Watson's Woes July 2016

by Pompey

It's that time of year again when we torture our favorite doctor on a daily basis! Answering the July daily challenges from the LJ Community Watson's Woes. (These stories will be of varying lengths, varying universes/fandoms, varying tones, and varying ratings. Rating this whole thing as "T" for safety.)

13. July 13 - Your Science is Bad

Title: Your Science is Bad and John Feels Bad

Author: Pompey

Universe: BBC

Rating: G

Warnings: small lesson in evolutionary biology

Word count: 100

Summary: Some parts of the human body are less well-designed than others

Prompt: July 13 – nature is red in tooth and claw

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John gasped at the sharp and sudden burst of pain in the left side of his groin but grimly hung on to the end of the heavy trunk until Sherlock was well out of the way. Only then did he allow it drop to the floor and himself to curl up in agony. Sherlock made a cry of alarm but John ignored it. He was too busy silently cursing each and every one of his evolutionary ancestors for having endowed their male offspring with testicles that had to descend out of the body, thus leaving them prone to inguinal hernias.