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Re: IS this real science or a special effect?

by mvp@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Van Pelt) Feb 21, 2008 at 03:46 PM

In article <fpjvgl$rj6$2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Eivind Kjorstad  <eivindorama@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I doubt you could find -any- detectable difference in
>sulfur hexafluoride-concentration in the lungs after taking
>10 normal breaths standing up versus taking 10 normal
>breaths while hanging upside down.
>
>The "must stand on your head" thing is a urban myth.

This doesn't surprise me a bit.

I'm not sure why David Willey did the "hang upside down" bit,
but he did.  Maybe just for laughs.

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 10 Posts in Topic:
IS this real science or a special effect?
jmcphee888@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-02-17 18:13:09 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Mike Williams <nospam@  2008-02-18 06:35:41 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Eivind Kjorstad <eivin  2008-02-18 09:35:53 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
CharlesRCaplan@[EMAIL PRO  2008-02-19 06:00:20 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Dave Farrance <DaveFar  2008-02-19 20:22:24 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Steve Hix <sehix@[EMAI  2008-02-19 17:01:01 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Crown-Horned Snorkack <  2008-02-19 12:20:20 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
mvp@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M  2008-02-20 12:44:12 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
Eivind Kjorstad <eivin  2008-02-21 09:53:30 
Re: IS this real science or a special effect?
mvp@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M  2008-02-21 15:46:47 

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