From a sampling of past beliefs about human reproduction:
Did he think it had to be horse dung or would any mammal dung work?1500: Paracelsus, 16th century Swiss chemist, believed that if you cooked semen and horse dung for 40 days, you could make a small man, albeit one without a soul.
This might explain how we get so many soulless politicians that are full of horseshit!
P.S. I am just now able to post again. During the time I was blocked there was a pop up coupon for Wordpress showing up in the upper right hand corner of the screen which is now gone.
Posted by: A Bear | Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 01:56 PM
A pop up coupon for wordpress? How strange, seeing as how this is Typepad and I've refused all requests to advertise on this site. I wonder what was causing it?
Anyone?
Glad it's working for you again, A.
Posted by: Dr X | Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 02:01 PM
Perhaps the parents were hoping for a centaur?
Posted by: John Ruberry | Monday, January 28, 2013 at 07:42 PM
re; the cause of my posting problems. I disabled Java between trying to post successfully.May have been the problem.
Posted by: A Bear | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 06:45 PM