] Semen makes you happy. That's the remarkable conclusion
] of a study comparing women whose partners wear condoms
] with those whose partners don't.
]
] The study, which is bound to provoke controversy, showed
] that the women who were directly exposed to semen were
] less depressed. The researchers think this is because
] mood-altering hormones in semen are absorbed through the
] vagina. They say they have ruled out other explanations.
]
] "I want to make it clear that we are not advocating that
] people abstain from using condoms," says Gordon Gallup,
] the psychologist at the State University of New York who
] led the team. "Clearly an unwanted pregnancy or a
] sexually transmitted disease would more than offset any
] advantageous psychological effects of semen."

This could explain a lot.

Semen acts as an anti-depressant

] When the Gulf Stream abruptly turned off about 12,700
] years ago, it brought about a 1,300-year cold period,
] known as the Younger Dryas. This froze Britain in
] continuous permafrost, drove summer temperatures down to
] 10C and winter ones to -20C, and brought icebergs as far
] south as Portugal. Europe could not sustain anything like
] its present population. Droughts struck across the globe,
] including in Asia, Africa and the American west, as the
] disruption of the Gulf Stream affected currents
] worldwide.
]
]
] Some scientists say that this is the "worst-case
] scenario" and that the cooling may be less dramatic, with
] the world's climate "flickering" between colder and
] warmer states for several decades. But they add that, in
] practice, this would be almost as catastrophic for
] agriculture and civilisation.

awesome. remind me to buy a few more bottles of scotch before scotland freezes solid... so i can have a nice drink when the entire global ecosystem freaks out. bottoms up!

Britain is likely to be plunged into an ice age