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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 6 2005, 06:33 AM (204 Views) | |
| George K | Dec 6 2005, 06:33 AM Post #1 |
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Finally
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Overweight moms more likely to have overweight children. This startling news brought to you by Ohio State University, where they apparently have not yet heard of genetics. http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20051205/hl_hs...HNlYwN5bmNhdA-- |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 6 2005, 06:41 AM Post #2 |
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MAMIL
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Not just genetics of course. If the mom is tucking into cake the whole time, this is going to rub off on the little blob as well. You're right, though, Ohio State aren't exactly pushing the intellectual envelope with this one. |
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| JBryan | Dec 6 2005, 06:43 AM Post #3 |
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I am the grey one
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Next we will see the ground breaking study on why rats grow legs. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| Optimistic | Dec 6 2005, 06:49 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I saw a similarly fascinating article the other day saying that, in general, Americans spend more time on the couch than they do at the gym. Intriguing!! We are truly living in enlightened times. |
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Dec 6 2005, 08:53 AM Post #5 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Another reason why you shouldn't get your scientific information from newspaper articles! |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 6 2005, 09:08 AM Post #6 |
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I've known som PHAT moms...
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| CrashTest | Dec 6 2005, 09:58 AM Post #7 |
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Pisa-Carp
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89th key, I know some as well. I'd bone them, once over, twice over, thrice over! |
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| JBryan | Dec 6 2005, 10:02 AM Post #8 |
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I am the grey one
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You would have to roll them in flour and look for the wet spot. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 6 2005, 10:06 AM Post #9 |
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MAMIL
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Oh, I've just had my lunch. Thanks for that. |
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| CrashTest | Dec 6 2005, 10:08 AM Post #10 |
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Pisa-Carp
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John, was it tasty? Please share what you had! Food is a thematically connected motif for this thread! |
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| John D'Oh | Dec 6 2005, 10:10 AM Post #11 |
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I had some very tasty clams. Don't go there. |
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