context: a small oldman (85, at least) came into the store while i was working. didn't notice anything unusual, at first, but then saw his profile----- yaow, the back of his neck was like a little kuato-friend's peeping fivehead stretching the collar of this guy's shirt. other than that, normal oldman customer (milkmouth, longish fingernails, wiry brows, etc). and obviously he wasn't bringing attention to it (not wearing a v-neck backwards) and it didn't seem to be painful (don't know how i gauged this).
so are goiters still things? i've never encountered a goiter before, least of all in person, and only know about them from pre-1950 era books. and i don't know if this even was a goiter since it was only on the back of his neck; goiters are inflammations of the thyroid glands, so they wouldn't only be puffin in the back, right? maybe it was just a neck paunch? he was a thinly man, which is partly why the goiter was so startling, and so i doubt it was just neck fat (like those little plateaus husky kids get over their neck bones). he was only picking up a box, so i didn't get to stare at him for super long, but just that profile was enough.
and the thing is that i had just been reading a book in which someone has a "splendid goiter" and so i must've been goiter-destined, goiter-heightened, or whatever. in any case he was a realnice oldman and i really hope its not a goiter or anything crazy/painful; it was probably just a skin-colored fanny pack.
---i wonder if that oldman plays the banjo (the guy pictured left, apparently does).
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