Hey, waitaminute… cornflakes are made by Kellogg, not General Mills. Does this mean that a woman does retain traces of her male partner?
I’m surprised they didn’t include the follow-up, as seen in the book, where Cecil gets called on the General Mills quip. His excuse is that it wouldn’t have been funny if he’d said Kellogg’s.
Another thread about the same column: Does a woman retain traces of her male partner after giving birth? - Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports - Straight Dope Message Board
He never got called on that. He brought that up himself when he got called on the McDonald’s hamburger joke “But the real shocker is that every McDonald’s hamburger contains chopped-up pieces of–brace yourself–dead cow.” in the question on seaweed in shakes.
I was curious about the “whether human, female, or wombat” bit. Although I admit in the past I have dated some decidedly inhuman girls.
Guess what? General Mills makes Corn Flakes.
Why, drench me in milk and call me Cap’n Crunch. Cecil is wrong. When a Rhesus-negative mother has a child from a Rhesus-positive father, she may develop antibodies against her baby’s blood type. So, she does retain traces in her blood, caused by the first father’s genetic information about his immune system inherited by the baby. This acquired incompatibility against the previous father’s antigen type can be potentially dangerous in subsequent pregnancies.
Nope – still doesn’t count. The question wasn’t, “Does pregnancy have any permanent effect on a woman’s body?” Of course it does. But those Rh antibodies[ul]
[li]come from the woman, herself, and[/li][li]have no genetic effect on subsequent children.[/li][/ul]
Continuing the rhesus topic at the [thread=508308]other thread[/thread]