| When you see cavemen in movies, they've always got quite long hair and beards - but not as long as you'd really expect their hair to be, given that hair will just continue to grow indefinitely unless you cut it. Which makes me think that probably the first tools that human beings invented - even before weapons for hunting - must have been things... [More...] |
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If all of the media was controlled by one group, and they chose to replace all images of skinny or athletic people with images of people who were more chubby, would we start to find fat attractive? Obviously some people do already, but I'm talking about the majority who don't. Could majority opinion be swayed by the glamourisation of... [More...] |
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If you've ever wondered what happens when you put a stovetop espresso jug on the top of the stove without first putting water in it, I'm now in a position to give you that information: 1) The metal gets very hot 2) The plastic handle falls off 3) There is a smell of burning rubber 4) No cup of coffee is produced I always suspected it... [More...] |
| I've had the painters in. That's not a euphemism. I don't get periods, although Elizabeth used to. And I found it best to stay out of her way whenever it happened, which was probably two or three times a month. Wikipedia says periods occur on a 28 day cycle, but Elizabeth's bad moods were much more frequent than that, so possibly she was... [More...] |
