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dsudis introduced me to the wonders of Wikipedia's "random page" function. I have learned so much!
Like:
In 1990, Jacques departed Federation for a year before returning as "The Mountie", a client of manager Jimmy Hart. The Mountie was a corrupt, taser-wielding member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who would often boast that he "Always gets his man" in the ring. "The Mountie" had two entrance theme songs - the first, a short-lived trumpet theme meant to highlight the Canadian heritage of the character, and the second, a heel marching theme sung by Jacques entitled "I'm the Mountie." The character was eventually the subject of litigation in Canada, leading to Rougeau being enjoined from performing as "the Mountie" in his home country.
And, ooh:
Nutmeg psychosis is an acute psychiatric disorder caused by the ingestion of around one to three whole nutmegs or an equal mass of ground nutmeg. Its symptoms include hallucinations, excitement, thought disorder, sense of impending death and agitation. Nutmeg is a toxic substance and a dosage of as little as 5g may cause a dry mouth, fast pulse, fever and flushing. It has amphetamine-like effects and may lead to the ingestion of large volumes of water.
And perhaps best of all:
The electrically-powered vibrator was invented in the 1880s by doctors, who had been ostensibly treating women for "hysteria" for centuries by performing what we would now recognise as masturbating those women to orgasm. At the time, however, not only did doctors regard the "vulvular stimulation" required as having nothing to do with sex, they reportedly found it time-consuming and hard work. The vibrator got the job done more quickly and without such efforts, and as such was extremely popular with doctors.
...Now I am going to drag myself away from it, though. And go back to writing. Definitely. I mean it.
dsudis introduced me to the wonders of Wikipedia's "random page" function. I have learned so much!Like:
In 1990, Jacques departed Federation for a year before returning as "The Mountie", a client of manager Jimmy Hart. The Mountie was a corrupt, taser-wielding member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who would often boast that he "Always gets his man" in the ring. "The Mountie" had two entrance theme songs - the first, a short-lived trumpet theme meant to highlight the Canadian heritage of the character, and the second, a heel marching theme sung by Jacques entitled "I'm the Mountie." The character was eventually the subject of litigation in Canada, leading to Rougeau being enjoined from performing as "the Mountie" in his home country.
And, ooh:
Nutmeg psychosis is an acute psychiatric disorder caused by the ingestion of around one to three whole nutmegs or an equal mass of ground nutmeg. Its symptoms include hallucinations, excitement, thought disorder, sense of impending death and agitation. Nutmeg is a toxic substance and a dosage of as little as 5g may cause a dry mouth, fast pulse, fever and flushing. It has amphetamine-like effects and may lead to the ingestion of large volumes of water.
And perhaps best of all:
The electrically-powered vibrator was invented in the 1880s by doctors, who had been ostensibly treating women for "hysteria" for centuries by performing what we would now recognise as masturbating those women to orgasm. At the time, however, not only did doctors regard the "vulvular stimulation" required as having nothing to do with sex, they reportedly found it time-consuming and hard work. The vibrator got the job done more quickly and without such efforts, and as such was extremely popular with doctors.
...Now I am going to drag myself away from it, though. And go back to writing. Definitely. I mean it.
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29/5/05 14:06 (UTC)I...no, actually, I suppose it's better if I don't comment. ::g::
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29/5/05 18:32 (UTC)