Tony, why not [Fade to a scene of a man wiping faecal matter off his member]?

especially if he has a foreskin.

>>Tony; did you write for 'Honi Soit'?<<

No: I wrote for OPUS. Newcastle (NSW, not Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) Uni's equivalent to Honi Soit.

>>Hair does have it's uses. It stops sunburn of the pate<<

Like a hat?

>>aids the evaporation of sweat and the facial hair when grown to beard length is most useful, acting as an extended evaporative surface in hot weather<<

This might be even more effective if hair could efficiently transfer heat: there is no circulation within hair. An extended evaporative surface is about as useful as tits on a bull if it can't effectively transfer heat to the rest of the body.

>>and retaining an insulating layer of air in winter.<<

Like a beanie?

>>There are stories that damsels in distress have used their own long hair as a rope with which to effect their escape from towers and the like.<<

But they're fairytales. The physics doesn't work. If people could grow hair to such length and volume it would make a fine rope. But the human scalp is NOT a fine anchor point. The rope would hold Prince Harmings's mass, but he'd scalp Rapunzel in the process and she would die soon after from septic infection of the scalp (no antibiotics in fairytales). A real cheerful story to tell the kids.

>>Tony, why not [Fade to a scene of a man wiping faecal matter off his member]?<<

Because that would be a sh!tty way to end the sketch.

>>especially if he has a foreskin<<

Where does my foreskin come into this? Are jokes considered funnier if the writer possesses/lacks a foreskin? For the record I've still got mine, and would be rather unwilling to part with it EVEN if I thought it would make me funnier.

Cheers,

Tony

>>Hair does have it's uses. It stops sunburn of the pate<<

Like a hat? [Correct].

>>aids the evaporation of sweat and the facial hair when grown to beard length is most useful, acting as an extended evaporative surface in hot weather<<

This might be even more effective if hair could efficiently transfer heat: there is no circulation within hair. An extended evaporative surface is about as useful as tits on a bull if it can't effectively transfer heat to the rest of the body.

[Why would it be required to transfer heat to the rest of the body? The idea is to reduce the heat.
The sweat runs out onto the hair and evaporates thus allowing the evaporative process to work faster on the skin and allowing the hairy area to be cooler than the sweat soaked non-hairy bits, that's also why we have pubic and underarm hair, the latter also helps to stop the skin rubbing as we move our arms, which we do constantly when walking].

>>and retaining an insulating layer of air in winter.<<

Like a beanie? [Yes, but one looks rather odd with a beanie on the face.]
On the hottest days the area covered by my beard is cooler than the adjacent virtually hairless skin.
I've been enjoying the numerous benefits of a beard now for over 50 years.

What a hilarious article, apparently all of Australia voted on one issue, and one issue only. Who knew?!

"Reforms passed with bi-partisan support and backed by ACL in 2008 mean there is no discrimination against same-sex couples under Australian law." Right, except not being able to marry, yeah?

It's also amazing that Lyle finds it so hard to believe that his religious freedoms will be at stake, considering that religious organisations already have exemption from many anti-discrimination laws (though hopefully not for much longer).
Why is it always the religious, who not content living their own lives, must intentionally campaign against equality on an issue that will have absolutely zero effect on them. Are your marriages really that close to collapse, that a gay couple you have never, and probably will never meet being able to access the same rights that you do will cause it to implode?
Watching the Australian fundie christian crew whip themselves up in a frenzy to block other peoples freedoms is almost as entertaining as watching the pope have to slowly backpedal further and further as rational thought prevails.
The religious constantly show their privilege, by simultaneously demanding exemption from laws of decent secular society while trying to enforce their outdated dogma on the rest of us, thankfully it's coming to an end, and morality is moving forward for it.

Dan,

Your first post, welcome.

Now, what about doing other posters the politeness and respect of reading and responding to their comments rather than just blowing in and sounding off?