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Swearing can help relieve pain, study claims
Telegraph ^ | 4/18/11 | Staff

Posted on 04/18/2011 3:39:10 PM PDT by Nachum

Scientists from Keele University found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a powerful painkilling effect, especially for people who do not normally use expletives. To test the theory, student volunteers placed their hands in a bucket of ice cold water while swearing repeatedly. They then repeated the exercise but, instead of swearing, used a harmless phrase instead. Researchers found that the students were able to keep their hands submerged in the icy water for longer when repeating the swear word - establishing a link between swearing and an increase in pain tolerance.

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KEYWORDS: pain; relieve; study; swearing
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Well, that would explain everyone swearing a lot on April 15th
1 posted on 04/18/2011 3:39:15 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

LOL that may be very true! especially when I see a democrat on tv!


2 posted on 04/18/2011 3:42:17 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date which will live in Infamy.)
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Swearing can help relieve pain, study claims

No shit.

3 posted on 04/18/2011 3:42:17 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Nachum

If this is true, I should not have a single pain in my body...”premedication”.


4 posted on 04/18/2011 3:43:55 PM PDT by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: Nachum

That has got to be the most idiotic thing ever. Using a certain word cannot relieve pain, maybe “ouch” lol.

“DONUT!!!!”


5 posted on 04/18/2011 3:44:08 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Nachum

Or whenever somebodies wrench slips working on a car.


6 posted on 04/18/2011 3:44:45 PM PDT by omega4179 (No Rats for GOP nomination!)
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To: GeronL

"KELLY CLARKSON!!!"

7 posted on 04/18/2011 3:45:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Nachum

$#$%@#%&%*%$$#% ya don’t say.


8 posted on 04/18/2011 3:45:39 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: Nachum
"Shut the front door!"
9 posted on 04/18/2011 3:45:45 PM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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To: Nachum

I don’t know about anyone else, but I feel great all the time! LOL!


10 posted on 04/18/2011 3:46:10 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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“Oh Helen Thomas!!!!”

okay, that would probably CAUSE pain


11 posted on 04/18/2011 3:47:28 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Nachum

Damn!


12 posted on 04/18/2011 3:47:49 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO)
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To: Nachum

Who paid for this stupid study? If it was me,,,, I’m PISSED OFF!


13 posted on 04/18/2011 3:47:54 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Nachum

Gee...myth busters beat em to it by a year....


14 posted on 04/18/2011 3:49:57 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: fhayek

I remember a serious knuckle-busting experience with a Vice Grip when I lived in New Mexico. I walked in small circles, cussing for a few minutes. Still hurt. I found a jar of antibiotic stuff and used it for a few days before I asked my partner, Sandra Jean, where we got it. “Uh,” she said, “We got that from the vet when the dog got shot.”


15 posted on 04/18/2011 3:51:21 PM PDT by olereporter (Today's media should be held accountable for journalistic malfeasance and First Amendment abuse.)
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Bu!!sh!t!

If that were the case 11/5/08 would have been euphoric for me then.

16 posted on 04/18/2011 3:52:05 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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“Obamacare”!!!!!!!!


17 posted on 04/18/2011 3:54:57 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Le Parti du The'. Ne marchez pas sur moi!)
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To: Nachum

Anyone who has ever hit their thumb with a hammer knows this.


18 posted on 04/18/2011 3:55:39 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Tagline closed for repairs. Please use the next available tagline. We appreciate your patience.)
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To: EGPWS

I also felt little pain on 11/5/08, but the proximate cause was rampant consumption of the distilled agricultural produce of Scotland, without which I doubt I would have made it through the night.


19 posted on 04/18/2011 3:55:59 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Burning a Koran........held by a Muslim, that would seem to work better.


20 posted on 04/18/2011 3:58:40 PM PDT by outhousepatrol
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