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Heh. Four boys and four girls in my family. I guess we're all screwed. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Heh. Four boys and four girls in my family. I guess we're all screwed. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Haha, I not sure how well these rat studies translate over to human interactions :P I think you're ok
Um ... well that's interesting. Who thought to do this study? I mean, did they wake up and wonder what makes rats sexy?
How does being efficient "compensate" for being less attractive?
"I know I'm ugly, baby, but I'll be quick, I promise."
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@Nikkalina, I was envisioning a situation where someone partook of "herbal supplements" and applied for, and got, funding the next day...
@doc becca, thank you. I felt like choking on lamb chops this evening. :P
All I think that this means, is if the rat grew up with sisters he 'knew what he was doing' aka 'efficient'.
But seriously, how do you test for a sexy rat? And is it emprically sexy, or just whorish?
So, female rats that wiggle their ears is sexy to males? I wonder if the same can be said for humans ...
Ladies - I sense an experiment!
Sexy female rats. Sexual ear wiggling. You just can't make this stuff up!
What did the sister rats beat up the brother rat, dressing him up in girl rat clothing, and make him watch Desperate Housewives?
What did the sister rats beat up the brother rat, dressing him up in girl rat clothing, and make him watch Desperate Housewives?
I'd gladly watch Desperate Housewives over Real Houseswives (of every city in America). I want to start burning cities to the ground just so they can't start a new series.
But do you do it in girl rat clothing Brian?
He's in a tutu from what I've heard.
Dr. O - Is that what those sexy girl rats (and Brian) are wearing these days?
I know nothing - only repeating what the rumors have revealed on our forum. ;)
He's actually not in the tutu yet. I've offered to make one for him though!
Is the fact that this thread has diverted into a conversation about Brian's tutu an indication of the dodgy quality of the science in this press release!?
Yes, but it doesn't change the fact that Brian wears female rat tutus.
Now I'm envisaging tutus made out of female rats, that doesn't sound very pleasant. I hope Nikkilina isn't making one of those!
I have to have something to occupy my time since I won't have an iPad to play with.
I'm going to stop posting until there's an actual conversation. I don't see a point to just post spammy comments for the sake of trying to catch up, and I doubt that's what Brian had in mind anyway. I'm pretty sure I can't catch up, so congratulations, Jane.
Fair enough! I was actually enjoying some of the conversations we had about the news articles today, but yes there isn't any point in spammy comments, that's true.
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