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lumberjim 02-11-2006 07:58 PM

well. i learned a doozie just this very moment. jinx, as is so often the case, opened my eyes to something:

male lactation. springing frm a conversation about my itchy left nipple. joking that i might have padget's disease (something else i learned today) Padgets disease is a type of skin cancer that begins with itchy nipples, or something. i said, well i don't have mammaries, so......but aparently that is untrue. i DO have mammaries. we all do.

maybe i'm stupid, but i honestly did not know this. maggie knows, i'm sure. apparently juju does too.



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The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands. Though human males have nipples, it is not so often understood that they also have mammary glands. Ordinarily the mammary tissue is low in volume and cannot be noticed. Under the appropriate hormonal stimulus -- the hormonal stimulus that nature provides to human females when they become pregnant and give birth -- the mammary glands of human males can also produce milk. The volume of milk produced is low relative to that of a lactating female.

Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. Female hormones are used to retard the production of cancerous prostate tissue, but the same hormones also stimulate the mammary glands. Male-to-female transsexuals may also produce milk due to the hormones they take to reshape their bodies. Extreme stress combined with demanding physical activity and a shortage of food has also been known to cause male lactation. The phenomenon was first studied in survivors of the liberated Nazi concentration camps after World War II. Some American POWs returning from the Korean and Vietnam Wars also experienced male lactation.

It is also possible for males (and females) to induce lactation through constant massage and simulated 'sucking' of the nipple over a long period of time (months).

The phenomenon of male lactation occurs in some non-human species, and the lactating males may assist in the nursing of their infants. One species of fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is notable for this reason. According to several sources, male lactation and even nursing have occasionally been observed in humans.

xoxoxoBruce 02-12-2006 01:36 PM

Today I learned if I start procrastinating and rationalizing why I should wait to shovel the snow, God will shut off my power and not turn it back on for an hour and a half after I'm done shoveling. :rolleyes:

elSicomoro 02-12-2006 04:04 PM

Today I learned that Dick Cheney really is evil. :D

wolf 02-12-2006 07:30 PM

Today I learned that you can drop a Lexmark printer three feet and have it survive.

Kozmique 02-13-2006 12:16 AM

I just learned that so-called female circumcision, a practice in effect in parts of Africa and the Middle East, is far more horrible than its euphemistic title would suggest. I'm anti-circumcision in either sex anyway, but I always thought that in females it meant cutting off the hood of the clitoris, or even the entire thing. Turns out that's a luxury reserved for females of the higher classes. In poor rural and/or nomadic tribes it involves cutting off the clitoris and labia and then sewing the edges of the wound together to create a tiny aperture for blood and urine to pass through. In the higher classes they use anesthesia and needles with linen thread; the poorest classes just hold it all together with thorns until it passes for being healed. Many women have infections from the procedure or incur them later because all the waste gets trapped inside. Sometimes a woman's menstrual blood will back up and create a solid mass. The resultant swelling is mistaken for pregnacy and the woman is murdered to save the family's honor. In any case, before she can even have sex the scar has to be cut open and lots of women who make it without dying of blood loss or infection will die in childbirth.

Brett's Honey 02-13-2006 01:18 AM

That female circumcision is the hardest thing I've ever watched on TV. The older women hold the screaming young uns down while one of the elders butchers her. And then, she gets thorns shoved through the tender, raw remaining flesh. On the wedding night, the husband cuts an opening that he considers just the right size for his pleasure, and then runs around waving the bloodied knife to show proof that his bride was "pure". But when baby time comes, usually right about nine months later, it is frequently discovered that the new husband's "just right sized" opening turns out to not be the right size for a baby's head to come through without ripping and tearing the young girl, many die giving birth to their first child. For sure - some traditions do NOT need to be taught and carried on to the younger generations.

Brett's Honey 02-13-2006 01:26 AM

What I learned today is that if you start doing extra little things at work, that very quickly these little chores somehow become "Your job" or "Your Duty, then they very quickly become Your Responsibility.

bluecuracao 02-13-2006 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Brett's Honey
What I learned today is that if you start doing extra little things at work, that very quickly these little chores somehow become "Your job" or "Your Duty, then they very quickly become Your Responsibility.

To quote Bob Newhart on SNL: "Stop It!"

Seriously, just stop it, dear.

Sundae 02-13-2006 07:01 AM

My first ever boyfriend lives in the same city as me (70 miles from where we both lived originally) and is Director of the annual Comedy Festival.

Maybe next year when I'm not double the weight he knew me at, I'll get in contact!

Granola Goddess 02-13-2006 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf
Today I learned that you can drop a Lexmark printer three feet and have it survive.


