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Times Online - Health - Dangerrrr: cats could alter your personality
by Rattle at 5:51 pm EDT, Apr 9, 2004 |
] The startling figures emerge from studies into toxoplasma
] gondii, a parasite carried by almost all the country's
] feline population. They show that half of Britain's
] human population carry the parasite in their brains, and
] that infected people may undergo slow but crucial changes
] in their behaviour.
]
] Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more
] aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive.
] Women, on the other hand, appear to exhibit the "sex
] kitten" effect, becoming less trustworthy, more
] desirable, fun- loving and possibly more promiscuous. Once it was thought that given time science would disprove many common beliefs. The truth is, it usually winds up reaffirming them. I find this particularly amusing. I'm highly allergic to cats. My eyes get all red and bloodshot, my sinuses go nuts, and I get asthma like breathing troubles. The more contact I have with the cat, the less my symptoms. Usually the first few encounters are the worst. It takes anywhere between a 1-3 months for me to have no symptoms, depending on exposure to any particular cat. Its always "game over" if I touch the cat and my face. Everyone has cats. I'm become used to managing cat infection in a very scientific manor. |
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RE: Times Online - Health - Dangerrrr: cats could alter your personality
by jessica at 10:36 pm EDT, Apr 11, 2004 |
Rattle wrote:
] ] The startling figures emerge from studies into toxoplasma
] ] gondii, a parasite carried by almost all the country's
] ] feline population. They show that half of Britain's
] ] human population carry the parasite in their brains, and
] ] that infected people may undergo slow but crucial changes
] ] in their behaviour.
] ]
] ] Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more
] ] aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive.
] ] Women, on the other hand, appear to exhibit the "sex
] ] kitten" effect, becoming less trustworthy, more
] ] desirable, fun- loving and possibly more promiscuous.
]
] Once it was thought that given time science would disprove
] many common beliefs. The truth is, it usually winds up
] reaffirming them.
]
] I find this particularly amusing. I'm highly allergic to
] cats. My eyes get all red and bloodshot, my sinuses go nuts,
] and I get asthma like breathing troubles. The more contact I
] have with the cat, the less my symptoms. Usually the first
] few encounters are the worst. It takes anywhere between a 1-3
] months for me to have no symptoms, depending on exposure to
] any particular cat. Its always "game over" if I touch the cat
] and my face. Everyone has cats. I'm become used to managing
] cat infection in a very scientific manor. "please don't play with your pussy before you come to school" |
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RE: Times Online - Health - Dangerrrr: cats could alter your personality
by Rattle at 1:49 am EDT, Apr 12, 2004 |
jessica wrote:
] "please don't play with your pussy before you come to school" If I had a nickel for every time an allergic kid used that one on his gf... [ IP law would have gone too far? -ed ] Thanks for making sure the taste barrier is kept really low. You do me a great service by recording my most tasteless jokes for posterity. That one was super slick. =] |
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RE: Times Online - Health - Dangerrrr: cats could alter your personality
by jessica at 9:23 pm EDT, Apr 13, 2004 |
Rattle wrote:
] jessica wrote:
] ] "please don't play with your pussy before you come to
] school"
]
] If I had a nickel for every time an allergic kid used that one
] on his gf... [ IP law would have gone too far? -ed ]
]
] Thanks for making sure the taste barrier is kept really low.
] You do me a great service by recording my most tasteless jokes
] for posterity. That one was super slick. =] My pleasure, love... you wouldn't BELIEVE the tasteless jokes of yours I still remember after all these years.... :) I still have that note somewhere. I'm surprised you remembered the reference... |
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