When you think about it, having a mouth on the side of your face is something of a poor design in some circumstances. There's that awkward maneuvering of food on a fork, or with hands to get into the mouth, and the drips of curry and tomato source that fall onto your white shirt when your co-ordination falls below perfection. And the assistance has to be provided to get the chewed food to the throat too.

Surely it would be far better to have the mouth facing upward - on the top of the head - as demonstrated here by Gypsy. And little flakes of Tesco's chicken kievs which list should drop her way, be that
accidentally intentionally or on purpose, will slide into the mouth, and beyond, with the minimum of effort - perhaps just the slightest tilting of the head, and a licking of the lips and a deep sign to say "Thank you"
(written 2009-11-07, updated 2009-11-08)
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