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Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 5572
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 9:49 am: | 
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Two news items that came over the radio this morning...must be Sweeps Month...
1. Japanese scientists have concluded that kissing has a positive effect for allergy sufferers. It seems at least a half hour of kissing helps to inhibit the release of histamines into the system. The same sample group was then asked to cuddle for half an hour, but the level of histamines in blood samples was not decreased.
Before you chuck the Claritan, is it possible to kiss for half hour when your nose is running or so stuffed you cant breathe? And is it easy to find someone to kiss if youve been mouth-breathing all day?
2. The Sense of Smell Institute in Chicago released its latest findings about scents and their effect on arousal. Men and women were hooked up to some sort of apparatus to measure arousal (Im not that curious for the specifics on this one)...men were most aroused by a scent combining lavender and pumpkin pie. For women, candy was indeed dandy...women were most aroused by the scent of cucumber and Good and Plenty candy.
Im guessing there will be a run on canned pumpkin and cucumbers at Kings today. And, now I know why the nickname of the Good and Plenty guy was Choo Choo Charlie and what the jingle really meant...
Once upon a time there was an engineer
Choo Choo Charlie was his name, we hear.
He had an engine and he sure had fun
He used Good & Plenty candy to make his train run.
Charlie says, "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Charlie says, "Really rings my bell!"
Charlie says, "Love my Good & Plenty!"
Don't know any other candy that I love so well!
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Alleygater
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Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 1922
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:39 am: |
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Do a google search on "Japanese scientists have" and you will be amazed at all the wonders they have done. Staggering. Blew my mind at least. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3126
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:43 am: |
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wiki-wiki-wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideo_Itokawa
Quote:Hideo Itokawa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hideo Itokawa (????, July 20, 1912 – February 21, 1999) was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry and of the Japanese space program. In Japan, he was popularly known as Dr. Rocket, and he has been described in the media as the father of Japanese space development.
The asteroid 25143 Itokawa, named in honor of Itokawa, is notable as the target of the Hayabusa mission.
Born in Tokyo, he graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1935, having majored in aeronautical engineering. During World War II, he was involved in designing aircraft at the Nakajima Aircraft Company and designed the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa.
In 1941, he became an assistant professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo, and became a professor in 1948. He retired from his post in 1967 and established an institute.
Itokawa was a genius who skipped grades in school and studied many topics. He wrote 49 books, and was, many times, a best-selling author.
Topics that Itokawa became interested in or took as a hobby, include such sports as basketball, golf and swimming, as well as orchestral arrangements and such instruments as cello, harmonica, organ, piano, violin and taishokin (a type of xylophone). He was also interested in baton twirling, brain waves, English plays, Mah Jong, philosophy, rocket engineering and novel writing.
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