I always thought the reason it worked was that it was a way to get women to drink more fluids. The easiest way to prevent UTIs is to drink enough water so that one urinates every couple of hours.
Look up Kysa Braswell if you want to read about the queen (well, in reality the king) of Internet hoaxes. Then there was that monk in San Francisco who only lived on the Usenet cats groups.
Rattlesnake tastes sort of like frog legs without the fishy overtones. Comparing it to everyday fare, more like chicken than pork. The ones I ate were wild caught, marinated and grilled. Yes, I would eat it again.
Domesticated rabbit, by the way, is pretty tasteless. The Jalapeno would be a necessity.
If done well, scapegoating and confiscation can supply a dictator with funds for an entire life (Isabella). If done wrong, the ruler will fail when the persecuted are gone (Pol Pot).
There are those of us who think of Spain's Golden Age as ending with Isabella, not starting with her.
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/22/Produce-So-Good-That-Resistance-is-Futile/
While we are at it, Alex, how about a Neatorama Trivia Contest?
Domesticated rabbit, by the way, is pretty tasteless. The Jalapeno would be a necessity.
There are those of us who think of Spain's Golden Age as ending with Isabella, not starting with her.
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