Carol wrote:

> I took a mussell at a different place a couple years ago, and once I got
> it to the table, I couldn't eat it. It looked a lot like something that
> gynecologists look at all day.

Y'know, wild mussels grow "beards": a network of little silky filaments
(zoologists refer to them as "byssi"). They use the filaments to cling to
rocks (or pilings,
or whatever).

Dunno whether that strengthens or weakens the gynecologist analogy for you.

Bob