_The r-word_ (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Why hypnotize ourselves when electronic media do it for us?

(Note plural verb.  Heh heh. Something whippersnappers will never "get.")

JL

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Dan Nussbaum <yekkey at aol.com> wrote:

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> My wife thinks so, but my point is that anybody who knows self-hypnosis
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> Daniel Nussbaum II, MD, FAAP
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> Are you suggesting that you are a minor idiot-savant?
> On Feb 24, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Dan Nussbaum wrote:
> > So, if I know what time it is when I go to sleep, then I simply wake up
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>  I learned to do that after taking a course in self-hypnosis.
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>  Daniel Nussbaum II, MD, FAAP
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