Why???

@BarBaraPrz (51811)
St. Catharines, Ontario
February 13, 2012 8:38am CST
Here is another case of some people having too much time on their hands... http://news.yahoo.com/rapunzel-number-helps-scientists-quantify-ponytails-125219566.html Heaven forfend scientists should spend their time on something useful, like curing cancer, say.
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egdcltd
@egdcltd (12059)
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13 Feb 12
Ever hear about frogs and boiling water? Someone definitely had too much free time to find that out.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Feb 12
Slowly boiling away?
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egdcltd
@egdcltd (12059)
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13 Feb 12
Apparently, if you add a frog to boiling water, it will jump out immediately. But if you put it in water and then slowly bring it to the boil, it will quite happily stay in the water and be boiled alive. How on earth did someone discover that?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Feb 12
Umm... how? How do you think?
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Charlene Sally C.
@PointlessQuestions (15397)
• United States
13 Feb 12
Huh? that's about all I can say to that. They must have gotten a grant to spend so much time figuring out something so stupid.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Feb 12
Really.
GreenMoo
@GreenMoo (11833)
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13 Feb 12
Where do they get the funds from to play about like this?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Feb 12
If you find out, let me know. I'm sure there's something I can find an answer for...
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Barbara Radisavlejvic
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Feb 12
Wouldn't surprise me if they had a government grant to fund them. Government grants have been given for stupider things. Or, perhaps, a private company making hair products funding them. I think part of the problem is that these government grants are available and universities want their share of the grant money and they have to keep their professors busy publishing.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Feb 12
Hey, bagarad... where you been? Do you think I could get a grant to find out why the ocean is so close to the shore?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Feb 12
24 and a half on Mars...
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Barbara Radisavlejvic
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
19 Feb 12
You could always try I've actually been busy on other sites, and I've had the flu for over a week, but I think I'm almost over it. I found a new social network -- a Facebook Wannabe that is like a cooperative. It gives each new member a piece of it that will turn into a share when they go public. If you're interested, PM me. It costs nothing to join. I've also joined a few more writing sites and been making lots of Zazzle products. I'm also trying to list more books on my business web site. Guess what? There are only 24 hours a day.
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