Or as they may say in Davids house "Hey is that a Wolverine trying to escape your undies?"Tannin wrote:I always offer her condiments. "Gee, your hair looks nice today", I say, or "Hey! Cute undies!"
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It seems to be a mixture of things, David, exactly like the Western custom of mutilating baby boys which is, by the way, quite recent (other than among certain small ethno-cultural groups, most of them having a Middle-eastern heritage anyway). The same "reasons" are advanced for the practice: hygene, appearance, prevention of masturbation, social cohesion, prevention of disease, tradition, prevention of immorality, sex appeal .... doubtless others I can't think of just now). The given "reasons" seem to fluctuate; one is commonly cited for a while, then a different one becomes the "main" reason, but lurking behind all of them is a constant undercurrent and motivating driver: a deep seated fear, loathing, even hatred of the body, of sexuality, and of individuality. This gets passed down from generation to generation, exactly as the psychological motivations for other forms of child abuse do.
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Bahh, you get hot weather in lots of places, many of them hot and very humid, not the relatively clean hot dry of Egypt.
(Have you traveled? Try spending a week in the bush without plumbing in the desert where the climate is similar to the Egyptian climate (anywhere in central Australia will do, anytime outside winter), then try the same thing somewhere with a tropical climate (Cairns or Darwin, especially in the build up or the wet season). Huge difference! The desert is a remarkably clean place, largely because of the clean, dry air.)
In any case, shaving for health reasons would actually make a lot more sense in cold places like northern Europe where people spend months on end indoors and sleep well wrapped up and fleas and lice and bedbugs were spectacularly common. In short, there is no, repeat no rational reason to link shaving, hygene, and climate. The fact that one of your sources does simply demonstrates that the writer hasn't looked for proper evidence or thought very carefully about the drivel he is repeating.
Now, to your key point: so shaving was practiced by the ancient Egyptians, of both sexes. Sure, I accept that. But then, what you don't say but presumably do know is that the ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision on both sexes. Hell, even the standard descriptive term used for the worst form of female circumcision is "pharonic". That is no accident: it means "like the pharaohs". We don't even have to search for written records to verify this: we have the mutilated male and female bodies beautifully preserved in spice and natron for proof.
(Have you traveled? Try spending a week in the bush without plumbing in the desert where the climate is similar to the Egyptian climate (anywhere in central Australia will do, anytime outside winter), then try the same thing somewhere with a tropical climate (Cairns or Darwin, especially in the build up or the wet season). Huge difference! The desert is a remarkably clean place, largely because of the clean, dry air.)
In any case, shaving for health reasons would actually make a lot more sense in cold places like northern Europe where people spend months on end indoors and sleep well wrapped up and fleas and lice and bedbugs were spectacularly common. In short, there is no, repeat no rational reason to link shaving, hygene, and climate. The fact that one of your sources does simply demonstrates that the writer hasn't looked for proper evidence or thought very carefully about the drivel he is repeating.
Now, to your key point: so shaving was practiced by the ancient Egyptians, of both sexes. Sure, I accept that. But then, what you don't say but presumably do know is that the ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision on both sexes. Hell, even the standard descriptive term used for the worst form of female circumcision is "pharonic". That is no accident: it means "like the pharaohs". We don't even have to search for written records to verify this: we have the mutilated male and female bodies beautifully preserved in spice and natron for proof.
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Very very funnyTannin wrote:Hot news from Lords. http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/40664
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Back on topic, I forgot to eat dinner last night. Had a few beers and a bottle of red and woke up a tad dusty this morning but generally felt OK.
Got home from work tonight and the daughter was just going out, looking like a bag of shite. She'd hardly slept, had a migraine all day and felt like vomiting all morning.
So I told her she had my hangover. That's where it went.
Got a smile out of her and I laughed.
Got home from work tonight and the daughter was just going out, looking like a bag of shite. She'd hardly slept, had a migraine all day and felt like vomiting all morning.
So I told her she had my hangover. That's where it went.
Got a smile out of her and I laughed.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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Did anyone watch the footy last night?
At one point in the game Roughhead & Crommer were fighting with Crommer swinging everwhere & Roughhead having his hand on Crommers head on an outstretched arm -
It was like fighting your older bigger brother when you were a kid. Very funny to watch. Cracked both my wife (An Essendon Supporter & I up ) 
At one point in the game Roughhead & Crommer were fighting with Crommer swinging everwhere & Roughhead having his hand on Crommers head on an outstretched arm -
It was like fighting your older bigger brother when you were a kid. Very funny to watch. Cracked both my wife (An Essendon Supporter & I up )
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