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

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
>
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