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mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:35 am

Cope, one word: Nair.

new kind of matter: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01 ... index.html

babies crying: I'm kind of slow sometimes, and it took me until my 3rd kid to realize that the physical reaction I was having to him crying was supposed to happen. I don't mean a milk response, I mean the heart pounding, faster breathing, deeply uncomfortable what's-wrong-with-my-baby response.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:39 am

mood swung wrote: new kind of matter: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/01 ... index.html

Cool!! Thank, Moodster.

RedShoes · Post by **RedShoes** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:41 am

Copenhagen Fan wrote:I actually shave my head...my chest, my underarms, my pubic hair my ass and wax my back.

Yeah, I think that covered it

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:34 am

MOODSWING: They have actually scientifically proven that a babys head omits a chemical pheromone which makes you want to cuddle and care for them. Its picked up by an organ in the nose called Jacobsons organ which is there specifically to pick up pheromones. (Its the same organ that picks up pheromones omitted by males and females to attract the opposite sex). Pretty sneaky kids huh?

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:44 am

laughingcrow wrote: Has anyone seen the work that (think it was Marian Petrie's group) did at Newcastle university with human t-shirt smells? They made people score sweaty t-shirts on a scale, and then looked at which who preferred.

I remember reading something like that where they had a bunch to t-shirts that various women had worn and had men smell them and determine just from the smell of the t-shirt which women were probably the sexiest. The men overwhelmingly picked the t-shirts of the women who were ovulating at the time . . .

Its all about the pheromones.

Does the chin really not have a purpose? Then . . . why?

taz · Post by **taz** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:45 am

laughingcrow wrote:why many women can actually faintly hear bat calls when they're in a garden at dusk.

Is this really all THAT common an occurrence???

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:06 am

Gillibeanz wrote:MOODSWING: They have actually scientifically proven that a babys head emits a chemical pheromone which makes you want to cuddle and care for them. ....

no way!! so *THAT'S* why i love smooching babies so much. i have absolutely no desire to be mommy, none whatsoever, never EVER have, but i ADORE holding babies and smooching their sweet little soft heads. i classify smooching babies as one of the wonders of the universe, i enjoy it so much.

dang. now i wanna go smooch a baby. but, i am sick, so i must refrain.

a link to an article would be most appreciated.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:45 pm

pip_52 wrote:
Does the chin really not have a purpose? Then . . . why?

Useful or no, I'd like one. Mine's rather missing or appears multiple, in cahoots with my neck. Sigh...

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:53 pm

Good job babies do have pheromones working for them or else why would we bother to care for them?. All they do is shit and puke and cry and make you so tired you wonder why you had them for the first few months of their lives until they begin to respond - add that to post natal depression and there would be babies dumped on every street corner without their little heads smelling good!

!

Actually I know a fair bit about pheromones. My company sells an aftershave which is laced with male pheromones to attract the ladies - it sells real well! We have masses of clients who order every time they run out

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 10:32 am

Hmm...new type of matter, I don't know much about physics, but it seems lke they're discovering a new type of subatomic particle every year...time travel is getting closer!

The chin was used as an example by the late revolutionary Steven Jay Gould, in his tirade against the belief that everything has an evolutionary purpose. People said 'the chin evolved specifically as a display feature' when it really is just the product of two interacting growth fields on the head...it's what he termed a spandrel. Something which exists as a byproduct of something else, rather than having specifically evolved. If anyone's interested read 'The spandrels of san marco and the panglossian paradigm' here

http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/evolution/ ... drel.shtml

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:24 am

Nair burns my sensitive skin!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:14 am

laughingcrow wrote:Did you know women can hear sounds at higher frequencies than men, as an ancient adaptation to hearing babies crying? That's why many women can actually faintly hear bat calls when they're in a garden at dusk.

Mrs VG can also tell from miles away when I arrange to meet my mates for boys nights out. She can also shout at a higher frequency as well.