And a couple I took directly from Pat's Papers...

[conuly]

On on mob nicknames:

http://www.patspapers.com/story_stack/item/how_one_gets_a_name_like_papa_smurf/

On on using fecal transplants in medicine, which is the grossest development in medicine since the use of maggots to clean wounds:

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-fecal-transplant-20130117,0,815232.story

Comments

[siderea]

On on using fecal transplants in medicine, which is the grossest development in medicine since the use of maggots to clean wounds

Not true! Between the two was that hookworm therapy for autoimmune disorders. The one where they harvest the hookworms by waiting for them to conveniently crawl out of the stool of a previously hookworm-infected person. They're administered to the patient orally. I'm pretty sure fecal transplant is only the grossest development in medicine since then. HTH! :D

[conuly]

Ew. You win, hands down. Ew!