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What if you were in a donut hole? Would you be in the donut?
It would be a very different experience to be buried alive on a mountain rather than driving through a tunnel.
And, biologically, it makes sense to call our digestive tract "outside" of ourselves. Our immune system, for example, doesn't give two humps what's in our stomachs, as shown by all the delicious ecosystem that lives in our gut.
Comment by ultimatt42 at 23/07/2014 at 18:45 UTC
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"For external use only" means safe to eat?
Comment by jamessnow at 23/07/2014 at 18:00 UTC
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Our immune system, for example, doesn't give two humps what's in our stomachs, as shown by all the delicious ecosystem that lives in our gut.
Those with severe allergies might disagree...