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Old 18-Jun-08, 09:31 AM   #1
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Load the bar, I'm going for a PR!


Pass me a couple of those sugar pills:

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Old 18-Jun-08, 02:24 PM   #2
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interesting! especially the part about women not being affected.
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Old 19-Jun-08, 01:58 PM   #3
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interesting! especially the part about women not being affected.
Anybody have any theories as to why?

The strength of the placebo effect never ceases to amaze me. I always find myself asking if there's some way to harness this effect in medicine.
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Old 19-Jun-08, 02:12 PM   #4
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The sugar pills work on us guys. Women need chocolate.
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Old 19-Jun-08, 03:04 PM   #5
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Women need chocolate.
Hmmm, I do feel that my gym performance would improve with some chocolate.....
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Old 23-Jun-08, 08:24 PM   #6
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I think women performance in treating there significant others with respect and love, would also improve with chocolate... tired of gettin cursed at.
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Old 24-Jun-08, 09:50 AM   #7
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I think women performance in treating there significant others with respect and love, would also improve with chocolate... tired of gettin cursed at.
Bring your girl some chocolate and see what happens
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Old 25-Jun-08, 09:53 PM   #8
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it always works... in fact shes usually cursing me out, because I have no chocolate... I tell her, I have chocolate syrup!

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Old 26-Jun-08, 06:56 AM   #9
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I'm sure my performance would increase if this was dangled in front of my face while i'm running

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Old 30-Jul-08, 03:29 PM   #10
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The sugar pills work on us guys. Women need chocolate.
chocolate pills would definitely work.
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Old 30-Jul-08, 05:52 PM   #11
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I've always wondered if this is the real reason most supplements work.
Fifty bucks for a jumbo tub of what amounts to Dumbo's magic feather.
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