Just when we thought the male brain couldn't get more complicated, we go and learn his next tidbit of information.
It turns out that a 23-year-old man by the name of Henry Gray, 23 has a rare neurological condition called synaesthesia.
This means that he can taste, smell or have a feeling associated with words. Keep reading to learn more.
But he wouldn't have an actual name for the condition until 2009 when his parents and teachers noticed him commenting on the tastes of his classmate's names.
The condition has given him a distaste — literally — for certain names.
For example, he has said that the name Boris Johnson tastes like "squishing a hard-shelled beetle with his foot" and that the name "Harry Styles is like ‘hair sticking up like telephone wires."
He has said that Donald Trump is like a "deflating rubber duck." Some names he's so affected by, he couldn't possibly imagine being close friends or dating someone with that name.
“Cameron Diaz is like a sparkly disco ball slowly rotating and Jennifer Lawrence is like sniffing the inside of a shoe."
He says that the name evokes the faint smell of urine. Still better than being called a Karen, though.
While the 23-year-old tries not to let the condition affect his life, it already has in many ways. "It's hard but I do judge people based on their taste or smell with their name," he said.
It got particularly complicated when he was in his university's dorm halls and he got assigned to a flat with a Duncan, Kirsty, and Elijah.
"Kirsty is a urine smell and Elijah is like licking an eyeball," he said, adding, "I couldn't form a friendship with them or live with them so I changed halls."
"Sometimes it could be an image or feeling - like Leanne is a rose leaning on a window," he explained. "The name Francesca is one of my favourites and is silky warm chocolate coffee."
"Hayley is like faint soft music," he added.
The worst offender is the name Ian, which he said is like "having a sticky, blocked ear, all gammy and waxy — like the sensation of earache."
Clearly, we know that Kristy will never be his wife and that Ian will never be his best mate!
H/T: Daily Mail
