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There's a spider in your face right now (probably)  

40Deuce 46M
4635 posts
9/19/2012 4:13 pm

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9/21/2012 3:24 pm

There's a spider in your face right now (probably)


Can you guess which of the following is not a scientific fact ?

A. There is an insectlike parasite in nature that crawls into another creature's mouth , eats its tongue , then replaces the tongue with its own body , so that the host creature continues to live and eat , never realizing the parasite is there .

B. A different microscopic parasite is responsible for nearly half of all human deaths since the Stone Age .

C. There is a brain parasite that lives in mammals and alters their behavior . Up to 3 billion humans carry this parasite .

D. When musicians play an instrument and miss a beat (because a finger slips , or they're a half-second slow , etc), there is a secret pattern to their misses , as if all humans are subconsciously playing a hidden song with their "mistakes" .

E. A rugby player in England broke his neck during practice and suffered a stroke as a result . When he woke up in the hospital , he was suddenly gay .

The gag is , of course , that all of these facts are true . The fact that there's roughly a 50% chance that a parasite effects my behavior brings back an age old question I ponder a lot . If you found out some aspect of your personality , or your whole personality , was the result of something tangible (like magic pants) what would that mean ? If someone told you tomorrow "Hey person who read's 40's blog , if you stop eating bananas the aspect of your personality you like the least will go away - but some other random stuff will too" would you do it ? I know this seems strange from someone who occasionally visits a therapist but I like the way I am - warts and low self esteem and jerkyness and all . Aren't our flaws and foibles as much of what makes us us as anything ?

Also , did you know that police officer's aren't afforded any rights under the 5th Amendment ? If you're a police (wo)man and you're under suspicion you do not have the right to an attorney and you ARE expected to testify against your own interest . Kind of makes sense , but kind of weird too . I think that should apply to all elected government officials .

In other news , I was in a different state recently and there happened to be a story on the news about the "Immigration Crisis" in Iowa . Since I was unaware of any such crisis I was intrigued . The story claimed that a lot of Cuban immigrants were coming to Iowa and the locals (ie white folk) were none to happy about that . One guy they interviewed made a statement about all the different parasites farmers have to deal with and then said "but the Cubans are the worst parasite" . Ouch . Here's the trick though , there might be a Cuban guy somewhere in Iowa , but most of the people coming here are from Mexico or Central America . Also , aside from my uncle no one really cares .

Bonus fact - one time my uncle told me (in regards to relationship problems) "Women are for night time" , now that's advice you can use !

Also that Cuban parasite line seemed familiar so I looked around on the interwebs and sure enough that was lifted straight from a newscast in Florida . So basically the whole story was BS . I stopped watching the news regularly a long time ago , when did they just start wholly fabricating stories ? Makes me wonder what lies I've seen on my local news about other states . Are there really cougars in California or is it all a scam ?

In other other news recently a comely young lass was bemoaning the fact that my profile pic is woefully out of date(I'm much better looking in person apparently) and she mentioned that I should have a pic where you can see my eyes because they are "breathtaking" . Which is true , but as we all know the eyes are the windows to the soul and I don't need you pervs looking at my soul .

And now , an anecdote from work . This morning I was shocked and appalled to see a new lady in my department wearing a skirt WAY above the knee . As the self appointed code enforcer for the floor I had no choice but to remark to her "This isn't a burlesque show lady , cover your legs !" Turns out she actually is a burlesque dancer (or whatever they're called) in her spare time under the stage name Phoenix L'Amore who often does shows with local musicman Little Ruckus (who is awesome) . Small world . Would you go see a co-workers of yours perform in a burlesque show or some kind of striptease ?

Random topics complete !

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smartasswoman 66F  
35813 posts
9/19/2012 6:36 pm

I can only think of one co-worker who I would want to see doing a striptease. The officemates are mostly elderly, like I am.

A local bar had "strip karaoke" where amateurs could go up on stage and do a burlesque dance. I thought it was a fun concept, but there were few volunteers. And *I* sure wasn't going to volunteer.


wildoats19622 62M
3526 posts
9/20/2012 1:10 am

I saw an on-line news article about the brain parasite too. The one I saw said that the parasite was most common among the French. {really}

At work one guys niece was hired as a temp. She also worked as a stripper. She worked third shift and sometimes still had glitter on her face.

A couple of years ago, there was a very large raid in Postville. ICE cops arrested 300 illegal workers. In the Waterloo/Cedar Falls metro area {where I live} there are about 4000 Bosnians. {that's what the local paper said in an article about immigrants.} I've never understood why they came to Iowa. It's not like Bosnia.

If the Aswan Dam was completely blocked, would Egypt be in a state of De-Nile?

From the title I thought you might mention how many spiders the average person eats in their sleep.

Crosswords increase your vocabulary. Cross words increase your blood pressure.


40Deuce 46M
5725 posts
9/20/2012 4:08 pm

    Quoting wildoats19622:
    I saw an on-line news article about the brain parasite too. The one I saw said that the parasite was most common among the French. {really}

    At work one guys niece was hired as a temp. She also worked as a stripper. She worked third shift and sometimes still had glitter on her face.

    A couple of years ago, there was a very large raid in Postville. ICE cops arrested 300 illegal workers. In the Waterloo/Cedar Falls metro area {where I live} there are about 4000 Bosnians. {that's what the local paper said in an article about immigrants.} I've never understood why they came to Iowa. It's not like Bosnia.

    If the Aswan Dam was completely blocked, would Egypt be in a state of De-Nile?

    From the title I thought you might mention how many spiders the average person eats in their sleep.
Not to rag on anyone's country , but I assume "its not like Bosnia" is precisely why they came here

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40Deuce 46M
5725 posts
9/20/2012 4:11 pm

    Quoting  :

I think I'm too fat though

One time on the TV they had some young dudes go into a bar to find the skankiest cougar they could get to come home with them . It was super sad . I'm all for banging mature ladies , but come on , at some point in your life have a little dignity .

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40Deuce 46M
5725 posts
9/20/2012 4:11 pm

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Aren't all cats schizophrenic ?

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