What is the gallbladder for?

[roxelana]

It's the garage for stomach acid. But there is a big ass boulder blocking the entrance to the garage so the bile car can't get in and out cleanly. So instead of going all gonzo on the boulder like normal thought would have it - the doctors are going to tear down the whole garage because you don't really need a garage to own a car

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[akitrom]

Well, except that your gall bladder is filled with stuff you don't mostly need, so, unlike a garage, it's more like one of those self-storage places. But it's in a bad neighborhood, and vandals keep breaking in and leaving boulders they've stolen from innocent rock quarries. The police have warned you that if they clear out this boulder, thieves will just bring in others. And you don't check the stuff you keep there very often, and it's nothing that you really need.

Talk to your doctor and see if they'll let you keep the gall bladder in a little jar of formaldehyde. On the plus side: you can use it to scare trick-or-treaters. And, formaldehyde breaks down the bonds of sympathetic magic, so generally speaking, it's useless to voodoun witch doctors.

Parts of this reply are serious.

[roxelana]

I laughed hysterically though to the point of snorting.
I planned on getting it put in a jar for me - just in case - because I can't decide later to get it back if I don't get it in the first place. I might get it freeze dried and turn it into a reliquary :)

[ladybrigid]

Yuck! Poor dear, please feel better soon.