get some conversation going on the HT.

[silverwhisper]

sez you!

[dodges pre-emptively again]

[rains trout down upon bi]



ed

 

[bisexplicit]

Raining trout!

 

[silverwhisper]

hey, at least i didn't do something really appalling, like slaughterhouse innards or something like that. i understand that the noise innards make upon striking the ground is best described as "splik!"

ed

 

[EJFan]

Thats not fair, you can't pre-emptively dodge.

sorry bi... i checked the rule book and the truth of the matter is that he can.

 

[bisexplicit]

sorry bi... i checked the rule book and the truth of the matter is that he can.

Stupid Bush, and his encouraging of pre-emptiveness.

 

[silverwhisper]

nah, bush is stupid for many, many other reasons, bi.

[trout-smacks bi]

[pre-emptively dodges]



ed

 

[Guest]

 

[bobsgirl]

All you have to do is listen to him speak.

I cringe at "nucular". Better to say nothing and appear foolish, than speak and remove all doubt.

 

[EJFan]

I cringe at "nucular". Better to say nothing and appear foolish, than speak and remove all doubt.

did you know the whole "nucular" mispronunciation thing was started by eisenhower?

 

[Guest]

 

[Eilan]

did you know the whole "nucular" mispronunciation thing was started by eisenhower?

Homer Simpson works at the nuclear power plant in Springfield, ya know. And he says, "Nucular. It's pronounced nucular."

 

[EJFan]

Homer Simpson works at the nuclear power plant in Springfield, ya know. And he says, "Nucular. It's pronounced nucular."

homer simpson... dwight eisenhower... could they be the same person? perhaps they were separated at birth? i'm beginning to wonder...

 

[bobsgirl]

I didn't know where else to put this.

the past two nights I have become very well acquainted with late night TV. I had no idea it sucked as much as it does. I need a DVD player in my bedroom.

 

[silverwhisper]

bobsgirl: i have one. it's fun. besides, you'll be able to watch porn in the bedroom that way.

sorry to hear you aren't sleeping. that sucks. does the warm milk thing work for you?

ed

 

[bobsgirl]

bobsgirl: i have one. it's fun. besides, you'll be able to watch porn in the bedroom that way.

sorry to hear you aren't sleeping. that sucks. does the warm milk thing work for you?

ed

I'd already thought of the porn thing.

I think the sleeplessness is due to some stress I'm under right now. When things smooth out, I'll be my same old sleepy self. I guess I could have taken some Tylenol PM, but by the time I figured out I couldn't sleep, it was too late to take the pills.

 

[silverwhisper]

my sympathies. are you having that "head full of cotton" feeling?

ed

 

[bobsgirl]

my sympathies. are you having that "head full of cotton" feeling?

ed

You betcha. The only thing I feel besides that is irritation at whoever called at the crack of dawn (not really--8:45, but I didn't get to sleep til after 6) and woke me up. It was the damn plumber.

sometimes I need a wall to bang my head against. Repeatedly.

 

[wicked woman]

I didn't know where else to put this.

the past two nights I have become very well acquainted with late night TV. I had no idea it sucked as much as it does. I need a DVD player in my bedroom.

bg you can buy a little DVD player here for like $40 Cdn...they've got to be giving them away free where you are.

(((bg)))

 

[Eilan]

bg you can buy a little DVD player here for like $40 Cdn...they've got to be giving them away free where you are.

Isn't it amazing how quickly the prices came down?

Take VCRs, for example. My parents' first VCR was a cumbersome unit that cost $300. The "remote control" had a cord that attached it to the unit.

 

[EJFan]

... had a cord that attached it to the unit.

i need a girlfriend with this feature.

 

[Quoll]

PEOPLE who are nervous about public speaking should first have penetrative sex to ease the stress, although masturbation is unlikely to have the same effect, according to an unusual study.
Stuart Brody, a psychologist at Britain's University of Paisley, compared the impact of different sexual activities on blood pressure when a person later undergoes a stressful experience.

Mr Brody asked 24 women and 22 men to keep a diary of their sexual activities for two weeks.

The volunteers then underwent a stressful ordeal that involved making a speech in public and doing mental arithmetic out loud.

The study, to be published in next Saturday's New Scientist, revealed volunteers who had had penetrative sex during the previous week or so had the least stress, and their blood pressure returned to normal fastest after their test.

Penetrative sex was far more effective in this regard than masturbation or oral sex.

Those who had abstained completely from any sexual activity had the highest stress levels and blood pressure of all.

Mr Brody also did a psychological profile of the volunteers to see whether they had an anxious or neurotic character, and evaluated their work stress and satisfaction with their partners.

But even when such factors were taken into account, sexual behaviour was clearly the best explanation for the stress responses.

"The effects are not attributable to the short-term relief afforded by orgasm but, rather, endure for at least a week," Mr Brody told the British science weekly.

He believes that penetrative sex may release a special "pair-bonding" hormone called oxytocin, which accounts for the calming effect.

The research is reported in full in a specialist journal, Biological Psychology.

 

[bobsgirl]

Who thinks up these things?? College guys sitting around drinking beer?

 

[EJFan]

Who thinks up these things?? College guys sitting around drinking beer?

yes. but only when there are no college GIRLS sitting around drinking beer with them.

 

[bobsgirl]

yes. but only when there are no college GIRLS sitting around drinking beer with them.

I should have been a psychologist--think of what fun the labs would be.

 

[midwestyankee]

PEOPLE who are nervous about public speaking should first have penetrative sex to ease the stress, although masturbation is unlikely to have the same effect, according to an unusual study.
Stuart Brody, a psychologist at Britain's University of Paisley, compared the impact of different sexual activities on blood pressure when a person later undergoes a stressful experience.

Mr Brody asked 24 women and 22 men to keep a diary of their sexual activities for two weeks.

The volunteers then underwent a stressful ordeal that involved making a speech in public and doing mental arithmetic out loud.

The study, to be published in next Saturday's New Scientist, revealed volunteers who had had penetrative sex during the previous week or so had the least stress, and their blood pressure returned to normal fastest after their test.

Penetrative sex was far more effective in this regard than masturbation or oral sex.

Those who had abstained completely from any sexual activity had the highest stress levels and blood pressure of all.

Mr Brody also did a psychological profile of the volunteers to see whether they had an anxious or neurotic character, and evaluated their work stress and satisfaction with their partners.

But even when such factors were taken into account, sexual behaviour was clearly the best explanation for the stress responses.

"The effects are not attributable to the short-term relief afforded by orgasm but, rather, endure for at least a week," Mr Brody told the British science weekly.

He believes that penetrative sex may release a special "pair-bonding" hormone called oxytocin, which accounts for the calming effect.

The research is reported in full in a specialist journal, Biological Psychology.

I think I just found the topic for my next Toastmasters speech.