On 10/24/07, Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Actually, it's the appendix that useless (sofar as we know). Remember the > > joke: "the Polish Academy of Science has announce the first succesfuly > > appendix transplant." [sorry, all Poles, both north and south]. Mike, You haven't been following the news. Start with a quick Google search for "appendix useful after all" Top 10 hits when I did it were Results 1 - 10 of about 5,400,000 for Appendix useful after all. (0.27 seconds) Appendix may be useful after all - More Health News - MSNBC.com Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your ... www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21153898/ - 52k - Cached - Similar pages The appendix may be useful after all - That's Fit But researchers from Duke University Medical School believe that they've discovered the appendix was once useful after all. Their theory is that the small ... www.thatsfit.com/2007/10/ 06/the-appendix-may-be-useful-after-all/ - 58k - Cached - Similar pages Spluch: Appendix Is Useful After All, Scientists Say Appendix Is Useful After All, Scientists Say. Appendix Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless ... spluch.blogspot.com/2007/10/ appendix-is-useful-after-all-scientists.html - 53k - Cached - Similar pages Appendix Might Be Useful After All - Associated Content Check out Appendix Might Be Useful After All - Submitted by Shirley Gregory at Associated Content. www.associatedcontent.com/article/ 407720/appendix_might_be_useful_after_all.html - 48k - Cached - Similar pages Appendix May Be Useful After All > NewHeavenNewEarth > News ... APPENDIX MAY BE USEFUL AFTER ALL SEEMINGLY USELESS ORGAN MAY PRODUCE, PROTECT GOOD GERMS FOR YOUR GUT Associated Press October 5, 2007 ... www.nhne.org/.../tabid/400/articleType/ArticleView/ articleId/3672/Appendix-May-Be-Useful-After-All.aspx - 65k - Cached - Similar pages Appendix Is Useful After All, Scientists Say - AOL News WASHINGTON (AP) - Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good ... news.aol.com/story/_a/ appendix-is-useful-after-all-scientists/20071005184009990001 - 82k - Cached - Similar pages The appendix may be useful after all @ joshmadison.com The appendix may be useful after all. Scientists think it may help good bacteria and "reboot" the digestive system if things go awry. ... blog.joshmadison.com/2007/ 10/the-appendix-may-be-useful-after-all/ - 11k - Cached - Similar pages Appendix is useful after all, scientists say | www.azstarnet.com (R) Appendix is useful after all, scientists say. By Seth Borenstein. The Associated Press. Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.06.2007. advertisement ... www.azstarnet.com/sn/85607/204876 - 26k - Cached - Similar pages The appendix may be useful after all « Later On Diseases such as cholera or amoebic dysentery would clear the gut of useful bacteria. The appendix's job is to reboot the digestive system in that case. ... leisureguy.wordpress.com/2007/ 10/06/the-appendix-may-be-useful-after-all/ - 57k - Cached - Similar pages Hold the scalpel, appendix may be useful after all - BostonHerald.com Tonsils, you're up next. Duke University researchers have discovered a use for the presumed-useless comma on our large intestine: the appendix. www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/ general/view.bg?articleid=1036496 - Similar pages Cheers, John -- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN Tel. +81-45-314-9324 http://www.wordworks.jp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html