What Makes You Blush?

We often make fun of someone who blushes easily. I never realize the excess tendency of this is a medical problem till recently.

What makes a person blush? For some people, apparently nothing specific, just the mere thought of someone, something, even their own fantasy can make them blush. Can you imagine that if you are one of these people, and you are unconsciously reliving a dream of say, being intimate with your lover, and your face suddenly turns a tomato red, in a crowded restaurant or somewhere quite public, and surrounded by your own friends or strangers, all watching you and wondering what you are up to? This phenomenon can repeat itself many times in a day, without the sufferer consciously aware of it, thus provokes obsessive fear for them to take part in any gathering or even something otherwise enjoyable like eating with a group.

I learned that there are many more people with such pathological tendency than I suspected. Nor did I know the extend of their suffering. This disorder makes them feel like an ambulant X-Ray, with their innermost private thoughts on public display every minute of the day. Not just the blushing, but often accompanied by disturbing symptoms of sudden and extreme heat, profuse sweating, racing heartbeats and, the worst part, the social phobia they develop, isolating themselves from others and any public events, where they need to face people, talk to them or answer questions.

In Catalunya alone, 600 operations have been carried out last year, to correct this pathological disorder, and 80 % of these patients were cured completely, another 12% greatly improved, being able to lead a normal life again. Evidently, the surgery is a very simple one, and the only valid way of correcting and curing the symptoms, according to Joan Moya, chief surgeon of the Hospital Bellvitge of Hospitalet, speaking in the 1st symposium regarding all aspects of this treatment, taken place recently in Barcelona. The procedure consists of making a very small incision in the armpit and extract the 2nd ganglion, involving less than one day's
hospitalisation.

What about those who pretend they are whiter than white, and wish to show their innocence by blushing on opportune and calculated occasions? Can the advanced medical technology also help them?

Tags:Blushing,Disorder,Surgery

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Wisdom - Kid Wit

TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.

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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.

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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.

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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!

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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'

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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.

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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

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TEACHER: Clyde, your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.

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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher.

Tags:Teacher,Class

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Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth

I know for sure that I am not the only one who gets phone calls at all hours of the day and often night, from strangers wanting to sell me something, mostly services of Internet, air-conditioning, central heating, a nearly new car, rent a book weekly delivery ... you name it. What I don't know is how other people deal with these very bothersome & unwanted interruptions without being beastly rude and yell at them to go to hell instead. It's definitely an intrusion to my peace and quiet which I expect to enjoy in my own home. So I asked around, anybody I know and happen to talk to. Here are a few anti-telesale tactics and advice offered: Whatever question put to you by the salesman/lady, you answered with "why?" To their question of whether you want a connection to the Internet, how do you connect presently, how much you have been paying ... so apart from the initial hello when you pick up the phone, you say nothing else any more but "Why?". Babbling - instead of saying 'Why', you say anything that comes to your mind, without any connection at all to any of their questions. Say you just had dinner, that she sounds cute, that your dog just mess up the carpet, that you need to change into your pyjamas ... Ask questions yourself. Where do they phone from? What is she wearing? Does he like the TV program 'Law & Order'? Has she been to India? Hand the phone immediately to your toddler if you have one, and let the little child say and answer anything he/she likes. They will hang up soon enough fed up with your idiotic response. If you are lucky, they might even make a note not to call you again! Except in one particular case, when a man uses the babbling method, it backfired and almost cost him his marriage. He answered by saying things like the colour of his carpet, the name of the cat, the painting on his bedroom wall ... because he could see these things while he was answering the call. One of these Telesales people got quite pissed off and counter-attacked, causing huge havoc with his wife. The saleslady began to call his home every night. Whenever his wife answered, she would pretend to be his mistress and backed up the fake identity with detailed description of his home mentioning the bedroom furniture and carpet. This naturally caused a storm and took weeks of God knows what to convince the wife of his innocence. So, like too many cooks spoil the broth, after all the advice and learning all the tactics, I am none the wiser and the phone continues ringing ... Tags:Telemarketing,Tactics

Current Mood: Annoyed