Hello, everyone. I originally wrote this as a short five minute essay at the end of a test for an English class I took. It was an expository essay, and I decided to exploit my teacher's vague wording; the prompt was to write about "an inside thing". I hope you enjoy it.

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What is "an inside thing"?

Typically it's something known only to a small group. Something other people might not understand. Something the group can maybe bond over. For example, a joke could be an inside thing. Like when you see some people laughing inanely at something seemingly normal; they may have had an incident in the past where that same thing resulted in something anomalous and hysterical.

Most people will at some points in their life start or at least be part of "an inside thing". Be it a secret club, a light hearted joke, or maybe something much darker, there are a few questions that can help classify the importance of your "inside thing" and determine just how exclusive it is. These questions are as follows:

- What is your inside thing?

- Who is part of your inside thing?

- Who can join?

- How can people get into it?

- What does your inside thing do?

Most people will have something small and unimportant as their inside thing. Some will have much more concerning matters as their inside thing. Most "inside things" however, will be very exclusive, and as such cannot easily be joined.

My inside thing is very special. It isn't something so tawdry as a joke or gravely secret as a closet full of skeletons. It lives deep within me. I'm very connected to it. You could really say it's a part of me, and without it my life just wouldn't quite carry the same weight. My inside thing is my appendix.

Who is part of it?
Just me.

Who can join?
My hope is that no one can.

How can someone get in?
I suppose you could cut me open and stick your hand inside. I wouldn't recommend that though.

What does my inside thing do?
Research shows it no longer has a function for the human body, but it may have served a purpose for our ancestors. [That's what I wrote a few years back, but, as Hull states down there in the comments, I was wrong.]

As you can see, my inside thing is very important, very exclusive, and very hilarious. (It tells jokes)

Thanks for your time. I hope you've learned something.

By the way, I never found out my score for this essay. I didn't get it back after my teacher read it, and no other, aloud to the class. Funnily enough, it became an inside thing for the class.