... A 2006 study called "Did the Brazilian Kill the Pubic Louse?", written by NR Armstrong and JD Wilson, of Leeds General Infirmary, wonders at the sudden rarity of pubic lice in the UK and elsewhere. Published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, the study suggests a possible cause ... Dutch naturalist Kees Moeliker ... started a campaign to collect and preserve some specimens for the Rotterdam Natural History Museum, of which he is a curator. "When the bamboo forests that the giant panda lives in were cut down, the bear became threatened with extinction," ... Moeliker ... will take part in the Ig Nobel Tour for National Science and Engineering Week (March 6-16). If you have a specimen of Phthiris pubis you'd like to donate to science, or know someone who has, please bring them to one of the events. -- Marc Abrahams, in The Guardian, Tuesday March 4, 2008


Girls, though you are tough or tender,
Whether borrower or lender,
Rank offender, bland defender,
Starter, middler, or ender,
Chose a big or little spender,
Drink it straight or from a blender,
Clean and sober, on a bender,
Free or trussed in a suspender,
In firm control or fond surrender,
Are fat, or medium, or slender,
Smooth the groove of your pudenda.
Burma Shave.