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12 Nov 2014, 7:53 pm

anybody here got some trivia or other such fascinating stuff eating a hole in their soul waiting to come out? I know I sure do. here is the first installment-

character names on gilligan's island-
Willie Gilligan
Jonas Grumby (Skipper)
Eunice (Lovey) Howell
Thurston Howell, III [The Millionaire]
Mary Anne Summers
Ginger Grant [The Actress]
Roy Hinkley (The Professor)



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12 Nov 2014, 8:00 pm

Stewart Gilligan Griffin -- The youngest character on Family Guy -- was allegedly named for "Stewart Gilligan", the mis-heard name of Gilligan in the unaired pilot of "Gilligan's Island, in which Lovey Howell addresses Gilligan as "steward" (as in a ship's steward), not "Stewart" as some devotees allege.


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12 Nov 2014, 8:03 pm

PAIN-RELIEVING INFO AHEAD-

HOW TO RELIEVE SIDE STITCHES WHEN RUNNING-
The first reasonable explanation and successful treatment came from Dr. Tim Noakes. Thick fibrous bands called ligaments extend downward from your diaphragm to hold your liver in place. When you run, your liver drops at the exact time that your diaphragm goes up, stretching the ligaments and causing pain. Humans have a fixed pattern of breathing when they run. They have a two to one breathing ratio, breathing once for each two strides. Most people breathe out when the right foot strikes the ground. When you breathe out, your diaphragm goes up, and at the same time, the force of your foot strike causes your liver to go down. This stretches the ligaments that attach the liver to your diaphragm, causing pain. So the cause of a side stitch during hard running is a stretching of the ligaments that hold the liver to the diaphragm and the cure is to relieve the stretching of the ligaments.

When you get a side stitch, stop running and press your hand deep into your liver to raise it up against your diaphragm. At the same time, purse your lips and blow out against the tightly held lips as hard as you can. Pushing the liver up stops stretching the ligaments. Breathing out hard empties your lungs. Usually the pain is relieved immediately and you can resume running as soon as the pain disappears.