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#128420 06/23/04 02:25 PM
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Yeah, sympathetic and contagious are the terms I learned in Anthro 201: Introduction to Magic.



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>Why a hair?

Wasn't it supposed to be a Medieval remedy or something? I remember reading about it being some kind of cure for rabies - to take a hair (possibly 'cause it's the easiest bit of the dog to get hold of?) of the dog that bit you and either swallow or apply it to the wound.


I somehow came to the conclusion a while back that the metaphor suggested itself because of how furry/dry the tongue felt.

(But don't forget this comes from the guy who thought that Premarin was a contraceptive, name derived from "Pre-Marital Intercourse")


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Pre-Marital Intercourse

Makes more sense than the real expansion. It should be Premarur.


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...are bound to repeat them."
...............-- attributed to Santayanna among others

For a lengthier discussion of this same topic, see
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=60225

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bound to repeat them

And those who can learn from the lessons of history are bound to realise they are repeating them.


#128425 06/26/04 05:53 PM
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...the metaphor suggested itself because of how furry/dry the tongue felt.

I, too, have made that connection.

Hormesis suggests the body is responding to a hair size dose...

http://www.invisibleheart.com/Iheart/PolicyHealth.html

Thank you, Dr. Bill.

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is it just me, or does anyone else hear Kurt Weill when they read this thread?





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#128427 07/05/04 11:17 PM
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Notice that a dog will not poop where he eats.


#128428 07/06/04 12:25 AM
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Notice that a dog will not poop where he eats.

But he will return to his own vomit and eat thereof. Meaning?



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One has more nutritional value than the other because it hasn't been digested?


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