On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:22:21 +0000 (UTC), wgilmour{at}i-zoom.net (Bill)
wrote:

>Hey Guys; is it just me or what?
>
>Over the course of my life I have noticed a phenomenon which occurs
>when I start to  come down with an illness. Not when I have a full
>blown sickness, but just at the insipient stages where I'm just
>starting to feel ill.
>I've noticed I become,,, err,,,umm,,, how should I say it,,, well I
>become amourous?,, no I should say it, outright horney!
>
>I believe there are 3 possible reasons for this (1 evolutionary)
>
>1.  It may be just a physiologic effect due changeing blood chemistry
>or hormones and thus just a fluke.
>
>or
>
>2.  I suspect there could be an evolutionary benefit. Which is that in
>our evolutionary past, any organism that becomes ill from a pathogen,
>would benefit reproductively if it took one last kick at the cat so to
>speak. Many organism succumb to illness, and it might be natural
>selection at work which favors any organism that might spread a few
>more genes around at this critcal stage while it's still able to do
>so.
>
>or
>
>3. Maybe it's just me??
>

I think hypothesis #2 is simply a failed attempt to convince someone
else to cooperate with you in expressing your feelings.  I'll bet it
hasn't worked as a pick-up line!
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