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a 49-year-old woman in scotland passed away in 1999, only the third starvation death among the world's alleged 5,000 disciples of australian ellen greve who follow a no-food, no-water, "breatharian" diet. greve sells her philosophy ("liberation from the drudgery of food and drink") to westerners in part as conferring a spiritual connection with third-world hunger. [edmonton journal-the times (london), 9-26-99]

it takes a special kind of stupid not to see that outcome a mile away.

featured at the donn roll contemporary museum in sarasota, fla., in 1996 was ms. charon luebbers' menstrual hut, a 6-by-6-by-5-foot isolation booth to symbolize the loneliness that society has forced upon menstruating women. accompanying it were 28 canvasses created by luebbers' pressing her face into whatever discharge was present in each of the 28 days of her cycle for one month, to show the contrast. [sarasota herald tribune, 5-3-96]

how much do the paintings go for...and can i get one on ebay for my ob unit?

as of may 1999, the city-supported icelandic phallological museum in reykjavik was closing in on its goal of housing at least one sample member from every mammal native to iceland. only "man" and one species of whale were missing, and curator sigurdur hjartarson had solved the first problem with a letter from an 83-year-old former lothario promising his organ upon his death (in an erect state if doctors can act quickly enough). some whale species, though, have only the tips displayed because the entire organs are too long (10 feet) or too heavy (over 100 pounds). [reuters wirecopy, 5-20-99]

the women's lib folks have obviously not gained a foothold in that country.

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Specializes in Oncology RN.

They say average IQ is somewhere around 80. I sometimes wonder if maybe they set the bar too low...

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I know this sounds strange, but I saw some TV show that featured "induhviduals" who basically gave themselves labotomies in the name of "enlightenment." They'd puncture a small hole into their foreheads and then they just be sooooo calm and accepting with dried blood around the hole....strangely like someone who had their frontal lobe messed with! I saw this a while ago, but I seem to remember it was some sort of club or something!

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, Trauma, neuro, Geriatrics.

Humans never cease to amaze me. Maybe that is why I like my job so much.

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I know this sounds strange, but I saw some TV show that featured "induhviduals" who basically gave themselves labotomies in the name of "enlightenment." They'd puncture a small hole into their foreheads and then they just be sooooo calm and accepting with dried blood around the hole....strangely like someone who had their frontal lobe messed with! I saw this a while ago, but I seem to remember it was some sort of club or something!

OMG I've heard of this.

And I actually know somone who was a Breatharian for a (short) while. She went back to eating and drinking.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

1. Oooooooooooh. :o

2. Ewwwwwwwwww.

To reiterate:

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. :eek:

3.

one sample member from every mammal native to Iceland.
Very small museum then, eh? :chuckle
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Specializes in Cardiology.
Humans never cease to amaze me. Maybe that is why I like my job so much.

Amaze is one word for it, lol. :chuckle

...Jennifer...

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