I am currently a man of leisure which means I have been eating a lot of toast and drinking a lot of tea. In order to spice things up a bit, and keep it interesting, I have taken to putting cheese on top of the toast (Irish mature cheddar if you are interested).

This has meant some limited interaction with the grill that is part of my oven unit. It is hot. Really really fucking hot. I know this after catching the back of my hand on it whilst removing my delicious cheese on toast.  It made me use swear words that have not even been made up yet.
Why do burns hurt so much? Don’t get me wrong, I understand the evolutionary imperative for pain, and it being used to prevent us doing things that could harm us. Which is probably why you never see cave drawings of cavemen with cheese toasties.  But why do they hurt so much? And for so long?

I have broken bones, dislocated things, grazed things, pulled things and been kicked in the nads on more than one occasion. All of which hurt.  But none of which hurt for as long and as intensely as a burn.

What is mother nature trying to tell us? That grilling cheese on toast is more dangerous than falling down the stairs or being hit in the knackers by the shoe of a former loved one?

Because that is what I am assuming at the moment.

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