A Few Word plays ......

dak

A backward poet writes inverse.
A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.
A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
A will is a dead giveaway.
Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Australian Local Area Network: the LAN down under.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.
Every calendar's days are numbered.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
In democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism it's your count that votes.
Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

dh0661

dak wrote: »

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Excellent ---- but I'm lost with this one - can you give me a clue ?

dak

dh0661 wrote: »

Excellent ---- but I'm lost with this one - can you give me a clue ?

Pavlov's drooling dogs
While Ivan Pavlov worked to unveil the secrets of the digestive system, he also studied what signals triggered related phenomena, such as the secretion of saliva. When a dog encounters food, saliva starts to pour from the salivary glands located in the back of its oral cavity. This saliva is needed in order to make the food easier to swallow. The fluid also contains enzymes that break down certain compounds in the food. In humans, for example, saliva contains the enzyme amylase, an effective processor of starch.

Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he saw that the dogs drooled without the proper stimulus. Although no food was in sight, their saliva still dribbled. It turned out that the dogs were reacting to lab coats. Every time the dogs were served food, the person who served the food was wearing a lab coat. Therefore, the dogs reacted as if food was on its way whenever they saw a lab coat.

In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked. For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food. After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling.

Capt'n Midnight

Pavlov's dogs nearly drowned when the basement flooded. Poor things were scared out of their wits and lost their conditioning. Handy to remember if you are ever in a Manchurian Candidate situation.

*oh better add a joke*

A budget is what you stay within if you go without.

I dreamed of a fantastic land of dragons and orc's of halflings and elves, then I realised I was only Tolkien in my sleep.

Oliverdog

A pink elephant is a beast of bourbon

dh0661

dak wrote: »

Pavlov's drooling dog

In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked. For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food. After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling.

Thanks for that - I live and learn.

dak

Eflow = Wolfe