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Going out on New Years Eve - enjoy yourself my friends...

Things your granny should have told you:

"HOW TO CURE A HANGOVER".

They say you should not have got yourself into such a state where you need to cure a hangover in the first place. Easier said than done. You need a little ingenuity and hope springs eternal in the pursuit of such a remedy for that annual over-imbibement. Such things are suggested in the "Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany". Worth a read?

Read below:

1/ The Embalmer: a pint of cold tea mixed with slices of lemon.

2/ The Lazemby: hot water infused with ginger, cloves and honey.

3/ St Marks Pick-me-up: 10 drops of brandy, two glasses of water, a glass of brandy, a shot of curacao and some lemon-juice. Mix well.

4/ The Doctor: raw egg, brandy, fresh milk (sherry may be substituted)

Or take a bath and a lie-down -and a vow of abstinence! Happy holidays.

Huttriver says: for the younger brigade anyway, a bit of the hair of the dog that bit you will be good for you. Have a good meal before you hit the road, Jack!

Have a great time! I guess if it didn't work, a couple of aspirins would have done the trick.

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From the archives of Huttriver...

Uncircumcised men may not have more sexual sensation than circumcised men, a new research has determined.

Researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada,found that circumcised men felt the same amount of sensitivity of touch and pain in various stages of arousal as those with foreskins.

The study, published in the ’Journals of Sexual Medicine’, looked at 40 men, half of whom were circumcised.Using sensory testing, the men were monitored at two points on the penis and the forearm while viewing erotic films.Indeed!

One hope’s the right films were viewed?

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The debate through the ages - who is the more intelligent gender - man or woman...

As a mere male, let me tell you this little story; and you know Hutt likes to tell the odd story or two.

After the disaster, eleven people were being carried on a rope suspended from the helicopter that had rescued them.

The storm continued and the helicopter was being badly buffeted, side to side, endangering the lives of the many people inside the helicopter.

The pilot called out on his speaker that the load had to be reduced, or everybody's life would be endangered - somebody on that rope had to sacrifice their life in the interests of all!

It so happened that of the eleven people hanging by their hands on the rope suspended from the helicopter - only one was a women. She announced, with tears streaming down her face, that being a woman, she had sacrificed her independence to her husband, her children and to society in general all her life,so therefore she was prepared to make the final sacrifice here.

Emotionally moved, the men began to clap..

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The despicable theft of 100 medals, including nine Victoria Crosses, the Commonwealth's highest award for valour - the equivalent of the US Medal of Honor, during a burglary at the New Zealand Army Museum in Waiouru in the North Island, has shattered those distraught families who had permitted these medals to be on display.

They fear that the medals, valued at NZ$10 million could end up on the black market overseas.They could not be sold on the open market.

The medals include the VC and Bar, awarded to Captain Charles Upham, universally recognised as the most gallant of all from any allied army in World War Two. The medals include those awarded in World War One as well. There were two George Medals, which are awarded to civilians, and an Albert Medal originally awarded for saving lives at sea.

NZ police stated the burglars and thieves entered through the rear of the museum at about 1-10am, and smashed the display cases to get at the priceless medals. The security system was activated, but the thieves were gone by the time a security guard arrived within minutes.

It is not only a tragic loss for the families who owned these priceless medals, but also for the nation as a whole. These were national treasures; the average New Zealander will feel gutted as well.

The VC and Bar of Captain Upham, had been sold by his daughters to the British Imperial Museum just last year, and had been loaned back to NZ for 999 years.

These medals had been awarded to their recipients for extraordinary valour and have come to symbolise the huge sacrifices that many New Zealanders made in conjunction with those from other allied nations in many conflicts and wars during the 20th Century, and even early in the 21st Century.

Fortunately the medal of New Zealand's latest war hero, Sgt Willy Apiata, awarded for action under fire when rescuing his comrades in Afghanistan was not taken.

The families of the war heroes have pleaded for the return of these medals.

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