I must confess that I had a typo in the title when I first wrote it... it said "Abstinence Makes the Heat Grow Stronger?" and I thought, yes, it does, but that's not what I wanted to say here.
I don't doubt that it's real. I recall a post about a guy who found a hamburger in the pocket of a jacket he hadn't worn in a year or two, and it looked the same as it did new. There was also a post on an experiment where different food items were put into jars to see the changes over time, and the french fries never changed, while various other foods rotted.
I can't find those posts, however, so they may have been somewhere other than Neatorama.
A commenter at Metafilter nailed it by saying that the reason we segregate bathrooms is not because of predators, but because of urinals. Men don't want random women seeing their junk. Get rid of urinals, install more stalls, and you really don't have to segregate bathrooms.
Of course, one-holers need no segregation. I remember a conversation between my old boss and a colleague:
Guy one: Back when I worked at yadayada, we yadayada in the mail room...
Guy two: You had a male room? We just have one, but it works for both male and female.
Edward, how is it internally inconsistent? Just because a couple of our states have a high per capita beer consumption does not make the USA as a whole that high. Or were you referring to something else?
Sleep with a rock star Live in a country where you don't know the language Write a book Join the Peace Corps Raise someone else's child Donate blood and bone marrow Ride an elephant Spend a little time in jail Volunteer at a soup kitchen Buy a house Drive cross country on the backroads Speak to a crowd onstage
Doc: Let's see.... do you smoke? Drink? Gamble? Run with loose women?
Man: No, no, no, and no.
Doc: You might live be 100, but why would you want to?
I can't find those posts, however, so they may have been somewhere other than Neatorama.
Of course, one-holers need no segregation. I remember a conversation between my old boss and a colleague:
Guy one: Back when I worked at yadayada, we yadayada in the mail room...
Guy two: You had a male room? We just have one, but it works for both male and female.
Live in a country where you don't know the language
Write a book
Join the Peace Corps
Raise someone else's child
Donate blood and bone marrow
Ride an elephant
Spend a little time in jail
Volunteer at a soup kitchen
Buy a house
Drive cross country on the backroads
Speak to a crowd onstage