John McEnroe Was Not Born Only To Play Tennis. He Was Also Born To Shout At Us From The Tennis Court.

Did you just say to yourself, “Fella, pray tell. What was he born to shout at us about?”

Fella to Dear Reader, “You Can’t Be Serious! Don’t you know he was born to shout at us You Can’t Be Serious!”

Fella’s strongly held belief is, “The Internet ought not to feel obligated to bring to us every Foolish morsel of Foolishness spoken by Foolish People”.

Little Joey from the movie Shane is visiting with me today and he just agreed with what Fella pecked out above by saying, “You are right, Fella, there’s too many!”

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Prepare yourself for, “encourages people to hug for 21 days consecutively, and to have each day a hug that lasts for a minimum of 21 seconds”.

This from the Internet...

Health Benefits of Hugging

“Hugging has been proven to have health benefits. One study has even shown that hugs increase levels of oxytocin and reduce blood pressure. Hugging can also buffer against the release of the stress hormone cortisol if a romantic partner hug is shared before a stressful situation. This effect was however only observed for women and not for men.

Based on significant research indicating that a 20-second-or-longer hug releases oxytocin, motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia encourages people to hug for 21 days consecutively, and to have each day a hug that lasts for a minimum of 21 seconds. He recommends ‘getting lost in the hug’, encouraging people to slow down and ‘use the power of the hug to be fully present in the moment’.”

Fella is particularly distraught with himself today. He tried to do what the Internet told him above (don’t we all try to do what the Internet tells us to do?) but he messed up. He only did 20 days and 20 seconds and, instead of fixing everything, he fixed nothing.

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As if that was not enough the Internet also contains this...

Prepare yourself for, “Similar to hugging, cuddling is a more affectionate and intimate embrace, normally done for a longer period of time (usually lasting from a few minutes to several hours)”.

You read it right. It actually reads...“several hours”.

Cuddling

Cuddling is a related form of physical intimacy in which two people hold one another with each other's arms wrapped around the other's body for an extended period of time. Cuddling can be with family members, friends or lovers. Similar to hugging, cuddling is a more affectionate and intimate embrace, normally done for a longer period of time (usually lasting from a few minutes to several hours). In contrast to hugging, which can often be a nonverbal greeting or parting tradition, cuddling is usually shared between two people who are lying down together or sitting somewhere in an intimate manner. Like hugging, cuddling makes the body release oxytocin, which has a variety of effects. In some cities around the United States, cuddling has evolved into a social activity, where individuals gather for the purpose of cuddling.^[20]

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Thank heaven the Internet was not around when Alexander Graham Bell was working on his Telephone Thingy. We would be still talking through tin cans with string between them, if, just when he got close to making any breakthrough, the Internet Loudspeaker in his laboratory would have shouted out, “Now hear this. Now hear this. It’s cuddle time! Stop whatever you are doing and cuddle for the next several hours!”

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OK, I got carried away...Or did I?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: This picture had 2 different captions: 1^st was, “Group hug among young men” and the 2^nd one was, “Bromances”.

 Which do you like best?