{"id":54167,"date":"2025-07-29T07:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=54167"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:21:44","slug":"the-concept-of-fiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=54167","title":{"rendered":"The Concept of Fiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At 3:07am this morning, as the WLBOTT <\/strong>creative team was reading random Wikipedia articles, we came across the phrase “The Concept of Fiveness.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thumb<\/strong>
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Medical Latin English noun for thumb is pollex (compare hallux for big toe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the inferred Proto-Indo-European language, a suffixed form of *penkwe (or *penqe), which has given rise to many Indo-European-family words that involve, or stem from, concepts of fiveness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By BonoboFishing02.jpeg: User:Mike Rderivative work: Fama Clamosa (talk) – BonoboFishing02.jpeg, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bonobo “fishing” for termites, an example of incomplete\/”untrue” opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The spider monkey compensates for being virtually thumbless by using the hairless part of its long, prehensile tail for grabbing objects.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Thumbs as an Aid to Eating Termites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Funny, he never eats the termites that I fix at home.”<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scenes from the Marital Discord Server<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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WLBOTT Disclaimer of Unoriginality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT <\/strong>can not make a claim of originality in today’s blott, because we were inspired by the sitcoms of the 1960s and the screwball comedies of the 1940s and 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This motif even dates back to the silent film era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elder G Brings Us Back to Reality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WLBOTT:<\/strong>
The Wikipedia article talks about bonobos “fishing” for termites, using a stick. Very clever! But it leaves me wondering – what would termites taste like to humans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elder G:<\/strong>
Ah yes\u2014bonobos delicately fishing for termites with a stick, like tiny gourmands pulling hors d’oeuvres from the buffet of the forest floor. But your question is the truly crunchy one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do termites taste like to humans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s chew on the facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Termite Flavor Profile (Human Edition)<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

People who\u2019ve eaten termites (particularly in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America) describe the flavor as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n