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New ear stapling fad claims to curb appetites
The Daily Athenaeum ^
| 12/11/06
| Brenda Paiz
Posted on 12/11/2006 11:04:03 AM PST by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
Aaaahhhh, the miracle of the placebo effect!
To: the_devils_advocate_666
That looks extremely uncomfortable!
I will stick with baked/brolied chicken and veggies, when I diet. thank you!
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:13:52 AM PST
by
Repub4bush
(FWF.....Speechless!)
To: Calvin Locke
Yeh - got a little inflammation issue getting started there. Frankly it looks painful.
I'm working on a theory that weight loss is associated with food intake and exercise. Neither one involves the ear. Oh, yeah, call me a radical...
To: LIConFem; Armedanddangerous
Blast from the Past, Man!
(If at first you don't succeed.................)
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:18:39 AM PST
by
Polyxene
(For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
To: SouthernBoyupNorth
I have yet to see it work for appetite suppression or smoking cessation. Why wouldn't it work? It's hard to hold either a cigarette or a fork when you're clutching your still-bleeding ear, whimpering in pain.
It's the same way the rest of acupuncture works - if you stick pins in a guy every time he complains, pretty soon he stops complaining.
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:27:05 AM PST
by
nina0113
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Trevor Jarvis, 21, a Pittsburgh resident who received the procedure, said the feeling that overcomes the recipient is unexplainable. "I can't really describe it, but you feel a lot better about yourself and it looks pretty cool too," he said.
Not exactly the most convincing argument I've ever seen but hey, if it works, it works.
To: the_devils_advocate_666
...the side effects and precautions are... perhaps inability to work. Already a hit in the public sector...
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:34:13 AM PST
by
Doomonyou
(I voted and all I got was a FUBAR Congress.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
OLD idea. This was a fad back in the 70's.
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:45:43 AM PST
by
redhead
(...frammin' at the jim-jam, frippin' at the krotz...)
To: beyond the sea; Red Badger; the_devils_advocate_666
Everyone I knew who had it said you had to 'wiggle' it to activate it. Trouble is, no one wanted to wiggle and so no one lost any weight.
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:51:00 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: the_devils_advocate_666
There is truly nothing new under the sun......
To: AnotherUnixGeek
"if it works, it works."
It doesn't. According to my doctor they brought him lots of business via infection.
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:52:10 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
(The media is a self-licking ice-cream cone)
To: Ben Mugged
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:52:47 AM PST
by
Howlin
(40 days to Destin!)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:53:41 AM PST
by
Mrs Ivan
(English, and damned proud of it.)
To: Froufrou
...you had to 'wiggle' it to activate it. Trouble is, no one wanted to wiggle... Yeah, that the problem with a lot of things.......
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:53:45 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
This has been around for years and years and years. How stupid are these people and those who write about them.
To: Red Badger
Yeah, that's the problem with a lot of things.......
Too much, or too little, wiggle room?
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:57:16 AM PST
by
Froufrou
To: the_devils_advocate_666
Has anyone used Cow Magnets for weight reduction yet...
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:57:36 AM PST
by
tubebender
(Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
psuedoscience for the sheeple
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posted on
12/11/2006 11:58:46 AM PST
by
Stultis
To: tubebender
Yeah, but I kept getting stuck to the rail around the salad bar. LOL
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posted on
12/11/2006 12:03:32 PM PST
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: tubebender
Yep, they are all over the fridge but it isn't keeping me from opening the door!
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