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Ugliness a potential health hazard, researcher says (micheal moores not long for this world )
canada.com ^ | 3 14 05 | ARCHIE MCLEAN

Posted on 03/15/2005 7:27:20 AM PST by freepatriot32

If you were neglected as a child or if your parents paid more attention to your siblings, take heart.

It might not be your fault. It might be because you're ugly.

That's what Andrew Herrell's research at the University of Alberta suggests. Herrell, the director of the population research lab in the university's sociology department, studied parents' behaviour in grocery stores, where children often suffer minor injuries. He was trying to understand what factors contributed to those injuries.

What he found would stun most fair-minded parents - ugly kids were neglected more often than attractive ones.

"They'll deny it," said Herrell of most parents' reactions, but adds that 426 observations in 14 local supermarkets are telling.

Herrell and his colleagues followed parents and their 2- to 5-year-old kids around the grocery store for 10 minutes each. They checked if the adult buckled the child into the grocery cart seat, and how often the child wandered more than three metres away.

Only 1.2 per cent of the least attractive kids were buckled in, compared with 13.3 per cent of the most attractive kids. Uglier kids were also allowed to wander away more often than their cute cohorts.

Of course, ugly is subjective. Herrell and his research team judged it on a sliding 10-point scale, one being the Lyle Lovett of kids, 10 being Brad Pitt.

Edmonton Journal

© The Gazette (Montreal) 2005


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: reagan_fanatic
Either he's hung .........
61 posted on 03/15/2005 7:53:44 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: sheik yerbouty

She does appear to be uglier than farting in church.


62 posted on 03/15/2005 7:55:32 AM PST by FearlessFreep
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To: Conspiracy Guy

I'm sure it is the reverse in your case.


63 posted on 03/15/2005 7:55:43 AM PST by Laura Earl
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To: kjenerette

...ugly story.


64 posted on 03/15/2005 7:57:22 AM PST by Van Jenerette (Our Republic - If We Can Keep it!)
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To: Laura Earl
I'm sure it is the reverse in your case.

Hey, wait? Are you implying that your in-laws are ugly?

65 posted on 03/15/2005 7:57:39 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: freepatriot32
Brought to you by, "Dewey, Fixem and How, Plastic Surgeons".
66 posted on 03/15/2005 7:57:43 AM PST by concrete is my business (keep your friends close and your enemies even closer)
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To: FearlessFreep


It took me like three hours to finish the hsding on your upper lip.


http://www.icaughtyouadeliciousbass.com/


67 posted on 03/15/2005 7:57:48 AM PST by didi (I like guys with skills. You know, like nunchuk skills.)
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To: freepatriot32

If certain parents treat their kids this way- they don't exactly protect their bloodlines.


68 posted on 03/15/2005 7:58:31 AM PST by Porterville (Down with politicians.... Down with Judicial Fiat)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

CG is the handsome duckling in that clutch.


69 posted on 03/15/2005 8:00:29 AM PST by Laura Earl
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To: didi

I told you! I spent it with my uncle in Alaska hunting wolverines!


Thanks for the link.


70 posted on 03/15/2005 8:01:46 AM PST by FearlessFreep
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To: didi

It took me three hours to finish the shading on your upper lip

'sorry for the bad typing.

http://www.icaughtyouadeliciousbass.com/


71 posted on 03/15/2005 8:02:44 AM PST by didi (I like guys with skills. You know, like nunchuk skills.)
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To: freepatriot32
Some people (myself included) are fugly children and don't become attractive until they're older. I'm not saying I'm model material, but I certainly don't look like I did when I was a kid. What about us???

No wonder I felt like my brother was babied! He was adorable, and I was...well...like I said, fugly. Messed up teeth, too tall, awkward. The whole deal.

72 posted on 03/15/2005 8:03:33 AM PST by arizonarachel
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To: arizonarachel

you and me both i didnt start bloominguntil my early 20s


73 posted on 03/15/2005 8:05:38 AM PST by freepatriot32 (Jacques Chirac and Kofi Annan, a pantomime horse in which both men are playing the rear end. M.Steyn)
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To: freepatriot32

>Of course, ugly is subjective. Herrell and his research team judged it on a sliding 10-point scale, one being the Lyle Lovett of kids, 10 being Brad Pitt.<

Ok, so if 10 represents Brad Pitt, what is Tom Selleck, 100?

< /panting>


74 posted on 03/15/2005 8:06:02 AM PST by Darnright (No matter how sick a person is, he is and will always be a man, never becoming a vegetable or animal)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Sweet.

Hauling a drum kit over to a birthday party my son's band is playing for.

I have always thought he was cute. His cute smile, his sharp wit....he's just so intelligent. I saw him being interviewed (by Charlie Rose I think) a few years ago and he just blew me away. Charming.



75 posted on 03/15/2005 8:06:25 AM PST by didi (I like guys with skills. You know, like nunchuk skills.)
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To: Darnright

Same with Mel Gibson & Bruce Willis.


76 posted on 03/15/2005 8:07:21 AM PST by Laura Earl
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To: freepatriot32

During my teen years, my mom would always say: "You're going to be beautiful when you're 20." Finally, somehow, it happened. I think she was just being hopeful. :-)


77 posted on 03/15/2005 8:09:57 AM PST by arizonarachel
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To: Gabz
me thinkst thou protesteth too much......... ;-)

Yeah, it must be that third eye on my forehead that my mother told me not too worry about!

No, seriously, I just think that we have become a nation of self absorbed whining cry babies. I also think the baby boom generation is way too narcissistic.

So I guess what I'm saying is that if you're a double bagger, opt for plastic and quit whining!

78 posted on 03/15/2005 8:10:11 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah

I agree about the whining babies.........but you serious post in the midst of the hilarity of this thread just struck me as hysterical!!!!!!!!!

Now, about that 3rd eye..................


79 posted on 03/15/2005 8:13:18 AM PST by Gabz (Wanna join my tag team?)
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To: Laura Earl

; )


80 posted on 03/15/2005 8:18:34 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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