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rattbastard has ordered me (well, not me specifically, just anyone on his friends list) to post to alleviate his boredom.

Too bad I don't have anything to say.

Erm, I've finished my ironing and I'm finishing off some strawberry Haagen-Dazs I found in the freezer :)

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=534517

'Not for them the finer points of curling tongs; Shiel's team has definitively discovered the cause of dandruff.

"It's a fungus," he explains. "It grows on everybody's head, and feeds on the natural oils that you secrete. In some people, the waste products from the fungus, called oleic acid, irritate the scalp. Normally all the skin on your body is replaced over a 28-day cycle; the fungus irritation shortens that to seven days. That means that the dying skin can't dry out enough, so it doesn't break into the invisible pieces it normally would. Instead, you get big, visible flakes." '

No shit Sherlock--doctors have known this for years! I had a dermatologist prescribe Nizoral (fungicidal shampoo) for dandruff for me over 10 years ago!

*shakes head*