With Republicans winning big time throughout the country, the quote of the day came from House Speaker Nancy (Bela Lugosi) Pelosi, who on Wednesday said (I'm not making this up here),

"From our perspective, we won last night."

It takes a lot of Botox to be able to say that with a straight face.

There's a book out on the market that I definitely want to get a copy of. It's called "Don't Swallow Your Gum". It was written by Dr. Aaron E. Carroll and Dr. Rachel Vreeman. They are both professors of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and the book is available from Amazon.com. The doctors debunk medical myths that are flatly NOT true, but believed by many people. Here are a few samples:

The title of the book comes from the myth that if you swallow your gum, it'll stick to your stomach. Not true.

You may have heard that people use only 10% of their brain. Not true. The doctors say MRIs show that indeed people are using 100% of their brain. (How sad is that?)

Your hair and nails do not keep growing after you die as many people believe.

Sugar does NOT alter a child's behavior and make them hyperactive. The doctors say that's a myth.

(I know a lot of mothers who would say the doctors are nuts)

You might have heard that you should never wake up a sleepwalker because doing so could give that person a stroke or heart attack. Not true.

I've heard this one for years: Eating late at night and then going to bed will cause you to gain weight. Not true.

Remember how your mother used to tell you to always wear a hat in the winter because most of your body heat escapes from the top of your head? Not true.

Here's another one we've all heard: A dog's mouth is cleaner than a humans mouth. Not true.

(I never bought into that one. We've all seen what dog's do with their mouths)

Finally, as a guy who wears a size 8 shoe, I was glad the doctors have determined that, contrary to popular belief, there is absolutely NO correlation between the size of a man's hands or feet and his genitals.

We wrap up with a follow-up to a story we talked about yesterday morning about the guy in Colorado who stabbed himself in order to get out of a day's work at his job at Blockbuster Video. He's 29 year-old Aaron Siebers, who instead of just calling in sick, like anybody else would do, this big dope actually took a knife and stabbed himself on his way to work. Then he went into work and came up with this story about how he was attacked walking to work by three skinheads or Hispanics. Well, which was it, skinheads or Hispanics...........big difference. His boss at Blockbuster called the police. He was taken to a local hospital. When he was released, the police informed him that his story just didn't gel. That's when Siebers admitted that he stabbed himself to get out of work.

Well, the new development is after consideration, police decided to arrest Siebers for making a false report. As this is being written, he is sitting in jail.

The question remains: Why would you stab yourself just to get out of work. I've been thinking about it. I think the REAL reason he stabbed himself is because he's 29 and still working at Blockbuster.

posted by Denny  # 4:40 PM