They used to say a personality was phlegmatic Or someone had too much bile. Now they tell us it’s gluten intolerance that causes the intestine to swell, the elbows to break out in a rash. But you know this: The bowel is the world’s true compass. There are real things wrong with the world and that is the cause of all this distress. You had a certain gut instinct. The mind may play tricks. but the colon never lies.