Comedian Julian McCullough finds out when your appendix fails it’s not funny business, sorta…

A segment of this weeks This American Life had a rather funny story where comedian Julian McCullough discusses the ordeal he had when his appendix burst, sending him to the emergency room.

The appendix is the only organ in our body that doesn’t have a job to do, but it’s the first one to be like “screw this” {poof}.

Listen to the story on This American Life’s website.

It is important to say that research is showing that the appendix is most likely a hang out spot for beneficial bacteria when there is a problem in the intestinal tract. Basically a safe house while the body tries to flush out invaders. Once the problem is resolved the healthy bacteria can repopulate the intestinal tract. So, the appendix is not entirely useless ;).