BS: Baby magnetism

Subject: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Bert
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 01:00 AM

Have you noticed that babies have a built in compass. It doesn't align North to south though, it aligns sideways across the bed.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Paul Burke
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 05:55 AM

Bloody good idea, magnetic babies, just stick them to the fridge door when not in use.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Donuel
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 07:59 AM

Yep, its cows worldwide that always aligb north to south.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: olddude
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 09:02 AM

Bert
You should not have sex with a compass, that is what happens

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: olddude
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 09:08 AM

Then again, I guess it is better than having sex with a lawn mower. I guy could lose a hand changing that kids diaper

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 10:02 AM

Babies aren't stupid. Going crosswise means it's harder to roll off.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Wesley S
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 10:42 AM

As the joke says - that's why they give the old men in nursing home viagra. So they won't roll out of bed.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 10:54 AM

So what if you have twins then? Do they cancel each other out, like putting the north and south poles of a magnet together, and thus push themselves out of bed?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: GUEST,petr
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 02:41 PM

daughter number two (at 21months) still breastfeeds and ALWAYS ends up sideways, often casually kicking her feet up and down on my head. For a toddler she certainly is quite long occupying the main part of the bed while my wife and I are stuck just on the edges..

the other rule is when helping them put their shoe on they ALWAYS stick out their other foot (than the shoe you have in your hand)
petr

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Sorcha
Date: 26 Aug 08 - 04:43 PM

Bert, how did you arrive at this pearl of wisdom?

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 06:20 AM

Cows don't align any way except with their asses into the wind. That way the rain doesn't blow into their eyes.

Sheep do the same, but in a tighter group so they shelter each other. I've seen them shelter from a thunderstorm under one tree, all tucked in close to each other radiating out from the shelter of this tree. From the road it looked like a circle of sheeps bums, but from the top of the tree it would have looked like a shawl spread out or one of those lacy Van Dyke collars so beloved by Gentlemen in the 16th Century.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 09:24 AM

There was an article in the paper last night about a study someone just did. Studied images of cows all over the world and saw that 67% of the time, they are oriented N-S. This is rather strange when you consider that there are 180 ways they could orient themselves, and so the probability that they will choose one particular direction is less than 1%, (This assumes that an E-W orientation, for example, is the same as a W-E, and so it cuts 360 degress in half to 180.)


My theory is that they are facing the North Pole, watching for Santa Claus. They have a lot of patience.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 10:38 AM

They're so gullible.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: kendall
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 10:40 AM

I read somewhere that it is better to sleep with your head north and your feet south.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: SINSULL
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 01:32 PM

Uhhhhhh - that is too much for my poor directionally challenged brain to comprehend.

I do know that both dogs and cats arrange themselves in positions most likely to make me uncomfortable.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: gnu
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 01:42 PM

Uh, cows, and just about every animal that can lay its head on or near its ass, sleep with their ass to the wind. Not because of the rain... the rain would actually be in it's eyes in that position. They do so because they then have their nose to the wind... and to the rain. That way, they can detect predators upwind and detect rain that may mask predetors. Once they detect a predator upwind, they are in position to spring into running in the opposite direction of predator approach.

I used to hunt Virginia White Tailed Deer to feed my family. This is one of the first lessons I was taught.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Bert
Date: 27 Aug 08 - 04:27 PM

Sorcha, it is from observing my two grandkids. At first I thought It might be a North/South alignment but when we moved the bed to another wall they still insisted on sleeping crosswise.

From Petr's post above, there is a possibility that it might be some kind of cuckoo instinct whereby they kick weaker siblings out of the bed; at the same time as positioning themselves where they are more stable and less likely to be kicked out themselves. And all the while maintaining access to their food source.

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: olddude
Date: 28 Aug 08 - 12:18 AM

Cristi Brinkley makes me point north!

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Barry Finn
Date: 28 Aug 08 - 02:01 AM

North is not always up

Barry

Subject: RE: BS: Baby magnetism
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Aug 08 - 03:02 AM

But lots of planets have a north!

LTS