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Conventional wisdom that is wrong

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    #62
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    smash wrote: »
    I don't know. Try it and tell me.

    Thanks, but I think I'll pass on that one. ;)

    Someone close to me works with members of a certain ethnic community, many of the young members of which believe that smoking heroin is not addictive. The results of that false belief are not pretty, she tells me.:eek::eek:


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    #63
    Doc Ruby
    Registered Users Posts: 3,956 ✭✭✭Doc Ruby


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Getting shot by a bullet(s) blows you back off your feet.
    Hahah, thats actually another one that can be true, albeit not always. Its the difference between getting a punch in the chest when you're ready for it and braced (the shooter) and getting shoved when unprepared (the person shot).


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    #64
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Dogs with erect penises attract lightning.

    You die before you hit the ground when you fall off a cliff, off a tall building or out of a plane in flight.

    Pigs can hum.

    Getting shot by a bullet(s) blows you back off your feet.

    Cats smother babies.

    No quibble with anything except the last one, and even here it's probably an old wives' tale. However, I've heard it said that a cat could be a danger to a very small baby without actually wishing to harm it. It might be attracted by the warmth of the child, and especially its breath, and just lie down on the infant's face and accidentally smother it. :eek:

    But, as already said, its probably just a pisherogue.;)


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    #65
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I always get a cold when there's a sudden change in temperature so as far as I'm concerned it's true.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc


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    #66
    Fremen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Fremen


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Dogs with erect penises attract lightning.

    Imagine the possibilities if that were true...


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    #67
    acfan
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭acfan


    pickarooney wrote: »
    I always get a cold when there's a sudden change in temperature so as far as I'm concerned it's true.

    You're not completely wrong. Cold weather causes our bodies to reduce blood flow to our extremeties and can put excess stress on our immune systems, reducing the numbers of circulating white blood cells thus leaving us more prone to developing infections.


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    #68
    Jess16
    Registered Users Posts: 1,176 ✭✭✭Jess16


    Money can't buy happiness -get.real.


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    #69
    Spunge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    Fat makes you fat
    Watching project catwalk is gay


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