| Thursday November 13, 2008 |
| Entertainment | Dead Parrot sketch ancestor found 06:02AM EST (BBC News) |
| | ... the old jokes back to life in front of a 21st Century audience. Some of the jokes are strikingly similar to modern ones, with subjects including farts, sex, ugly wives and a dimwit referred to as "a student dunce". "One or two of them are jokes I've seen in people's acts nowadays, ... | |
| Entertainment | Dead Parrot sketch ancestor found 05:05AM EST (BBC News) |
| | ... the old jokes back to life in front of a 21st Century audience. Some of the jokes are strikingly similar to modern ones, with subjects including farts, sex, ugly wives and a dimwit referred to as "a student dunce". "One or two of them are jokes I've seen in people's acts nowadays, ... | |
| Thursday October 23, 2008 |
| Health | 'Fart gas' link to blood pressure 09:58PM EST (BBC News) |
| | ... US researchers. Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odour of flatulence. But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure. The ... | |
| Health | 'Fart gas' link to blood pressure 09:53PM EST (BBC News) |
| | ... US researchers. Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odour of flatulence. But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure. The ... | |
