin scratch and head stroke, realising what I might encounter.

We have 3 cats and even though they are not outdoor cats, they definitely have rolled around in places and picked up some strange foreign body that have attached themselves to them. So,  I definitely can resonate with that one! And no, I wouldn’t like that.

As funny and light-hearted as it sounded, her post did make me think a little harder. What if…what if there is a way to amplify my senses? What if I DO have super-senses? Would I want it?

I guess I don’t mind it – only if I can turn it on and off on demand. I’d love some super senses with my eyes to look through people and be able to see things from a mile away – but that’s the only thing I would want if I could have a super sense. The rest I can do without.

 

On the other hand, as appealing as it sounds, I think super senses come with a hell lot of inconveniences. I don’t think I want to live with that.  Oh! All the poop I could smell. And all the screaming from the kids or hearing little ants in the kitchen talk and bitch what they have to do as they make their way along the sugared trail with the little remnants of food the kids left behind at dinner.  It would be so annoying!

Mrs Anglo Swiss tells the story well as she managed to bring out the very essence of being satisfied with what’s given, despite the (perceived)  imperfections.

Dulled senses isn’t exactly a bad thing really, super senses or not, as she puts it, I am actually quite happy with what I have. And that is all that matters!

P.S:

I think she is one of the more creative writers I have come across. As I clicked away to her other posts, I realised that she also runs another blog dedicated to her cats; which is just as hilarious! (That will certainly go into my blogroll!)

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