#56433
02/15/2002 2:02 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Many thanks for the link, Keiva - I can now go and brandish it under the nose of the Quizmaster and make myself generally obnoxious 
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#56434
02/15/2002 3:01 PM
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Joined: Sep 2001
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old hand
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Re: Hair today, gone tomorrow
Underarm hair, like pubic hair, is a secondary sexual characteristic, it helps establish your scent.
Ain’t it the truth troy. But Father Nature rarely packages adaptations into the neat little language packets that we require for our understanding. There are likely many reasons for the advent of underarm hair, one in particular is as a anti-friction pad to prevent chafing, and for the moment let’s shy away from the anti-friction aspects of pubic hair, and move the discussion up the torso to
beneath the hat, and above the head.
The small bald spot on the top of head doesn't seem to have a name. Everyone has a spot, even ethnic groups that don’t in maturity had them when they were young. The pattern of hair, this rosette of hair, begins at this spot. Like the uppermost layer of a thatch roof of a house, hair growth is directed outward and overlaying from this point. As a consequence droplets of water are directed off the head and onto the ground. Free-thinking Glenn G. Strickland in the book “Genesis Revisited” carried this process a step further. He noticed that the hairs on the body pointed down, directing water off and to the ground, except for those on the outer thighs and the backs of the forearms. Puzzling as well was the reality that the the bald spot was near the rear of the head and not on top as it should be.
Clasp both hands behind your neck. Now squat down. This is the way your great ancestors passed time through rainstorms.
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#56435
02/15/2002 3:54 PM
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Joined: Oct 2000
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Re: Everyone has a spot, even ethnic groups that don’t in maturity had them when they were young. The pattern of hair, this rosette of hair, begins at this spot
I know this spot as the crown.. crowns come right handed, and left handed, centered, or for some lucky people, (such as my family!) you get two spots.. you are double crowned.. (and if you are my sister, you have a double crown, a widows peak and a cow lick! which severly limits hair styling!
double crowns and cow licks interfer with this natural flow of the hair.. (and i am presuming here every one knows what a cows lick is..)
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#56436
02/17/2002 6:19 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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It's just a pity that I have never yet been able to find an off-the-rack hat big enough for me, and I can't be bothered going to a milliner to get one made.Move over Max Quordlepleen, say a big hello to Max Headroom! I b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-saw you at the ferry terminal in Dover last week, actually ...  And our underarm hair is, to my knowledge, the outcome of an unholy alliance between the current version of the common deity and Wilkinson Sword. All this evolutionary crap ... pshaaaaw! 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#56437
02/17/2002 6:52 AM
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re body hair - I recall hearing a presentation from a student somewhere as to why there are "fly trails" (as we call them) of hair between the pubic region and the belly button. This guy had done experiments with shaving different diameters of hair from the belly button.
His conclusion was that the fly trail had evolved exclusively for the transport of lint into the belly button.
stales
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#56438
02/17/2002 7:07 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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His conclusion was that the fly trail had evolved exclusively for the transport of lint into the belly button.
Sounds eminently reasonable, particularly as Wilkinson Sword hadn't already staked the territory out!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#56439
02/17/2002 12:45 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Yuck, only a guy would come to that conclusion. The belly-button is *not a storage area!
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#56440
02/17/2002 3:15 PM
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As a bald man, I've noticed that the less hirsute I get cranially, the more I get elsewhere. My eyebrows can now be combed over my head, replacing the hair lost there, to say nothing of the ear hair, which can replace sideburns nicely. As for the belly button, I wouldn't know if there's any lint there, since I can no longer see it through the black forest of fur. And, worst of all, there's a thicket in my - uh - umm - nether regions. This appears to be primarily a male phenomenon, thank goodness! So now you know why I wear a hat - to hide my fuzzy face! And, yes, it's damned cold in the winter and hot in the summer without one.
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#56441
02/17/2002 3:21 PM
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addict
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As a bald man, I've noticed.... Hey, Geoff, it's really nice to have you back! And thank you for that verbal picture of yourself! Such a handsome devil you must be! 
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