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Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year?
Scientists from the University of East Anglia are studying the potential health benefits of dark chocolate, and need 40 female volunteers who would like to eat chocolate every day for a year. The chocolate loving 40 must be post-menopausal and have type 2 diabetes so it can be determined if the flavonoid compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease. Dr Peter Curtis, of the UEA's School of Medicine, said, "Our first volunteers are about to return for their final visit to see if the markers of heart health - such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels — have changed. A successful outcome could be the first step in developing new ways to improve the lives of people at increased risk of heart disease."
... on slashdot than post-menopausal women, I don't know what it would be.
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I bet Chastity Bono is kicking himself right now.
Pre-Menopausal.
hahahaha, a woman making a major change in her life? come now, that's just absurd.
Given that Chocolate is an Aphrodisiac, I hope that change would be for the better.
uhhh*WINK* ;)
Seriously guys, this is why scientists can't get dates. You have a requirement for female volunteers to come to your lab and eat chocolate...this may be the experiment that actually gets you a woman for once. Then, you screw it all up by requiring that the women be post-menopausal with type 2 diabetes, guaranteeing you're going to get a bunch of fat old chicks. Seriously guys, if you really want to have fun with this study, you need to require that the women be 18-25, physically fit, and sexually attracted to glasses and pocket protectors. You know, for science. Surely you could come up with some sort of sciency rationalizations to justify those requirements.
are you a lisp programmer?
Slash DOT. Duh!
Bisexual, attractive, nudist 19yo women who care more about her WoW character's latest adventure than shoes, that are looking to move into a basement, has a couple of friends of a similar nature that also need a place to stay, and hopes to trade their domestic skills in place of rent so they can afford the gigabit fiber drop, which they'd also share, but only if you agree to referee their jello-wrestling.
Finding 40 women willing to eat chocolate daily: easy.
Finding 40 women that will agree to NOT eat ANY chocolate for a year, as a control: yeah, good luck with that.
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Brilliant! I'm going to start calling it that. It sounds less offensive. In fact I'm going to go one step farther and just ask my Significant other how the department of transportation (DOT) is going. Basically, I'll just start using traffic metaphors.
Traffic Jam == Constipation ...
Accident == well, obviously
Construction == Bloating
Rush hour == Heavy Flow
Road Rage == PMS
All that dark chocolate might help them crap out all sorts of unhealthier things they ate months prior to the test. Hopefully, they drink enough water so they don't become a diuretic diabetic in dire need of a medic.
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Women.
Best "String" Ever!
I'm just going to go ahead and cut&paste that into craigslist and see if I get any responses. Even if you get a girl that meets 8 out of those 10... you're still well on your way to an awesome time.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
So it's okay to leave off 'attractive' and 'women', then?
You'd better not be thinking of the children.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Normal people
If you can read this... 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100111 01100101 01100101 01101011
Christ, is this posted on the wrong site!
Most of the regular girls, Bethanie, Silly Pixie, Queenoftheonering, whoever else... They left (figuratively and literally) to Multiply quite some time ago.
Some of these guys who post journals are married - but for the larger demographic, you have better chances finding a woman in the L.A. Galaxy locker room, trying to get a peek at Beckham's bend.
The rest? Well, I have two words: Joanna Rutkowska.
"I'm a boy, I'm a boy,
But my mom won't admit it
I'm a boy,
But if I say I am,
I get it!"
"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
Who cares if it's a waste of time - they want you to eat chocolate. :)
Sara
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