rubbing it for luck

[revwardoc]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3975607.stm

'Lewd rubbing' shuts Paris statue Officials were concerned about damage to the effigy's groin area Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris has fenced off a famous tomb to prevent lewd acts being performed on a statue. The effigy of 19th Century journalist known as Victor Noir has long been popular with women visitors. This is partly due to his reputation as a romantic figure, and partly because of the effigy's design. Officials concerned about damage to the icon's groin area have erected a fence around the grave, and a sign prohibiting indecent rubbing. Noir - whose real name was Yvan Salman - was killed by Pierre Bonaparte, a great-nephew of the Emperor Napoleon, after bearing him a challenge to a duel. According to the story, he was due to get married the day after he was killed. The statue shows Noir in a frock coat and trousers lying flat on his back, with a distinct enlargement in the groin. The effigy has been held as an aid to love or fertility. It is said that a woman who kisses the lips of the prostrate statue and slips a flower into the upturned top hat will find a husband by the end of the year. The new sign warns: "Any damage caused by graffiti or indecent rubbing will be prosecuted."

[revwardoc]

http://www.news.com.au/common//story...^13762,00.html

US military wanted 'sex bomb'
By Milanda Rout
January 14, 2005


A "SEX bomb" that would make enemy soldiers irresistible to each other was considered by the US military.

Declassified documents reveal the Pentagon toyed with the idea of an aphrodisiac chemical weapon in 1994. The gas would have made enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. The weapon's developers said homosexual behaviour among troops would deal a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale. The plans, unearthed from a US air force laboratory in Ohio, were published in New Scientist magazine.

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I guess that would explain all that secret testing in San Francisco, Fire Island, NY, and Provincetown, MA.

[b3196]

Doc
So technically speaking you could shoot 2 enemy soldiers with one bullet.....
Hellva an idea!!!

One other thing....I've had mine rubbed for good luck and it just got me in trouble
Bob K

[Boats]

I guess the old addage - Love Thy Enemy - would be true - literally! I don't think so.

[Robert Ryan]

I don't know whether to laugh about the post or to shake my head in despair.

[revwardoc]

I was just thinking; instead of calling it the "sex bomb", they should've called it "Greek Gas!"

You know what they say in the Greek Army: "Never leave your buddy's behind!"