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Anthony Perks, an endocrinologist and professor of gynecology at the University of British Columbia, reporting in the July issue of Discover magazine, set out his unique theory of the symbolic meaning of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument in England: The paired, capped stones (one smooth, one rough) represent the female’s smooth skin as against the male’s rough skin, and the smooth stones match the locations of the vulva’s labia minora and labia majora, with an altar stone in the position of the clitoris. “Stonehenge,” he said, “could represent the opening by which the earth mother gave birth to the plants and animals on which ancient people so depended.”
America’s most underrated highway safety problem appears to be senior drivers who mistakenly step on the accelerator instead of the brake:
–Henry Clax, 78, Jersey City, N.J. (hit three lampposts and then 13 people coming out of a Jehovah’s Witnesses assembly, April);
–Marcella Stahly, 63, Albuquerque (tore through the front wall of a fruit market, March);
–Ms. Nahid Nainzadeh, 64, New Fairfield, Conn. (plowed halfway into a bank, April);
–Leonard Borok, 81, Coral Springs, Fla. (crashed through the front window of a post office, May);
–Waunona Reed, 85, Crescent City, Ore. (struck 26 people leaving an Assembly of God church, January).
A suspected burglar in Albany, Ore., apparently escaped in June after failing in his quest to break into a warehouse, but he left behind his bolt cutters, some burned clothing and part of his scalp. Police said the man had attempted to cut through a 480-volt line and probably had “severe” burns.
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