W EEKLY EDITION NOV 22, 2017
Joke of the Week
Ode to Thanksgiving
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
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Why We Wait Until After Work
One scientist believ es it is beyond our control; we've
been programmed to " hold it " during the work day
and to poop at home
There's no question we all love to poop at home,
but why does our body seem to participate by
suddenly bringing on that feeling once we've walked
across our threshold? Sure, we know we're more
comfortable; more relaxed, but is there something
more to it? Writer Julie Beck wanted an answer so
she asked scientist Jack Gilbert from the University
of Chicago's Microbiome Center. He challenges our
very ideas of ourselves by stating that, "Unless
you're highly spiritual, then the soul doesn't really
exist. There's no ghost in the machine. You're just a sensory programming device." What? He explains
how we are programmed through routine and sensory input. Much like Pavlov's dog, we can be trained
to pee or poo with a simple trigger. "I'm pretty sure I can train you as a human being to pee when you
smell peppermint." Wouldn't that be fun to t ry? Read more and be enlightened by the idea that, "there
is no free will." Yikes.
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