Dispensary Corner 27 Apr 10
April 27, 2010
BRAZIL’S health minister has
urged the country’s populace to
have more sex in a bid to reduce
hypertension rates.
Jose Temporao said Brazilians
need to exercise more to keep
their blood pressure down, and “a
good cardiovascular workout
includes sex, always with
protection obviously”.
He made the remarks during
the launch of a national
hypertension campaign yesterday,
and also recommended a healthy
diet, regular blood pressure
checks and dancing.
PENIS enlargement is a big no-no
if you want to become a
policeman in the Indonesian
province of West Papua.
Local police chief Bekto
Suprapto was quoted on the
kompas.com news website as
saying that in future “applicants
will be asked whether or not their
vital organ has been enlarged.
“If he has, he will be considered
unfit to join the police or the
military,” he added, because “the
unnatural size causes hindrance
during training”.
Reports say that he’s trying to
address a practice by tribesmen
which involves wrapping the penis
leaves from the ‘gatal-gatal’
(itchy) tree so that it swells up
“like it has been stung by a bee”.
THIS is just offal.
A survey reported in the UK last
week found that about one in five
people believe that the traditional
Scottish dish of haggis - made
from oatmeal combined with a
sheep’s lung, liver and heart - is
actually an animal that roams the
country’s Highlands.
The study was commissioned by
an online takeaway food service
called Just-Eat.co.uk, and aimed
to see how well acquainted British
people were with the “nutritional,
cheap meal”.
Intriguingly, as well as the
animal finding,15% of people
believed haggis was a Scottish
musical instrument, while another
4% thought it was a character
from the Harry Potter novels.
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