Question of the Week suggestionsEach week we ask a question. The idea is to generate material that's:
* interesting to read, i.e. we won't get bored of reading the answers after about 10 of them
* not been asked on this site before
* fun to answer
What would you like to ask? (We've left this question open - so feel free to drop in ideas anytime.)
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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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Clearly not my idea, but...My first thought as I read the "Accidental quim-nuendoes" section of last week's newsletter: why wasn't this a QOTW?
I think I have to mention a personal example at this point:
a friend of a friend was about to have the final sex-change operation. Being pretty girly already, she was very excited about the fact that she wouldn't be able to eat for something like two weeks after "the chop" (or rather about the accompanying weight loss - yep, some peope have odd priorities). Being a science-y type, I explained that when the human body is suddenly deprived of food, it anticipates the risk of a lengthy food shortage period (famine, historically) by devoting a higher proportion of any calorific intake it gets to fat deposition.
Huh?
Okay, I said. It's like your body is a squirrel thinking "Oh my god, winter's coming and I haven't got any nuts!"
Yep, I got my coat.
PS this is too long for a QOTW, isn't it? Damn.
(, Mon 1 Aug 2005, 10:52, Reply)
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