John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Sat Nov 12 21:56:49 CST 2011
How ironic, I just got this in an email. I don't know if it's true or not though: CONDOM HISTORY: In 1272 the Arabic Muslims invented the condom, using a goat's lower intestine. In 1873 the British somewhat refined the idea by taking the intestine out of the goat first. -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 2:35 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Careful now! This from BBC News (indirectly)... Times of India Men who have sex with animals are twice as likely to develop cancer of the penis, a new study has found. A team of urologists from centres around Brazil looked at risk factors for penile cancer in men and conducted a study on 492 men ranging in age ... And so on. Who would have thunk it, that you could find 492 men who'd admit to having sex with animals? I think I need to move to another planet. This one is too forkin' weird. -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Thirty spokes converge on a hub but it's the emptiness that makes a wheel work -- from the Daodejing _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com