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This is the Conversation Forum for Blood, Bandages and Barber Poles - the History of Barbers << Alexander please read this >> Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 20, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side."   Posting 1 Very good! I always wondered why the US poles had blue and the Canadian ones were just red and white. btw- there is still bloodletting. I was recently at a hospital shooting a video and it involved using live leeches (grown in a farm apparently...) They were used to relieve pressure after surgery had left an area in the skull with blood beneath the skin. Nasty looking things, reminded me of when swam in the country in my youth.(yuk) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 21, 2003 by Farlander This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 yeah, i know... leech therapy seems to be drew barrymore's favourite way of getting rid of her bruises... ewwww... would you willingly put one on your skin? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 21, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 They were truly disgusting, slowly wriggling in a beaker. Of course the nurse had to push them into my face. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 21, 2003 by Thought I should change my name back to 'Mina' to avoid confusion This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 They use maggots as well now - to eat rotting skin off a wound to help it to heal. Or something very similar to that. I think I'd be happier with the leech! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 21, 2003 by Count Zero This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Yes. Apparently the maggots are very good at not eating living flesh but devouring all the necrotic flesh. It seems to be very therapeutic but... still ::runs away from convo with a serious case of the heebildy-geebildies:: <--to indicate the nasty full body spasm instigated by the thought of what that "cure" might feel like. and again. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 22, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Just saw another one on television. In the 17th Century *dentists* would sail into town and sell a liquid for whitening teeth. It worked but it wasn't until months later after he had left that the victims would discover it also removed enamel. It was weak Nitric Acid. Makes my teeth ache just to type it. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 22, 2003 by Farlander This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 makes you wonder what's *really* on today's toothpaste... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 23, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 I also heard that the ancient Egyptians didn't shave but dipilitated using cloth and honey. They smeared cloth with the honey, applied it and let it dry and then ripped it off. Ouch! Especially when you think they did their whole heads. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 23, 2003 by Count Zero This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 That sounds like a product I've seen advertised here in the states, but apparently invented in Australia, called (I'm NOT making this up) Nad's. It uses some sugar based substance in the same way as waxing. The ads for Nad's (couldn't resist) and similiar products always show some hirsute fellow having a sample carpet swatch removed from his back or leg. You know the thought just crosses my mind that with all the ways we humans torture ourselves to remove body hair we really are trying to distance ourselves from our primate cousins and it's no wonder we "never invite them for dinner." Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 23, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Well they've never invited us around, have they? Fair's fair. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Saturnine This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 Not to be primitive. But isn't that just WAXING????? I have this great book with loads of stories like this. Like how people used to sell their teeth to be shoved into the gappy gums of rich people...lovely stuff. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 Yuck! Yes waxing, but the male half of the population knows what a daft idea that is! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Farlander This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 especially when there are things called 'safety razors' readily available in the market (which i'm sure cost less than wax). still, i suppose, if you like the pain... <ouch> what, do you suppose, is it that triggers mankind's revulsion towards hair? do we associate it with tangled masses and therefore to bums and convicts? or does it remind us of medusa's writhing hairdo disaster? i'm interested to hear what you guys have to say... it might make another interesting article Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Saturnine This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 14 I started a thread somewhere on askh2g2 about that...see if you can dig it up!! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Count Zero This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 15 Farlander's addicted to writing. Gotta get the next fix eh? I do agree, it could make a good article. I still can't get the image from hhgttg tvshow of the chimp at the dinnerparty with the flashing red letters saying "THIS NEVER HAPPENS" Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Saturnine This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 16 Oh I have so much Hitchikers to catch up with... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 17 I read some place or other that hairless women are more attractive because they are associated with youth and therefore are more amenable. An interesting theory but then why do men shave? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Saturnine This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 18 Damn you for coming online when I am watching a Simpsons episode I haven't seen before. 15 minutes and I'll be back online. Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by Saturnine This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 19 Men shave because they don't like getting food in their beards. Also it probably dates back to warring times. Having a beard meant your enemy could pull you down by it and spear you in the back...disadvantage. Also, Romans didn't have them...something to do with religion maybe? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fascinating Posted Jan 24, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side." This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 20 Ah Romans! What did they ever give us! 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