Monday, April 22, 2002

More on the Smoking Makes Daughters Connection

As mentioned in this earlier Bohica post, smoking causes a higher incidence of female births.

All due to the fragility of Y chromosome sperm.

Oh, the irony... stronger sex, my butt.

Found another article on a study out of Denmark.

Link to it here.

My mom and I discussed this cigarette girl child connection.

Turns out it runs pretty true in our family.

Couples that were smokers while making babies did have mostly girls or in many cases, all girls.

My mom's generation is all female and the parents were chimneys.

Sorta shows the whole manly Marlboro myth for the pile of poo it is....

Click here for another Bohica post on the history of the demon weed.

posted by Bohica at 2:18 PM

Freecondoms.com Update

If you are not familiar with this story, click here, become educated, and then rejoin us.

The goal of the ultimate bulk condom box is a mere 1,000 condom points away.

To get there, I have subjected myself to a free month of netflix membership, trial subscriptions to People magazine and Video Professor which I intend to cancel as soon as they send me the bills, and a rolling junk e-mail infestation -- which I'll terminate with extreme prejudice as soon as I have my prize in hand.

Sadly, I also have two ten dollar wagers on World Cup games at an online casino.

Yes, I know I don't gamble. Bad for the karma and such.

But, it was worth 700 condom points. Hard to say no to 700 points.

'Sides, I picked Brazil and Argentina.

Netflix may even stay around after the free trial. All the DVDs I can watch for $20 smacks a month with them footing the postage both ways is not a bad deal.

Beats Blockbuster all to hell.

But -- I must say -- all you friends of mine who have received invitations to join freecondoms.com in your e-mail...

What are you waiting for!?!?!

*Dammit*

You know who you are.

Each of you is worth a 10 condom point bounty.

Think of the goal.

Keep your eye on the prize.

I am.

PS -- If you are a friend I have not invited to join and are willing to help this worthy cause, let me know and I will set it up so those 10 condom points credit at the Bohica account.

posted by Bohica at 1:26 PM

Segregated Proms

Really.

They still exist.

Read all about it at CNN.

Click here.

posted by Bohica at 12:24 PM

Gate Rape

The term pilots and air crews have coined to describe being searched by airport security.

Culled from this Time page.

More choice verbiage:

"I can kill you with a magazine, a soda can, a compact disk, a wine bottle, and a fork," he told an audience of airline pilots.

Then Messina, a stocky former cop with a Fu Manchu mustache, began thrusting a 6-in. gold object into the air. "But this is the best!" he boasted. "I bought it yesterday at John F. Kennedy Airport." In his hand was a dagger-sized Statue of Liberty with a knife-sharp torch and crown.

Not to mention the threat of terrorists with martial arts training -- no weapon requirement there.

Safety is an illusion.

posted by Bohica at 10:08 AM

Twelve Priests

Twelve priests were about to be ordained.

The final test was for them to line up in a straight row, totally nude, in a garden while a beautiful, big breasted, nude model danced before them.

Each priest had a small bell attached to his penis and they were told that anyone whose bell rang when she danced in front of them would not be ordained because he had not reached a state of spiritual purity.

The beautiful model danced before the first candidate, with no reaction. She proceeded down the line with the same response from all the priests until she got to the final priest (Carlos). As she danced, his bell began to ring so loudly that it flew off and fell clattering to the ground.

Embarrassed, Carlos took a few steps forward, and bent over to pick it up.

Then, all the other bells started to ring..........

*snicker*

An oldie, but good one.

And oh so topical now....

Further proof that "everyone" has always known about priests.

Which is what makes the Pope's professed "ignorance" of any problem so laughable.

In the news today is this rotten accusation:

As Cardinal Edward Egan headed to the Vatican for a summit on sexual abuse, his stand-in at St. Patrick's Cathedral gave a homily blaming the scandal on homosexuality and an "immoral country."

Click here for the report.

Also of interest is this bit from the NY Times detailing the power structure and personalities of the men who run the Vatican.

posted by Bohica at 9:49 AM

Pet Vaccinations a Scam

The Houston Chronicle confirms what I've long suspected -- my best lil' manlet in the world does not need to be poked with needles every year and those awful shots can even be damaging to his health.

The article describes a vaccination related reaction that causes dogs to be allergic to their own blood.

*Nasty*

Of course, the average pet owner will never hear about this -- think of all the mad green vets wouldn't make...

My mom's Chihuahua, Pepe, once had a horrible reaction.

We were on a ten hour family road trip to big bros house for Thanksgiving --think living Hell -- and the area around the shot turned blood red and swelled like a tumor.

All the fur fell out around this angry doughnut sized pustule and Pepe almost looked to be a goner.

Oh, Happy day.

Despite my glee at his possible demise, he was so pathetic -- I even felt sorry for the evil beast.

No very, very sorry -- just a little.

If you knew Pepe, you'd understand the enormity of me feeling even micro pity for him.

He eventually recovered and lived to torment the world for several more years before going toes up in the flower bed last fall.

No more shots after that reaction though.

Click here to go to the Chronicle article.

posted by Bohica at 9:40 AM