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To: JakeStraw who wrote (10552)	7/1/1999 1:09:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62549

Smelly Grannies Convey That Happy Mood Thursday July 1 12:17 PM ET dailynews.yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) - ''L'eau de grandmere'' could explain that reassuring, warm feeling that elderly women and grandmothers always seem to convey. It's not the latest French perfume or a new air freshener but the name coined by American researchers for the smells they collected from the armpits of elderly women to show that body odors can have an impact on mood. Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Pennsylvania and Rutgers University in New Jersey believe hormonal changes in older people, particularly women, can trigger a happy, approachable mood that can be conveyed through body smells. ''The airborne chemicals that we collected from them -- l'eau de grandmere -- may indicate that state,'' Jeannette Haviland of Rutgers University told New Scientist magazine. Animals routinely use scent to convey information. Haviland and her colleagues reasoned that body odors could influence people's mood. To test their theory, they collected underarm odors on gauze pads from 30 volunteers ranging from toddlers to 70-somethings and asked more than 300 students to assess their mood before and after sniffing the samples. The students were not told what the scents were. ''Old women had an uplifting effect,'' said Denise Chen of the Monell Chemical Senses Center, adding that smells from young men had the opposite effect. Smells from older people and females in general produced a more positive mood. Baby odors did not improve moods and scents from young boys were associated with aggression. =============== Im almost accidentally posted this on the welcome thread instead of here!

To: JakeStraw who wrote (10552)	7/3/1999 11:40:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

A woman desperately looking for work goes into a factory. The Personnel Manager goes over her resume and explains to her that he regrets he has nothing worthy of her. The woman answers that she really needs work and will take almost anything. The Personnel Manager hums and haws and finally says he does have a low skill job on the “Tickle Me Elmo” line and nothing else. The woman happily accepts. He takes her down to the line and explains her duties and that she should be in for work at 8:00 AM the next day. The next day at 8:45 there's a knock at the Personnel Manager's door. The “Tickle Me Elmo” line manager comes in and starts ranting about the woman just hired. After screaming for 15 minutes about how badly backed up the assembly line is the Personnel Manager suggested he show him the problem. Together they head down to the line and sure enough Elmos are backed up from here to kingdom come. Right at the end of the line is the woman just hired—she has pulled over a roll of the material used for the Elmos and has a big bag of marbles. They both watch as she cuts a little piece of fabric and takes 2 marbles and starts sewing them between Elmo's legs. The Personnel Manager falls to the floor laughing and finally after 20 minutes of rolling around he pulls himself together and walks over to the new employee and says: “I'm sorry. I guess you misunderstood me yesterday. What I wanted you to do was give Elmo two test tickles.”