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The words "fistulated" and "vivisection" appear a lot in this book. "Piffle" and "foofaraw" appear less frequently, but are no less appreciated.
— Apr 09, 2015 05:56AM
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Andrew
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"FATLOSE stands for 'Fecal Administration To LOSE weight,' an example of PLEASE--Pretty Lame Excuse for an Acronym, Scientists and Experimenters." Another accolade-worthy footnote from Mary Roach.
— Apr 20, 2015 01:41PM

Andrew
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"...he wrote [about animals eating poop] in a 1957 paper funded by, holy shit, the National Science Foundation." Love this woman.
— Apr 16, 2015 05:01AM

Andrew
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"Back in the 1980s when everyone looked a bit off..."
— Apr 15, 2015 05:07AM

Andrew
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I love her digressions. She comments that the person who checked out a paper on constipation before her did so on New Year's Eve, and it was interspersed with glitter.
— Apr 13, 2015 05:43AM

Andrew
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"Lee has the kind of face that children draw when they first begin to draw faces." I love this woman.
— Apr 08, 2015 05:45PM

Andrew
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"'We could undoubtedly survive on these rations a lot longer than we'd care to live.'"
— Apr 08, 2015 05:41AM