How true is that! I've been trying to do that with my antique IBM computer!

Maui Nick 02-13-2006 11:43 AM

I learned what a boong is (Aussie slang). :eyebrow:

And I learned about Boong-Ga Boong-Ga! :redface:

I'm not certain I'm better off with either piece of knowledge.

BrianR 02-14-2006 08:06 AM

Today I learned what happens when I forget to check on my heating oil level.

Brrrrr!

Brian

MaggieL 02-14-2006 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao
To quote Bob Newhart on SNL: "Stop It!"

"...or I'll bury you alive in a box."

A true classic.

Trilby 02-15-2006 01:11 PM

Today, I learned why Timor was so important to 18th century sailors. Seems that due to geological weirdness, Timor was the ONLY place in Monsoon Asia where you could dry your sails out and repair them. Has something to do with how the island is and how the rains fall, etc., but it made Timor very important. Now, not so much.

Elspode 02-15-2006 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
My first ever boyfriend lives in the same city as me (70 miles from where we both lived originally) and is Director of the annual Comedy Festival.

Maybe next year when I'm not double the weight he knew me at, I'll get in contact!

He may be deeper than that, you know? A few years of maturity can make physical attributes take a backseat to spiritual and psychological attributes in the eye of the beholder. Well, that, and an offer of uninhibited, no-commitment sex...

xoxoxoBruce 02-15-2006 07:02 PM

By now he may have discovered how much more comfortable full figured women are. ;)

seakdivers 02-15-2006 08:18 PM

Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?

smoothmoniker 02-15-2006 09:12 PM

I think he meant more padding.

zippyt 02-17-2006 07:02 PM

I beleve the saying is " More Cushin for the Pushin !! "

No offince intended , I can't STAND those skin and bones "Uber Models "

zippyt 02-17-2006 07:05 PM

A few days ago I learned that I know NOTHING about Large Corp financeing ,
Adjusted totals , "Fuzzy" math and all that .

xoxoxoBruce 02-18-2006 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by seakdivers
Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?

The boys got it right. ;)

Dagney 02-18-2006 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by seakdivers
Comfortable? Like as in they feel more comfortable about themselves, or that they feel more comfortable to others?

Being one...i can tell ya, it's a little bit of both. (Or well...the feeling part has been told to me *G*)

Dagney 02-19-2006 08:46 PM

I learned today...that somethings, just never change.

richlevy 02-19-2006 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dagney
I learned today...that somethings, just never change.

But nothings never don't not always ever change.http://www.cellar.org/images/smilies/wink.gif

Aliantha 02-19-2006 10:17 PM

I've learned that the older I get, the longer the hangover lasts

lookout123 02-19-2006 11:14 PM

i re-learned that no matter what i do i will be wrong. but i'm probably mistaken about that.

Crimson Ghost 02-20-2006 07:22 AM

Today I learned that if someone shows you a picture of their child, it's not "politically correct" to say "Hey, look at the monkey riding a tricycle".

Trilby 02-20-2006 07:29 AM

Today, I learned that I don't have to get up at 7:30. I can sleep in till, oh, say, 7:45!

Spexxvet 02-20-2006 08:25 AM

I learned that a paint sprayer, which is supposed to make painting easier, doesn't, necessarily, especially when you knock over the resevoir. :rar:

fargon 02-20-2006 10:31 AM

Round wimmin R YUMMY! :doit: :lovers: :love2: :love2:

Trilby 02-20-2006 11:56 AM

Today, I learned that plastic explosives smell sweet and some guy (at Auburn?) trained honeybees to go after that smell. These bees will fly to and hover over the plastic land mines, marking them for removal. But, sometimes, they don't go to the CLOSEST mine. That's a problem.

I also learned that I don't want any civet cat coffee, thanks.

PS-I also learned that France had f*cked up Vietnam LOOOOOONG before the US got into it. So there-*stares*-all you Frenchies*.

*meaning dov.

Griff 02-20-2006 02:59 PM

The sad part is we gave the keys back to the French after we rolled the Japanese.

Aliantha 02-20-2006 08:49 PM

Someone's been watching apocolypse now...

footfootfoot 02-20-2006 09:11 PM

I learned today that when the inch3 says "I'm not going to be shy" he means he doesn't feel like seeing his playmates and wants to be left alone.

Although he speaks english, he has different meanings for some of the words.

Aliantha 02-20-2006 09:19 PM

I learned today that I have blank spots from a dinner party I hosted on Saturday night. Because of that I've learned not to have too many post dinner ports...after pre dinner cocktails and during dinner wines. :eyebrow:

xoxoxoBruce 02-20-2006 09:20 PM

DNA those spots and find out who's responsible. ;)

Aliantha 02-20-2006 09:23 PM

Hmmm...I meant memory lapses. What do you mean?

dov 02-21-2006 02:18 AM

They are called black outs, it’s a sign.

