Cornflakes and Masturbation

[Essured]

I have read in a few places that cornflakes were invented to help avoid masturbation.

Firstly, is this true ?

Secondly, if true, why cornflakes ? What is in them that would make somebody (Kellogg) think they would help you not masturbate ?

Thanks in advance.

[Lodrain]

Probably not. In my day, I gobbled them by the bowlful. I still can’t get the stains out of the carpet :).

[Sue_Duhnym]

Haven’t you ever seen The Road to Wellville?

http://www.mtn.org/quack/amquacks/kellogg.htm

[Mangetout]

I think it’s because at the time, everybody was eating huge slabs of beef for breakfast and Kellogg thought this was the root cause, something like that, anyway.

[Balthisar]

Wasn’t this a Cecil topic? And wasn’t it Graham crackers? Oh well, try searching there… I’m too tired right this second!

[WV_Woman]

It was a Cecil topic, and yes, it was graham crackers.

hands Balthisar a gold star for the day

[donkeyoatey]

Dr. J.H. Kellogg was a complete nutbar. From porn flakes :

Treatments for Self-Abuse and its Effects:
"A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision…The operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic, as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind…In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement. " – Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

Btw, his brother W.K. Kellogg turned the company that they started (The Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company) into what is now Kellogg Co.

[bibliophage]

Cecil on Is it true graham crackers were invented to cure the dread fever of lust?

[cornflakes]

*Originally posted by Goo *
**I have read in a few places that cornflakes were invented to help avoid masturbation.

Firstly, is this true ?**

No. I just needed a username and all I could think of was cornflakes. It was just my lack of imagination showing through, and masturbation wasn’t an issue.

Secondly, if true, why cornflakes ? What is in them that would make somebody (Kellogg) think they would help you not masturbate ?

I don’t know whether I have that effect on people, and no, I don’t care.

**Thanks in advance. **

Oh, you’re welcome. [sub]Note to self–change name.[/sub]