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 And I Apologize in Advance
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Jan. 3rd, 2009 @ 12:45 am 
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So I turn on the History Channel expecting to see a thing about the Seven Deadly Sins (and I'd reeeeeally like to know who decided the History Channel needed to become the Jesus, Monster Quest and UFO Hunters Channel, by the by), and find that they're talking about, er. It, er. Look, there's no way to tiptoe around it.
They were discussing the transplanting of monkey testicles into men as a cure for the sin of sloth. No, I'm not shitting you. Apparently this was a thing that was done in the 1920s and 30s, and then quickly fell out of favor when it became apparent that it was total bullcrap. There was a famous tell-all book written, called The Monkey Gland Affair, which is a truly unfortunate title for a book.
But yeah, I don't know what to do with this information, so I'm sharing it.
The More you Know
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So the History Channel finally gave up on All Hitler, All The Time? Pity, they probably made enough money off the man to fund the Marshall Plan all by themselves.
As for this information, this is horrifying in a new and truly exotic way. Thank you for sharing this important part of the human condition ^^b
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| From: | ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nwashy |
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January 3rd, 2009 12:46 pm (UTC) |
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Yeah, the History Channel has gotten a bit strange lately. The UFO stuff I could do without. I got burned out on that a long time ago... when someone finally gets hard evidence one way or the other, then I'll care.
But yeah, they got much less Hitler now and they were doing good for a while. Now, it's seems like they're getting a little out of the subject matter of "History" at times.
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January 3rd, 2009 06:15 pm (UTC) |
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Sounds like CourtTV all over again.
Yeah, when they started showing Ice Road Truckers and that stupid thing about the loggers, I started wondering who exactly was running the place.
I guess that's not too surprising. That's only a generation or two ahead of the folks who thought that shocking the shit out of yourself and putting spikes around your penis to prevent nocturnal ejaculation would lead to vitality.
Also, the UFO/bigfoot/ghost crap has no business being on the history channel, unless you're doing some sort of analysis of the development of local folklore.
The Monkey Gland Affair is now my new favorite band name.
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