@gussie - many women have irregular cycles and some pregnant women may even have spottings. The weight issue seems to be one common factor: the extra adipose layer prevents them from feeling the kicks of the baby, and from showing pregancy.
@Tom63: "why people didn't simply turn the engine off" - actually, recently someone whose car accelerated out of control on the I-8 tried to do just that, but couldn't. He also couldn't shift out of drive to neutral, and the car continued to accelerate even after hitting the brakes.
Before I moved to our current home, we never drink bottled water and thought that it was an extravagant waste. Not anymore: my city's tap water tastes so bad and is so hard that we drink bottled water every day.
@Johnny Cat - I c wat u did there ;)
Because things get told/retold over and over again, I can see that someone would believe that the giraffe attack was real.
More about him at Wikipedia.
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