Writing - 10 things for November
If you read the titles of each item below you could be forgiven for thinking that you're losing your mind.
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1. Footballers have worse teeth than the general population.
Hardly surprising when part of their game involves heading the ball.
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2. The average Joseph is 37 years old.
What is an average Joseph?
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3. Non-religious children are more generous.
This is another non-scientific statement that must be impossible to prove or disprove. To prove it you would have to measure how children from the 3 different groups, religious, non-religious and control, gave to others. Other factors would be age, ethnicity, social standing, wealth to name but a few.
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4. The oldest Yew tree in Europe has changed sex but only in one branch.
As a person who studied then taught Biology, never were trees given a gender. In fact the flowers of botanical entities usually contain both male and female parts, so where does this rubbish come from?
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5. Living alone is really bad for your diet.
This could be summed up in two words - 'comfort eating'
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6. It's possible to get cancer from a tapeworm.
I shall avoid them like the plague!
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7. Men with beards have a greater tendency to hold sexist attitudes than their clean-shaven counterparts.
Bollocks! This could also be linked with ethnicity, religious practices and which sample of bearded men were questioned.
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8. Dogs that tilt their heads to the side more often when spoken to are more empathetic.
As it is difficult to be empathetic as a human how does this work and how can it be measured?
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9. Undulating through water like an eel is a much more efficient method of swimming than splashing and kicking.
Which would be great if the human body was designed to undulate - I think I'll stick to splashing and kicking.
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10. Visibility in the UK decreases by 25% on Bonfire night.
This would be smoke related.
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God Bless
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1. Footballers have worse teeth than the general population.
Hardly surprising when part of their game involves heading the ball.
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2. The average Joseph is 37 years old.
What is an average Joseph?
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3. Non-religious children are more generous.
This is another non-scientific statement that must be impossible to prove or disprove. To prove it you would have to measure how children from the 3 different groups, religious, non-religious and control, gave to others. Other factors would be age, ethnicity, social standing, wealth to name but a few.
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4. The oldest Yew tree in Europe has changed sex but only in one branch.
As a person who studied then taught Biology, never were trees given a gender. In fact the flowers of botanical entities usually contain both male and female parts, so where does this rubbish come from?
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5. Living alone is really bad for your diet.
This could be summed up in two words - 'comfort eating'
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6. It's possible to get cancer from a tapeworm.
I shall avoid them like the plague!
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7. Men with beards have a greater tendency to hold sexist attitudes than their clean-shaven counterparts.
Bollocks! This could also be linked with ethnicity, religious practices and which sample of bearded men were questioned.
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8. Dogs that tilt their heads to the side more often when spoken to are more empathetic.
As it is difficult to be empathetic as a human how does this work and how can it be measured?
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9. Undulating through water like an eel is a much more efficient method of swimming than splashing and kicking.
Which would be great if the human body was designed to undulate - I think I'll stick to splashing and kicking.
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10. Visibility in the UK decreases by 25% on Bonfire night.
This would be smoke related.
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God Bless
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