Rattle wrote:
] ] The startling figures emerge from studies into toxoplasma
] ] gondii, a parasite carried by almost all the country's
] ] feline population. They show that half of Britain's
] ] human population carry the parasite in their brains, and
] ] that infected people may undergo slow but crucial changes
] ] in their behaviour.
] ]
] ] Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more
] ] aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive.
] ] Women, on the other hand, appear to exhibit the "sex
] ] kitten" effect, becoming less trustworthy, more
] ] desirable, fun- loving and possibly more promiscuous.
]
] Once it was thought that given time science would disprove
] many common beliefs. The truth is, it usually winds up
] reaffirming them.
]
] I find this particularly amusing. I'm highly allergic to
] cats. My eyes get all red and bloodshot, my sinuses go nuts,
] and I get asthma like breathing troubles. The more contact I
] have with the cat, the less my symptoms. Usually the first
] few encounters are the worst. It takes anywhere between a 1-3
] months for me to have no symptoms, depending on exposure to
] any particular cat. Its always "game over" if I touch the cat
] and my face. Everyone has cats. I'm become used to managing
] cat infection in a very scientific manor.

"please don't play with your pussy before you come to school"

RE: Times Online - Health - Dangerrrr: cats could alter your personality