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::: rolls up her sleeves ::: Well, someone's got to do this... and it seems my fellow madsci-entists have dropped the ball on this one. Well, Noah, my friend, you're asking the question every young man on this planet is probably wondering about, at one time or another. The best answer around is probably Cecil Adam's answer to that exact question asked by a reader of his column called the Straight Dope. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_056.html Quote Cecil: "I have checked into the situation thoroughly, John, and the sad fact is that if nature has equipped us with a ding instead of a dong, well, we must just learn to live with it, and that is all there is to it." He has also revisited the question here: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/001020.html Hope this answers your question. ;-) Marie-Helene "don't try this at home!" Boyer
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