kiara
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posted on August 3, 2005 08:42:28 AM new
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
By John Zawadzinski
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Have you ever wondered why your teeth chatter when you're cold, or if you could really catch a disease from sitting on a toilet seat?
New York physician Billy Goldberg, pestered by unusual questions at cocktail parties and other social gatherings over the years, puts the public's mind at ease in his book "Why Do Men Have Nipples?" which hits the book stores on Tuesday.
"It's really remarkable how often you get accosted," said Goldberg, 39. "There are the medical questions from family and friends, and then there are the drunk and outrageous questions where somebody wants to drop their pants and show you a rash or something."
The book, subtitled, "Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini," (Three Rivers Press), is co-authored by humorist Mark Leyner.
"People tend to know so little about their bodies as compared to their cars or their laptops," said Leyner, 49, of Hoboken, New Jersey. "When I worked in a pharmacy in Washington, D.C., people would ask me medical questions all the time. I was just a 22-year-old cashier at Rite Aid."
Chattering teeth is one way the body tries to generate heat.
When the body gets too cold, the area of the brain called the hypothalamus alerts the rest of the body to begin warming up. Shivering, the rapid muscle movement that generates heat, then begins. Teeth chattering represents localized shivering.
And why do men have nipples?
While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in.
Men, however, have already developed nipples.
NIPPLES
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antelope67
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posted on August 3, 2005 10:02:53 AM new
That makes sense. However, assuming the biblical account of creation is true, and the human population started with one man (Adam) and woman was an after thought so that man would not be alone, then why do babies automatically start out as female rather than male?
Not Antelope67 on eBay
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Bear1949
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posted on August 3, 2005 10:23:02 AM new
More likely it gives Canadian women something other than their navels to ponder.
"Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper." --Robert E. Lee
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kiara
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posted on August 3, 2005 12:51:38 PM new
Bear, maybe you should be asking Kraft if she does that.
antelope67, perhaps Adam didn't have nipples but Eve was created with nipples so when they mated the embryo was with the female template because it was the superior one?
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Linda_K
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posted on August 3, 2005 12:54:49 PM new
You DISPROVE that notion with almost every post you make.
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
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dblfugger9
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posted on August 3, 2005 01:40:06 PM new
LOL Linda! If its not about nipples, azzes, or other body parts, its about her newest adolescent obsession with urination now!
I wonder if dr. fraud see's a doctor for all these psycho-sexual deviations that dribble out her mouth on public message boards?
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Linda_K
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posted on August 3, 2005 01:49:34 PM new
Or pole dancing....LOL
But we do get a peek into how her mind and thought process functions anyway. 
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kiara
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posted on August 3, 2005 02:14:54 PM new
It was a news article this morning about a new book being published and I'm sorry that the thought of a body part upset your minds so much that you had to rage over it also.
We all have nipples and it shouldn't bother you to this degree that the word is used here.
Pole dancing is excellent exercise and there is nothing wrong with that either. If you tried it you may find that it would make you more relaxed and calm and you may find yourself more in control so you wouldn't feel so inferior and insecure when others choose to post topics or opinions here.
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Bear1949
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posted on August 3, 2005 02:22:08 PM new
Pole dancing is excellent exercise and there is nothing wrong with that either. If you tried it you may find that it would make you more relaxed and calm and you may find yourself more in control so you wouldn't feel so inferior and insecure when others choose to post topics or opinions here.
And the fact you took home all that cash that was stuffed in your G string didn't hurt either?
"Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper." --Robert E. Lee
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Linda_K
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posted on August 3, 2005 02:29:50 PM new
more delusional statements from kiara. 
"Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy. This is their essence." --Ann Coulter
And why the American Voters chose to RE-elect President Bush to four more years. YES!!!
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kiara
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posted on August 3, 2005 02:30:22 PM new
Bear, how your mind wanders..... lol
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 03:16:19 PM new
Just one question, Kiara...how do I get up the pole to start the dance? You aren't going to tell me that I have to pull myself up by my arms are you? Are you really that agile? Holy Smokes! I have trouble climbing a flight of stairs let alone a pole..
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twig125silver
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posted on August 3, 2005 03:36:39 PM new
They have nipples so their sisters can give them purple nurples!
