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OK, got your attention.  Now, we all know that there was a time when German engineering was superior, and it may still be true. But now there's evidence that German medical research has reached the higher orders of the universe.

Stare at Boobs for Longer Life


Frankfurt, Germany, December 6 -- A rather bizarre study carried out by German researchers suggests that staring at women's breasts is good for men's health and increases their life expectancy.
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She added, "Just 10 minutes of staring at the charms of a well-endowed female, is roughly equivalent to a 30-minute aerobics work-out."

We at the editorial board of this comment take note that yes, that's the word "she" above; the intensive research program (of which we're a lifelong member) was run by a woman doctor, likely with breasts.

We also note that the study was conducted in Frankfurt, with a higher percentage of financial professionals likely skewing the results.

In Wales and other ET'ers are possibly aware that some of the pioneering research in this crucial area has been conducted on Parisian subways, or on pub crawls, with surprising results.  Now confirmed.

The ET editorial cabal should of course take note that no jpegs of the subject matter were linked to in the creation of this comment.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 03:51:27 AM EST
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Sorry, but I can't eliminate the picture from the following link, but it is a very similar article on "Dr. Franz Epping" (presumably without breasts) from the "Weekly World News" of March 21, 2000. I suspect a hoax...
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 04:01:27 AM EST
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You mean like "Man with X-Ray Eyes Sentenced to Public Whipping" or "Brits Prefer Smoking to Sex"?

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 04:20:15 AM EST
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Crazy Horse:
staring at women's breasts is good for men's health and increases their life expectancy
Elsewhere in this Salon,

afew:

Big hips 'impair' women's memory, a study finds

Cat:

Seeing a celebrity endorse a pair of shoes alters a woman's brain activity
Is this what passes for "science" these days?

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 04:51:19 AM EST
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Yep.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 04:52:56 AM EST
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heh, it's what passes for successful research grant material. think about it, you want gvt funding, what's not to love about research about tits, taxes, consumer confidence (haha), market fashionista trends, and merch-flogging celebs?

now that's deeply important, wouldn't you say? how can you steer economies without such data?

get serious, please. the wheel needs constant turning or we all... gurgle gurgle aaargh!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 05:54:59 AM EST
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melo:
successful research grant material
Touche...

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 05:57:50 AM EST
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The side effects weren't well studied. After all, it's been medically proven that Spain lost to Switzerland because Casillas was distracted by properly evolved mammarial nodes.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 06:18:12 AM EST
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Mojoceratops.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 11:02:54 AM EST
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At least they aren't investigating sub-atomic particles to build a better bomb.

Or cybernetic data processing to build killer robots.

Or using animal psychology to train dolphins to carry weapons to attack ships.

Or using microbiology to develop super bugs.

etc, etc, etc.

Applied Scientists and Research Engineers have a lot to answer for.

by ATinNM on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 11:45:44 AM EST
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I suppose this explains why I stay reasonably thin without much exercise.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Thu Jul 15th, 2010 at 05:38:19 AM EST
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