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Re: THEORY: Natural language change (was Re: Charlie and I)

From:Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
Date:Thursday, September 23, 1999, 8:48
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steg Belsky wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:13:18 -0500 Eric Christopherson > > <raccoon@...> writes: > > > > Are you a biology major? :) I had no idea brain cells could be > > > converted into facial hair... I wonder if my sparse facial hair > > > points out a dearth of brain cells, or does it perhaps mean my > > > brain-cell-to-hair metabolism is slow? :) > > > > No, it means that you have a lot of brains left! :) > > My former brain cells, on the other hand, have a very cool slight > > reddish tinge which sets them apart slightly from the hair on top > > of my head. > > Do women keep all their brain cells, then, or are they converted into > something else? Breast tissue comes to mind, but I wear a C cup and I > don't notice that I'm dumber than women with A cups (or perhaps > that's why I don't notice :-) >
I think women keep all their brain cells. After all, it is well known that women are more intelligent than men. Now we know where this difference comes from: facial hair :) .
> Irina > > Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. > irina@rempt.xs4all.nl (myself) > http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/index.html (English) > http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/backpage.html (Nederlands)
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