Rubes by Leigh Rubin for February 15, 2010

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    woodwork  almost 15 years ago

    side effects are minimal, including dry mouth, headaches, impotence, possible stroke, total paralysis

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    zev.farkas  almost 15 years ago

    furnituremaker - you forgot the one that always gets my attention… “death”

    but seriously, folks, anything that can actually do you some good can generally do you some harm, too…

    the important part is careful, honest, statistically valid double-blind testing to separate the real medicine (whatever its source or who discovered it or when…) from the quackery.

    too bad so many people never got a good course in BS detection… not all BS stinks so bad that the casual observer can recognize it as such…

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    eardroppings  almost 15 years ago

    Yeah, and the’ll all pay thru the nose ring

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    johnnydoc5  almost 15 years ago

    With that hairstyle, one would wonder if they are a clan of monks…

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    Smiley Rmom  almost 15 years ago

    furnituremaker - You reminded me of a Tim Hawkins sketch. The applicable part is the 2nd half of this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MdVx6UYpHg&feature=channel

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