What a Waste - Now They Tell Us

For those who enjoy a cerveza, a cocktail or a glass of wine either prior to dinner or during - we have all apparently been wasting our money! According to an article in: Current Directions in Psychological Science:
Just Thinking About Having a Drink Can Help You Relax

"Many people turn to the liquor cabinet during times of stress - like, say, when the stock market is gyrating in triple-digit moves. But did you know that just thinking about having a drink can help you relax?

In a recent article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, scientists at Victoria University of Wellington, Harvard Medical School and Plymouth University explain that there is a "phenomenon of suggestion," whereby the mere suggestion of something - a lucky rabbit's foot, a glass of wine or a pill - can have an effect on the outcome of a situation. It's similar to the "placebo effect," whereby patients take a dummy pill but think it's the real thing and actually start to feel the desired effect of the real drug............

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/just-thinking-having-drink-help-205658718.html;_ylt=AnG.JG3g6vwE6dYC3r46w26iuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTQ4Z2RvbjVqBG1pdANDTkJDIFRvcCBTdG9yaWVzBHBrZwM0MGI3YzgyZS0xOTFlLTNiMjctOTRlMy00MWVjZmJkYjNhZGIEcG9zAzIEc2VjA01lZGlhQkxpc3RNaXhlZExQQ0FUZW1wBHZlcgNkMTQ5NTdhYi1iY2I2LTExZTEtYjc3Yy1lYjI5YzgyZDhmNzE-;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3

Does thinking about sex have the same effect?

espíritu del lago wrote:Does thinking about sex have the same effect?

No, you know what that does. It gives you a rise in your levis. LOL

I'm thinking bout a Juicey T-Bone Steak, Sour Cream Tater, Cobb of Fresh Buttered Corn, and maybe a few Asparagus...
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Nope .... that doesn't work!!

Will it work when I am in a traffic jam or putting up w/ other peoples crap on this forum.

If someone was to invent a fist that comes out of the computer screen and b' ch slap the a' holes the world would be a better place and less work for cbob..