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To: curmudgeonII
" [Kuru, a prion disease [like mad cow] among humans in New Guinea, is spread by eating brain material from other humans.]"

Yup. They thought that by eating the brains of their dead that they could retain the wisdom, etc. of that person.

30 posted on 01/08/2004 4:01:38 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
They thought that by eating the brains of their dead that they could retain the wisdom, etc. of that person.

Well then Kerry and Clinton are safe...they are idiots.

Red

80 posted on 07/28/2004 12:51:08 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (I love the 1st Amendment...I can call Clinton an idiot.)
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