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fenix03
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posted on August 3, 2005 04:25:38 PM new
Maggie - very little of pole dancing is done while "on" the pole but the most common method used is just told the pole and then "leap" wrap one leg around the pole and hold the other straight ouy. What's wrong with you girl, haven't you ever been to a strip club?
(Someday I should tell you about my interesting array of former roomates)
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No, I'm saying -- I'm merely -- I'm saying what I'm saying. I don't know why I'm always having people say, are you trying to say -- you know what you can do if you want to know what I'm saying is listen to what I'm saying. What I'm saying is what I said ...
- Ann Coulter
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 06:35:16 PM new
LOL Fenix..I must admit I have never been to a strip club or seen male strippers either...I haven't even seen a sex movie in my life..now I feel like a real nerd..
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Piinthesky
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posted on August 3, 2005 06:54:15 PM new
Well, if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, has a pair of nipples and thinks it's a nerd, then it must be............maggiemuggins.
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fenix03
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:12:26 PM new
How can you be so wicked and yet so sheltered Miss Mags?
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No, I'm saying -- I'm merely -- I'm saying what I'm saying. I don't know why I'm always having people say, are you trying to say -- you know what you can do if you want to know what I'm saying is listen to what I'm saying. What I'm saying is what I said ...
- Ann Coulter
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Bear1949
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:20:07 PM new
Here you go Maggie
"Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper." --Robert E. Lee
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:24:06 PM new
All redheads are just born mean, Fenix..
Hey, Piinyourface...don't come in here talking about my nipples...
Thanks Bear... don't think I'd be able to hoist the old body onto any pole larger than 6 inches..
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fenix03
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:32:45 PM new
I didn't say mean Mags, I said wicked
Cute Bear!
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No, I'm saying -- I'm merely -- I'm saying what I'm saying. I don't know why I'm always having people say, are you trying to say -- you know what you can do if you want to know what I'm saying is listen to what I'm saying. What I'm saying is what I said ...
- Ann Coulter
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:35:41 PM new
define wicked...like in witch? hee hee
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kiara
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:36:37 PM new
Awwwwwww...... Bear. That's adorable.
Just one question, Kiara...how do I get up the pole to start the dance?
Maggie....... there are lots of positions and you can see some here, right from easy to more advanced. Fenix is right, you're more wicked and not at all mean and I bet you have it in you to be a wicked pole dancer once you get going!
http://www.sfactor.com/gallery.asp
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Piinthesky
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:40:38 PM new
It was just a joke, sheeese.
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:44:11 PM new
Piface, I knew it was a joke.. that was my way of laughing.. Now that we know each other better you can talk about my nipples all you like..
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:51:05 PM new
Oh..yeah ..right.. Kiara lol@ the pole dancing...may I remind you that we do not have socialized medical down here..
and the day I can hang upside down on a 6 inch pole by one leg will be the day you and LindaK decide you were meant for each other and she moves to Canada where you can be married legally...LOL..LOL..LOL...
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Piinthesky
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posted on August 3, 2005 07:55:36 PM new
Oh ok and since you're so mean and wicked then maybe you should change you name to maggiethuggins.
So why do men have nipples?
Heck I don't know, I'm still trying to figure out exactly what a leather boostyay is and do they really cost $1500?
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 08:06:48 PM new
Nice Name.. do you think of yourself as an intellectual? Do you like numbers? Do you live Near the Sea?
There once was a number named ð
It traveled all over the sky
It was transcendental,
So no continental,
Since air miles just did not apply
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Piinthesky
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posted on August 3, 2005 08:12:17 PM new
I just thought it would be a cool user id and yes I do like numbers. I like searching for paterns in numbers. Isn't ther someone here called 'near the sea', I don't think I live near her/him.
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maggiemuggins
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posted on August 3, 2005 08:16:19 PM new
Awww.. you're alright, Pinkeye! Welcome aboard..hope you don't get sea sick easily, the ride can get bumpy at times...
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kraftdinner
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posted on August 3, 2005 08:17:51 PM new
What's up with you, Double? Aren't you into body parts or is the names that bug you? I think Kiara should have been more sympathetic to the meek and religious and called them chest dots.
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