weesinginglassie:

uacboo:

From Twitter.

SO TRUE!!!!!! My good peasant DNA would also get me through any famine. If I reduce my caloric intake my body goes, “Oh! Another famine is it? Dinna fash lass: we’re really good at this! When all those other skinny idjits lie dead around you, ye’ll still be plump as a wee fat hen to pick up the pieces.”

This is actually a really accurate and positive description of what a lot of people’s bodies do when under stress. And it makes me kind of happy that my body’s just trying to help me out. Though my heritage is pretty much pure English (I know this because my mother’s a big family history nut), so maybe it thinks the Romans are coming.