the brain is the most overrated organ in the human body

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so says woody allen in "Manhattan".

a strange thing for such a seemingly cerebral man to say. but i think he means that he is it surprises him how little control it exerts over itself, his body and his destiny.

maybe?

― arthur woodlouse (arthur woodlouse), Monday, 19 May 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn right you'd be amazed at the level to which the endocrine system affects how you feel

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 19 May 2003 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

cerebral?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 19 May 2003 11:03 (twenty-two years ago)

is my spelling awry?
where's the damn spell check on this computer? or do you mean woody allen not cerebral? either he namechecks a lot of authors he has never read it his work or the man is reasonably well educated in my opinion.

Anyway, it is a bit of materialistic viewpoint but imagine how different we would all be without hormones to drive us round the place.

how much does getting the snip effect you for instance? i dont know anyone with a vasectomy but do they sleep a lot like cats?

― arthur woodlouse (arthur woodlouse), Monday, 19 May 2003 12:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I think cats just sleep a lot because they're extremely lazy.

― mei (mei), Monday, 19 May 2003 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Cats which haven't been vasectomised or castrated sleep a lot, too.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 19 May 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a vasectomy. It doesn't affect your hormones.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 19 May 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

*pushes sausage roll away*

― Sam (chirombo), Monday, 19 May 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

That's true, I should have remembered that. I read somewhere about a project to reduce the number of stray and/or unwanted cats by capturing the alpha male stray in an area, giving him a vasectomy and releasing him again. He'd be sterile just as if he'd been castrated, but because he'd still have his testicles he'd still be behaving just as before; if he was castrated another cat would take over and the feline pregnancy rate would stay just the same.

― caitlin (caitlin), Monday, 19 May 2003 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

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