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Today we ponder upon:
Indian cows
Utterly Butterly
beluga whales vs. beluga caviar
holy salt
claiming sanctuary
charity shop returns policies
cloud computing
flyers
milk.com
contact lenses
Teri Hatcher in Swedish
shoe mnemonics
breastfeeding men
transubstantiation
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the irony of Google Chrome.
Plus: Olly is jealous of you people who’ve had milkmen (oo-er, missus!); Helen will be hiding in plain sight when she goes on the lam; and Martin the Sound Man is happy to be the theme of your stag/hen parties. L-plates and fake veils do look great against a tweed jacket and facial hair.
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October 22, 2011 at 10:57 am |
Male lactation:
For my dissertation I read ‘Why is Sex Fun?’ by the famous evolutionary psychologist Jared Diamond. He dedicates a whole chapter to male lactation. Turns out ALL men can lactate. I quote “..manual stimulation of the nipples causes a prolactin surge in men as well as in nonlactating women. Lactation is a not infrequent result of nipple self-stimulation in teenage boys.”
Apparently breast development and lactation are also a common occurrence for men who are recovering from starvation. Thousands of prisoners of war in the concentration camps of WW2 developed breast tissue and/or lactated. Apparently it’s related to inhibition of glands and liver activity and the speed at which they recover.
And in the Old Testament Job (chapter 21, verse 24) remarked of a well-fed man that ‘His breasts are full of milk’.
So there you go, turns out everyone can lactate if they really wanted to.
October 21, 2011 at 2:21 pm |
RE: Ikea books.
I think they’re all in Swedish so that people don’t steal them. Also, I think that’s why all the books are as crap as the Teri Hatcher autobiography. No-one wants to steal shit Swedish books (unless there’s an international ebay target audience for shit Swedish books?)
October 21, 2011 at 12:53 pm |
Men can lactate and do have the requisite glands, but it’s very rare obviously. I think the general requirements is to be obese and have female hormones coursing through your body – because a lot of female hormones now get pissed out and end up in our water supply, because of things like the pill or something evidently some men end up with lactating breasts…
October 21, 2011 at 7:12 pm |
Scientific American has an article on the subject: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-males-can-lactate
October 21, 2011 at 3:09 am |
For the contact lens problem, perhaps get the day/night contact lenses for the big nights out. They can be slept in without irritation. Or get laser eye surgery.