By Meghan Holohan

Your cheatin’ heart makes Hank Williams weep, but it might kill you.

Researchers in Italy examined monogamy among men and discovered an interesting correlation -- having an extramarital affair increases men’s risk of having a deadly heart attack.

It’s almost cliché: a middle-age man having sex with a woman who is not his wife keels over in flagrante delicto, what’s known as sudden coital death (oh yes, it has a medical name). But like some stereotypes, it appears to be based in truth, says Dr. Marc Gillinov, a heart surgeon at The Cleveland Clinic and co-author of the book "Heart 411," which looks at cases of sudden coital death, among other cardiac events. (Gillinov did not participate in this study.)

An extramarital affair also increases the risk of getting shot in the head.

It's an interesting study. I'm sure that the cheaters have added stress in their lives.

If that study were true, JFK would never have made it to 1960, Clinton would have been dead before his inauguration, and Berlusconi...

That reminds me of "Cell Block Tango" from the musical "Chicago"!

TB, as for the politicians you mentioned, if screwing an entire nation doesn't bother them, you think screwing around on their wives would??

Actually, my grandfather used to tell my mother to always be afraid of someone who habitually cheats on their spouse. He said that if they were willing to destroy their families, they would have no problem with whatever they would do to you.

In other words: when he came, he went.

Former New York governor and US Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller immediately sprang to mind.

Signor V.

He went Happy.

Ha! I'll bet Happy was anything but! Especially when the shit hit the fan - and the newspapers.

If he wasn't already dead, she probably would have killed him.

Signor V.

The Big Giant Head

By Meghan Holohan

If someone complains that a person has a big head, it’s normally considered a dig at the enormity of that person's ego. But when it comes to white Americans, being labeled as big-headed shouldn’t be considered a criticism as much as an apt description: Over the past 150 years, the size of white Americans’ craniums have actually increased in size.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/...tudy-shows?lite

Easily explainable: the Kennedy family emigrated to the US in the 1850s, and as the family has grown it's skewed the head-size data for the entire caucasian population.

My hat size is 7 3/4, but I'm sure that my skull is thicker than most. My guess is that our brains continue to evolve, they will eventually be much more efficient, but more compact, like iphones.

My mom told me, decades ago, that when she was in high school, the belief was that a man's shoe size was proportional to the size of his penis. So, the fashion was for boys at the HS to wear shoes that were several sizes larger than what they really needed. Must have been quite a sight when they were running up the stairs...

Flash-forward: I was riding the subway home from work one evening, sitting next to two teenaged girls who were discussing the Guiness Book of Records. One described the world's tallest man (8'11") to the other. "Really? Was he married?" the other asked. "No, couldn't be," the first one said. They lowered their voices, but I kinda leaned in on the conversation. She said, "A man's thing is the same as his shoe size--and that guy wore a size 36 shoe."

That was the rumor for many years, TB. Today it's said that penis size is actually proportional to the fullness of one's lips. But I'll bet a guy with big lips made that up .

My husband has a ridiculously large head. When he was a child, his hair was very red, so his brother tortured him by calling him "Pumpkinhead" to make him cry. He owns very few hats, because standard sizes don't fit him. My oldest daughter inherited this trait. When she was little, she rarely wore turtlenecks because it hurt her for me to pull them over her head. I could wear her hats when she was only 8 or 9 years old.

Which begs the obvious question, ma'am...

So, that's why so many people are afraid of clowns!

Signor V.

I am one of those people! I was going to go to a local street fair on Sunday until I read the following line in their ad: "Kids, don a red nose and join our clown parade!"

I can discount that theory -- I have fairly plump lips.

Never seen a clown naked, but shoe size makes sense. If your a big person, you're a big person!


No comment.

I totally understand. Scares me too, actually.

Signor V.

Not even funny.

Whatsamattea you? You don't like the cute little clown? I think his name is "Pennywise."




TIS

Show him your toes!!!!

That grosses YOU out, not him! Plus, I just had a pedicure.

Truthfully, I didn't have Pennywise in mind when I "clowned" our Don. I've had a lot of experience teaching techniques of traditional clown makeup, and the face was my own design.

I confess, I'm probably one of the few people who hasn't read "It" or seen the film (maybe I should, now!). I have seen a couple of brief clips and photos, though, but that's about it.

Signor V.

SV, I know SB has a fear of clowns an Pennywise of course is probably the scariest,which is why I made the comparison. It's fun teasing her. Actually there was the clown doll in Poltergeist that got my two girls scared way back when.




TIS

Clowns suck. I've never thought they were funny, and there's just something sick and weird about them.

I told my daughter that clowns live underground, and occasionally venture to the surface so that they can throw up carnivals, and that it's the job of the humans to ride all the rides so that the carnivals can once again sink back to the depths from which they came. By the age of four, I'd taught her how to say "Clowns are the enemy of mankind."

I don't mind clowns...even the ones on the BB.

How funny that we are talking about Clowns and "It." I just saw this article that they are re-making Stephen King's "IT". I posted to the random movie thread as well.


TIS

http://www.inquisitr.com/250764/stephen-kings-it-remake-2012/

That's why so many Board members clown around.

I wasn't sure in what thread to place this:

(CNN) -- Adele, who won big at the 2012 Grammys, once told K7
arl Lagerfeld off when he said that she was talented and pretty but a little too fat. Maybe his words got to her.

The British pop star made news this week when she admitted to wearing four pairs of Spanx under a dress that wowed the audiences at the Grammys. Apparently, this was an improvement over her original dress that featured a built-in corset and in which she passed out when she tried it on.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/08/opinion/avishai-spanx-women/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

As Spanx become more popular, women are wearing them on a daily basis rather than simply for special occasions. They are causing all sorts of health problems, from difficulty in breathing to nerve damage to life-threatening blood clots. You know what? Either embrace the larger you or buy a bigger dress, and do away with the spandex, ladies.