Ok , I’m bored and waiting on a carpet cleaner to arrive so here goes .
Rusalka posted At what point in the digestive cycle do the pounds come off when you’re exercising? on 07-24-2000 05:31 AM ( GMT ) . ( note it before you posted about the Guardian in MPSIMS )
The first question on The Guardian notes and queries / The body beautiful is “* When you lose weight, where does it go? (no answers)*” .
The rest of the questions on this page are :
*Has anybody ever tried eating themselves? If so, how far did they get? (one answer)
Is it possible to drink yourself sober? (2 answers)
Is it true that living in London has the same effect on your health as smoking two cigarettes a week? (one answer)
Why can I usually sense when someone else is looking at me? (no answers)
As a child I was often puzzled by the creamy coloured things resembling popcorn or bits of cottage cheese which would appear from the back of my throat. What on earth were they? (one answer)
On the day my daughter was born she had Rapid Eye Movement (REM) when she slept. As this is a sign of dreaming, what could she have been dreaming of? (one answer)
Why does inhaling helium make your voice go high-pitched? (3 answers)
I’‘ve heard that endorphines are “natural pain relievers”. Does that mean if i laugh like a hyena during my aerobics classes it won’'t hurt so much? (one answer)
My wife suffers insomnia through what she calls “restless legs” syndrome. That is, she can’'t keep her legs still when she lies in bed. Is this a recognised medical condition? What causes it? (4 answers)
Is there an evolutionary explanation for morning sickness and labour pains? Surely it would make more sense for childbirth to be painless. Or is Mother Nature really a man? (one answer)
What causes that terrible sensation of falling that sometimes precedes awaking with a jolt? Is it true that some people enjoy it? (3 answers)
Do some people really have “heavier” bones than others, accounting for the different weights of people of similar size? (2 answers)
Why is snot green? (8 answers)
Until recently, when I had a cold my nose would stop running when I went to sleep. Why was this and why has this useful feature now stopped? (2 answers)
A man is beheaded “cleanly” - perhaps by guillotine. Is it possible that there follows a period of awareness, albeit of only a few nanoseconds? (6 answers)
How come my mouth goes dry after drinking Cranberry Juice? (no answers)
Alcohol abuse apparently costs the country £3.3 billion a year. Did they deduct the money raised by the government from the taxation of alcohol in this calculation? (one answer)
What is the cause of the temporary chest pain known as ‘‘stitch’’ which sometimes occurs during exercise (especially if one is unfit)? (one answer)
What is the point of yawning, and why do other people yawning make us yawn ourselves? (5 answers)*
I can’t really see the conection betwwen these two questions and even if there was there was no answers on the Guardian site so what’s wrong with asking the question here ?
I would say so.
BTW. Thanks again for reminding me of the Guardian notes and queries . 