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FIGJAM wrote:Gee I've learned a lot today!!!

The sound that people make when they sneeze is dependent on the language and culture of the area.

Deaf people don't verbalize a sneeze!

http://www.listenandlearnusa.com/langua ... -world.php

I'm half photopic, which seems to be inherited.
No idea what that's about.

9ah · Post by **9ah** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:49 pm

Lighting the playa starts NOW! http://blog.burningman.com/2013/08/buil ... other-news

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:54 pm

FIGJAM wrote:Gee I've learned a lot today!!!

The sound that people make when they sneeze is dependent on the language and culture of the area.

Deaf people don't verbalize a sneeze!

http://www.listenandlearnusa.com/langua ... -world.php

That's weird. My mother used to say "A TISSUE!" when she sneezed.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:15 pm

Funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex
For those unfamiliar, it's sneezing caused by response to light.
I don't get a sneeze, as much as an almost sneeze.
One of my parents had it though.
We never knew what it was until I heard of the syndrome.
They're calling it photic instead of photopic, which is how I first heard it described.

Aurelia · Post by **Aurelia** » Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:24 pm

There you are Gyre ..will you be visible on the Playa

and what is it called if it is caused by chocolate

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:46 am

No idea about chocolate.

If I can get my truck on the road, I will be.
I'll be heading out soon I hope.
Been helping out family for the last two months.
Wanted to be on the road now.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:36 am

http://gma.yahoo.com/useless-plastic-bo ... ories.html

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:53 am

Hedgehog Cake
http://cheezburger.com/7732958720

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:39 am

I sneeze when my tummy feels hungry pain..

Never met anyone else that sneezes at that..

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:52 am

That's a new one to me.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:57 pm

unjonharley wrote:I sneeze when my tummy feels hungry pain..

Never met anyone else that sneezes at that..

That's called "vomiting" not "sneezing".

BBadger · Post by **BBadger** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:20 pm

Texas Pastafarian Wins Battle At DMV, Becomes First In U.S. To Wear Colander In License Photo

Castillo told KLBK that the triumphant moment came after a lengthy fight with the state's Department of Public Safety that the unusual headgear was protected as part of his religious beliefs. He worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a deity created by an atheist in 2005 in protest of the Kansas School Board's defense of teaching intelligent design. According to its founding principles, "the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma."

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:51 pm

http://theweek.com/article/index/249233 ... oliticians

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:24 pm

Ok, this is for real, so how bad do you want to be free of your allergies?

http://healthland.time.com/2012/04/18/d ... xperiment/

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:04 am

More illegal border searches

http://news.yahoo.com/details-feds-lapt ... 14959.html

"President Barack Obama and his predecessors have maintained that people crossing into U.S. territory aren't protected by the Fourth Amendment. That policy is intended to allow for intrusive searches that keep drugs, child pornography and other illegal imports out of the country. But it also means the government can target travelers for no reason other than political advocacy if it wants, and obtain electronic documents identifying fellow supporters."

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:50 pm

Good thing we didn't know about this before Cargo Cult...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:58 pm

Turns out International Incident is one of the sane Australians...

Popeye · Post by **Popeye** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:39 am

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/201 ... prise.html

forty_eight · Post by **forty_eight** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:30 pm

Trading Privilege for Privation, Family Hits a Nerve in South Africa

It is it news?

Interesting anyways ...

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:24 am

IN Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,
Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws
The only shadow that the Desert knows:—
"I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone,
"The King of Kings; this mighty City shows
"The wonders of my hand."— The City's gone,—
Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose
The site of this forgotten Babylon.

We wonder,—and some Hunter may express
Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness
Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace,
He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess
What powerful but unrecorded race
Once dwelt in that annihilated place.

– Horace Smith

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:05 am

Old news, but still exciting if you don't care for being bombed.
http://news.yahoo.com/us-nearly-detonat ... 56688.html

Linked In sued for hacking.
May explain some of the very odd requests I get.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/21/47562 ... il-lawsuit

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