Daily Dose - 020427 - That would explain it, Rotten News, yard sale, joined the Navy, DDL, Hey Martha
That would explain it...
The August 12, 2000 edition of Science News reports on page 109 that Manuel Berdoy of Oxford, England and his colleagues (and I quote):
"Speculate that low grade infections [of Toxoplasma gondii] may result in more subtle effects, such as odd behavior and IQ dips.
They estimate that the parasite infects 22% of UK residents and 88% of the French."
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Rotten News (true)
Ken Lay as Sex Symbol?
AP
Kenneth Lay
Tuesday, April 02, 2002
HOUSTON — The men of Enron will be taking it off.
Only a week after the jokes went stale about Playboy's plans for a "Women of Enron" nude spread, Playgirl decided that what's good for the goose is good for the gander, and on Monday asked the men of the scandal-ridden corporation to doff their duds.
The New York-based adult magazine wants to publish sexy photos of the men of the once-envied energy giant now mired in the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
"Our magazine is dedicated to equality of the sexes," editor-in-chief Michele Zipp said. "Therefore, we must extend the opportunity to the guys of Enron to be a feature in our publication."
It was tragedy topped with farce for former Enron worker Anthony Huang.
"I really don't think this is helping change the way the American economy and political systems are influenced by giant corporations with deep pockets," Huang said. "On the flip side, when is Howard Stern calling us?"
Enron spokesman Eric Thode declined comment.
Any interested current or former male Enron employees can submit photos and verification of employment to the magazine. Editors will then look over the pictures and choose models for the issue. Payment would be negotiated.
"We would prefer sexy photographs, any form of undress or anything that's sexy," Zipp said.
Models also could negotiate how nude they are willing to be, though editors prefer high exposure.
"We would love to see the full monty, of course," Zipp said. "Depending on the guy, there could be talks."
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Condition causes violent 'sleep sex'
Last Updated Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:04:04
STANFORD, CALIF. - Sleep researchers have identified a condition which causes people to commit violent sexual acts in their sleep.
They called the condition "sleep sex" and were able to treat it with medication, in much the same way as sleepwalking is treated.
The patients experience disruptive sexual behaviour in their sleep, ranging from moaning to violent sexual advances.
"What was surprising was the duration of the abnormal behaviour and the fact that people weren't reporting it," Stanford Medical School psychiatrist Christian Guilleminault said in a statement.
In their study, appearing in the March/April issue of Psychosomatic Medicine, the Stanford researchers divided the eleven patients into three groups according to the severity of their symptoms.
In the first group were two women who made sexual sounds in their sleep. While embarrassing, their symptoms were considered relatively harmless.
The second group, consisting of a man and a woman, experience periods of violent masturbation in their sleep, which left them bruised and sore.
The third group was made up of six men and one woman who made unwanted, and sometimes violent, sexual advances on their partners.
In one case, a patient tried to strangle his wife.
Researchers at the Stanford Sleep Clinic found that the behaviours coincided with unusual brain-wave patterns and short interruption in sleep, just as sleepwalking does.
Standard sleep disorder treatments, including Valium-like drugs, worked in all but one of the cases.
Guilleminault said each of the patients had emotional problems which may have changed sleepwalking into sleep sex.
"What your state of mind is will colour the presentation" of the sleep disturbance, he said.
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I was at a yard sale one day and saw a box marked "Electronic cat and dog caller -- guaranteed to work."
I looked inside and was amused to see an electric can opener.
[Borrowed from Reader's Digest.]
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A friend of mine joined the Navy and soon after had to attend a wedding. He asked an officer for a pass and was told he had to be back by 7 p.m. Sunday.
"You don't understand, sir," my friend said. "I'm in the wedding."
"No, YOU don't understand," the officer replied. "You're in the Navy."
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DDL
Pass not this lonely grave by, men.
Pass not without a deep sigh, men.
For here lies Jane Jorgans,
With all her own organs,
Including, alas, her own hyman.
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Asked why she was leaving her position, a secretary explained in her letter of resignation:
"Dear Boss, My reason for leaving will soon be apparent - and so will I. Signed: Mary."
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"I suffer from two phobias: 1) Phobia-Phobia, the fear that you're unable to get scared, and 2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia, the fear of not pronouncing words correctly."
- Brad Stine
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"Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."
-Anonymous
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Hey Martha (true)
Monday, March 4, 2002
Four Malaysians battle for vehicle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- In a publicity gimmick that has generated genuine suspense, four Malaysians competing in an endurance test have lodged themselves in a car outside a shopping mall, battling boredom, body odor and bothersome pedestrians.
The radio-sponsored contest, which entered its second week Monday, forces strangers to live together in a car parked in public for as long as their sanity holds. The last person to leave gets the vehicle.
After seven days, Malaysians are now wondering who will budge first -- the glamorous law student, the affable driving instructor, the plucky housewife, or the enthusiastic salesman?
"It gets tougher everyday," said contestant Wong Hsin Ee, 21, gobbling her breakfast of rice in the car. "The first week, we just ate and slept. Now, it's a miracle we're still here. I've missed all my classes."
Monitored round-the-clock since Feb. 25 by security cameras and guards, the four contestants are only allowed out of the car once every three hours for 15 minutes to head for a nearby restroom.
Despite a current hot spell, the rules also forbid them to shower or shave. But once every two days, they can brush their teeth and change clothes, except for their underwear.
Magazines, mobile phones and other entertainment are banned. The contestants are only allowed to listen to the car radio, which is constantly tuned to the network organizing the challenge.