Comments on: And Now, For Something Completely Different

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:27:35 +0000

It’s a failure in the education system that they don’t explain that you should get a business degree before you try for a medical degree.

I would think that a lap-sized dog would be as effective as a cat, and perhaps more so, being more human oriented than cats.

By: andante

andante — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:29:26 +0000

Trouble is so dumb he has already forwarded the bill on to the insurer, who has taken a cut and forwarded it on to another company for yet another cut in the profits. Plus he’s been told he has to spread his attentions to more humans in order to be more cost-efficient and productive.

And he’s too busy seeing various salespersons selling all sorts of snake oil to give us the appropriate attention.

Thank goodness the dogs are still around to deal with human health issues.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:59:34 +0000

My guess is that it deals with the known effect that a purring cat in your lap lowers your blood pressure. They have never published a study on the spiking of blood pressure when you stick your foot in your shoe and discover a hairball.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:17:27 +0000

What about owning cats by proxy? I have daily contact with Stella's girls, and I feel it does me a world of good. I even take some of the responsibilities of maintaining them from time to time. But they're not my cats. Does the effect still apply?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:25:37 +0000

so, lying on the couch with a purring cat crushing my chest is healthier than taking the dog for a three-mile run?