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Old Wives Tales

On 23 Feb 2009 at 6:28pm Agony Aunt wrote:

We all use them and I'm frequently reminded how wise some of these old sayings are. One of my favourites is "put a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to hell". Do you have any that you wish to share?

On 23 Feb 2009 at 7:01pm Knuckle shuffler wrote:

Masterbation causes blindness....
The tale states that masturbation will cause blindness (in France it is said it will cause deafness). This is not true (at least not completely) and the idea has probably been spread in order to prevent children from masturbating for religious reasons. Curiously, sperm contains quite a lot of zinc, and a serious zinc deficiency can cause a decline in vision. However, it is nearly impossible to cause a zinc deficiency through masturbating.

On 23 Feb 2009 at 8:02pm demon2 wrote:

666999666999 hell interesting pain suffering fire

On 23 Feb 2009 at 8:30pm Toker wrote:

Demon 2.Whatever you're on, can I have some please? B-)

On 23 Feb 2009 at 9:59pm Kiss The Popes Ring wrote:

OOOh How many MORE of you masterbate for religious reasons then? I thought I was alone...

On 23 Feb 2009 at 10:00pm Spinster Of This Parish wrote:

WHAT? I thought the epidemic of deafness in Lewes was secondary to bonfire! Think you are onto something there knuckleduster!!!
Back to the purpose of this thread, another good saying is...
"You'll never get admitted to an asylum as you change your mind too much"

On 24 Feb 2009 at 8:33am Earl of Lewes wrote:

Prostate cancer is linked to a lack of sexual activity (i.e ejaculations), so those people who aren't living with a nymphomaniac need to take the law into their own hands.