Coffee anyone?

I'm not normally one to mock scientific research, but this story definitely put a smile on my face. According to a recent study, caffeine may help boost the female sex drive. Scientists gave 108 female rats a moderate dose of caffeine, which apparently motivated them to have more frequent sex. Does this sound too good to be true?

Before you guys start spiking your lady's morning coffee with shots of expresso, there is a catch. The rats in the study had never had caffeine before. What does this mean for us? Well, naturally caffeine will more likely provide sexual enhancement to those who aren't frequent users. Hence, it most likely won't do much for the average coffee guzzler.

Oh well, if it sounds too good to be true...

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Submitted by gom jabbar on January 9, 2006 - 5:04pm.

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Beth Ann | January 9, 2006 - 7:50pm

Well all the research seems to show that if you want a horney lady rat just give them some coffee! LOL This is just too funny, someone... ANYONE I MUST know if this worked for you. Now the main problem is finding a woman at least 18 (hopefully!) that has never had coffee before.

gom jabbar | January 10, 2006 - 3:06am

Well, I started drinking coffee well before I turned 18, perhaps a little too early according to my parents, but I don't think it's ever affected me that way. I wonder if they've tried the study on male rats as well (not that my fiance is a rat, mind you). These studies require money to conduct them, which makes me wonder who would fund a study like this?


Beth Ann | January 10, 2006 - 11:43am

I suppose the funding for these stupid types of research comes from bigger stupid types of people with too much money and not enough sense. I think most scientific research is just crap. There's probably so many useless studies going on right now that they need super computers to even count that high. Whether the studies prove true or not for WHATEVER they do most of the time WHO CARES!? I couldn't care less if a caffeine virgin rat gets a bit whorish after some coffee...really...who cares?! What does this have to do with US...to help US survive or improve our lives? Is doing research on a rat the same as getting a human in there to do it? Perhaps they can't find a living human that's never had caffeine which is probably most likely! So to the scientists out there, is this the first step to curing cancer or some kind of horrid, crippling VD?? I think not. Anyway...come on scientists put the money into REAL research about crap we care about! Caffeine...please. Yes we know it's not good for us, yes we know you're so much smarter than the regular little people of the world and yes we think you're a bunch of panty waste brainiacs. Now tell me something the common folks care about that you're researching...I will probably need a new kidney or two before long have you cloned me one yet?!
I think I will start my own scientific expidition...how many scientists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I don't know I shall have to study this. Anyone want to fund MY research? Haha!

gom jabbar | January 10, 2006 - 4:39pm

That last commment was great. I'm more and more convinced that this kind of research and the funding for it stem from a combination of too much time and too much money from benefactors. Anyway, there are scientists that work for companies and do real work finding ways to improve products, etc. However, the scientists that publish much of this useless research are the academics that seem to have lost touch with reality.

In regards to your suggested study, perhaps we should try having rats screw in a light bulb first. After all, they never try these studies on humans right away. That might be too dangerous. ;)


Beth Ann | January 11, 2006 - 4:40pm

LOL! That's right about using rats before humans but who says that a mad scientist is human...they've probably already assimilated themselves with all kinds of super human powers and mico-chips of all kinds that they have never released to the public. ;)
Anyway where could I get lab rats from when all the scientists of the world have them all? I don't want those nasty disease ridden city rats I want the fluffy white ones they use. Lord I might actually find a cure for something if I use a diseased rat!

o ceallaigh | January 11, 2006 - 6:31pm

but who says that a mad scientist is human...they've probably already assimilated themselves with all kinds of super human powers and mico-chips of all kinds

Reminds me of an old Doonesbury cartoon where one of the kids is introduced to a studio producer and is surprised to find that he looks and acts relatively normal. "I thought producers all wore disco duds and had coke spoons hanging in their chest hair." The response: "Not me, I'm real." If I did have any of this stuff, I'd have a date by now. :)

where could I get lab rats

You sure you really wanna know? If so, go to http://guide.labanimal.com/guide/product34.jsp?a=1&b=50860, or Google "laboratory rat supply".


gom jabbar | January 11, 2006 - 5:04pm

LOL, hmmm... this might be getting a little out of hand here. :) Anyway, I don't know where to get lab rats, fluffy or otherwise. I've seen bald ones in pet stores, which were somewhat unattractive. I'm guessing you'd need to know someone who works in a lab to get the ones they use in labs. I'm not a huge fan of testing on animals, but this sounds pretty harmless.


dizzywahm | July 28, 2006 - 8:36am

In high school I took a lot of Honors and AP classes, and they required a lot of work. One weekend, my dad saw how I was trying to stay awake late to finish all my homework, and so he gave me my first real cup of coffee. I won't go into all the details here since I'm not exactly anonymous (haha), but let's just say that I saw an increase in certain activities (ahem!) and became a teen mom. I would like to blame it on the coffee, if I'm allowed to, LMAO.


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