From: norsgerm@a...........   
      
   "August Pamplona"  wrote in message   
   news:4gl4mqF1o99ldU1@individual.net...   
   ................I'm convinced that the universe has been created by someone   
   with a particularly vile sense of humor.  I would like to   
   propose a theory of "intelligent malicious asshole design."   
   - Antares on a.s.s.   
      
   a.a. # 1811 apatriot #20 Eater of smut....................   
      
   Corn smut is good. tastes like corn.   
   Kurt   
   PS gotta agree with you about 'asshole design'   
      
      
   "August Pamplona"  wrote in message   
   news:4gl4mqF1o99ldU1@individual.net...   
   > Kurt wrote:   
   >> Is it true that city pidgions also contribute to Alzheimer, or is that a   
   >> myth?   
   >> Maybe same mycology going on in the droppings? (from their dust, no one   
   >> eats the stuff)   
   >> Kurt   
   >   
   >         There can be some mycology going on in pigeon's droppings. It can   
   > be pathogenic (meaning that they occasionally will grow in people   
   > producing illness of various degrees of severity) though I don't think   
   > that illness from this is at all common. I doubt that it has any relevance   
   > to Alzheimer's.   
   >   
   >> "Frederick Burroughs"  wrote in message   
   >> news:12a1eqf5ulsqm01@corp.supernews.com...   
   >>> There are a number of natural neurotoxic substances with molecular   
   >>> structural similarity to kainic acid, and fit into the class of   
   >>> substances called kainoids. One such substance, acromelic acid, is   
   >>> responsible for poisoning by Clitocybe amoenolens and C. acromelalga.   
   >>> There are other kainoid toxins found in ocean lifeforms. Plankton and   
   >>> seaweed are a source of domoic acid and kainic acid, respectively. Are   
   >>> there other toxins in the kainoid class to be found in mushrooms or   
   >>> other fungi(molds)? There is some suspicion that these toxins might play   
   >>> a role in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer.   
   >   
   > August Pamplona   
   > --   
   > I'm convinced that the universe has been created by someone   
   > with a particularly vile sense of humor.  I would like to   
   > propose a theory of "intelligent malicious asshole design."   
   > - Antares on a.s.s.   
   >   
   > a.a. # 1811 apatriot #20 Eater of smut   
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