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That's terrible adviceOriginally posted by OwlHoot View PostWarm the knife before spreading as cold steel can have a shrinking effect.
Everyone knows chocolate is bad for you
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It is?Originally posted by Zippy View PostThat's terrible advice
Everyone knows chocolate is bad for you 

(I have enough ethical trouble with cacao being a cash crop that displaces food production in some of the poorest parts of the world and leaves the farmers exposed to global price fluctuations resulting in exploitation and starvation, without being told it's bad for me too.)Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
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The Indian Moghuls used to rub cocaine on the family jewels. Apparently it has a certain anaesthetic effect (although I can't comment from personal experience it must be worth a go?)
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a friend of mine once thought that red tiger balm would spice up his love life (no pun intended)....Originally posted by Zippy View PostThe Indian Moghuls used to rub cocaine on the family jewels. Apparently it has a certain anaesthetic effect (although I can't comment from personal experience it must be worth a go?)
Ethically - would this be bad?
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We've all made that mistakeOriginally posted by norrahe View Posta friend of mine once thought that red tiger balm would spice up his love life (no pun intended)....
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