Next to raising children, there is nothing greater than being capable of helping a friend in need.

dov 02-21-2006 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna
So there-*stares*-all you Frenchies*.
*meaning dov.

My mother tongue is English.

Both Grandfathers from England, Manchester and Leeds, one Grandmother who loved Czar Nicholas but had to escape in 1917, other Grandmother born in Montreal, her parents Eastern European.

I speak English, French only for business or sex. I speak French alot. I can read in four languages. Speak three.

I don’t accept the label frenchies. It is shallow, ignorant and bigoted. I expect an apology. Won't put a dent in you I am sure. You will rationalize you are right. Prove away, I don’t give a dam. I know who and what you are.

How many languages do you communicate in?

Trilby 02-21-2006 06:27 AM

dov, you ignorant slut. My mother is French Canadian, her mother tongue is French. Don't be such a schmendrick.

Spexxvet 02-21-2006 08:27 AM

Today I learned that I don't have enough time OR money.

Undertoad 02-21-2006 08:49 AM

Yesterday I learned that you don't need money to turn someone into a raving asshole. Sometimes just the promise of money will do.

Granola Goddess 02-21-2006 11:32 AM

Today I learned that schmendrick means "Fool", "Jerk" in Yiddish. :lol:

Dagney 02-21-2006 11:58 AM

I learned today that bullshit is fun to shovel, no matter how far away it's flung from.

lookout123 02-21-2006 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by dov
How many languages do you communicate in?

hmmm, knowing that brianna has a freaky side i'd say that she speaks at least 5 languages. english, french, russian, a couple of asian languages, and who knows - maybe even greek.

monster 02-21-2006 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dov
I don’t give a dam.

Can't spell it, either. Unless you're a beaver of course, in which case that would make sense.

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I know who and what you are.
oooh, I bet she's scared :worried:

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How many languages do you communicate in?
grief! :rolleyes: is that the best you can do?

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So much for my posting something enlightening and witty for my 100th MILESTONE post! :lol:

Trilby 02-22-2006 02:58 AM

Today, I learned that I cannot have two really restful nights in a row. I slept like a baby last night (10 hours!) but, tonight, I was awake at 2:30 and can't get back to sleep. I blame years of 12 hour night-shifts for this. DAMMIT!

dov 02-22-2006 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by monster
oooh, I bet she's scared

I take it you are the community knight in shining armour. Get a lot of action playing that role?

Trilby 02-22-2006 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by dov
I take it you are the community knight in shining armour.

I take it you are the community schmendrick? Yes?

Spexxvet 02-22-2006 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
By now he may have discovered how much more comfortable full figured women are. ;)

Women are supposed to be soft, aren't they? :yum:

FallenFairy 02-22-2006 09:58 AM

Today I learned that the best laid plans can be ruined by an untimely visit by the POTUS to a semi- secure gov't building.... what a drag. :headshake

Granola Goddess 02-22-2006 10:03 AM

Today I learned that the company I'm working for is reshuffling people...and that if you look at "the big picture", it doesn't really matter in the scheme of things.

footfootfoot 02-22-2006 11:38 AM

POTUS?

you mean BOFUS?

FallenFairy 02-22-2006 03:23 PM

:thumb: You got it foot x 3!!
and to make it worse, not one of my "higher ups" cared that it was Gdub that made me late for my meeting... damitall.

xoxoxoBruce 02-22-2006 06:04 PM

Oh dear, now they'll probably exile you to some remote place like......Arizona. :lol:

capnhowdy 02-22-2006 08:45 PM

People from all around the world...and parts of Alabama have been to/been exiled to Arizona.
Georgia would be the place.... nobody looks for nothing down here but rednecks. ;)

marichiko 02-22-2006 08:52 PM

I think FF is already being exiled to New Mexico to be left to the mercy of the Navajo and the vinergaroons. ;)

FallenFairy 02-23-2006 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by marichiko
I think FF is already being exiled to New Mexico to be left to the mercy of the Navajo and the vinergaroons. ;)

Damn G-dub... Damn vinegaroons...Damn being exiled... :mg:

Well at least I get out of the crazy DC traffic!!

Crimson Ghost 02-24-2006 07:44 PM

Today, I learned that if you put a chipmunk in a blender with two scoops of double-chocolate chip mint ice cream and a cup of Sambuca, it makes a bitchin' shake.

SteveDallas 02-25-2006 12:26 PM

I learned it's time to hang up my gig bag. I no longer have the edge I need to play.


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