Phobia of the Week - Merinthophobia

What is it? Merinthophobia is the fear of being bound, tied up, or handcuffed. People you’re most likely to encounter with this phobia: Felons Most people on a first date. Anyone who is or has been the victim of a home invasion or bank robbery. If you suffer from it: Go ahead, try it.  You [...]

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Phobia of the Week - Angrophobia

What is it? Angrophobia is the fear of anger or of becoming angry. People you’re most likely to encounter with this phobia: Democrats in Washington D.C.–because it might actually make them look like they have a spine. Parents of the loudest most annoying children in a restaurant or a mall.  They’re afraid of being viewed [...]

Phobia of the Week - Ecclesiophobia

What is it? Ecclesiophobia is the fear of church. People you’re most likely to encounter with this phobia: Vampires Tweens trying to be hard core Goths. Its not clear whether its a fear of the building itself or the people in it.  I myself prefer structures that look like a place of worship and not [...]

Get Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damn Dirty Ape

One day certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana nursing when she discovered a patient lying on the floor, unable to stand. But Chaney couldn’t help the woman. She had to search for a white nursing aide because the woman on the floor had left instructions that she did not want [...]

Weird X-Rays, Indicate Gene Pool Needs Cleaning

Medical science can show us x-rays featuring objects not considered normal to show up when going in for that check-up.  And if you are unfortunate enough to personally have x-rays like this, they aren’t the kind of photos to post on your Facebook page, showing all of your friends and co-workers how: (1) Stupid you [...]

Science Proves All Things Short and Unhappy

Turns out that tall people lead better lives, so say scientists that polled more than 454,000 adults.  These folks were polled via telephone and asked about their height and how they viewed their lives.  Reporting in the journal Economics and Human Biology, the scientists found that taller people judged their lives more favorably and overall [...]

Star Spangled Belgian Teen Unhappy With Tattoos

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before.  18 year old Kimberley Vlaminck strolled into a tattoo parlor in Belgium to get three tasteful stars on her face. Supposedly she fell asleep in the chair of tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, only to wake up to 56 stars on her face! Now she’ll have to spend [...]

Knowledge is Power, Just Ask the Kids in Leister

So last week, Holly opined on a public service announcement from the town of Leister.  They had a rather dramatic way of letting teens know that teen pregnancy isn’t all that its cracked up to be.  Come to find out that dramatizing health issues is their stock and trade in Leister as evidenced by this [...]

Please Remove the Ashes from the Incision

Mark Twain once said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.”  If that’s true, then maybe there is hope for China.  The world’s most populous nation is also the world’s largest cigarette producer.  While they export some, most of that is for the [...]

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