VoiceOfReason <> wrote in message >. ..
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:03:38 -0800, Wuzzup Mang! > wrote:
>
> >There's no telling what else is out there in this world!
> >
> >JAKARTA, Indonesia -- There's drip coffee -- and then there's coffee
> >from droppings. One of the world's most expensive coffees is
> >supposedly made from droppings of weasellike civet cats. The story
> >goes like this: The fussy Southeast Asian animals only eat the best
> >and ripest coffee berries. Enzymes in their digestive system help to
> >break down the bean. Workers collect the bean- containing droppings
> >for so-called Civet or Weasel Coffee. Agus Susanto owns three
> >fashionable cafes in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. He says the popular
> >Civet Coffee has a strong taste and an even stronger aroma. Some even
> >say it's an aphrodisiac.
> >
> >
> >http://www.local6.com/slideshow/news...ws;dm=ss;w=200
>
> There are lots of reasons why many folks call the Third World the
> "Turd World". This is just one of them, albeit a very literal one.
>
> Many folks still wonder why the life expectancies are in general much
> shorter in the 3rd world, while the odds of getting diseases like AIDS
> are much higher. Meanwhile, the band plays on.....

Recall this one from Scientific American? It appeared in a thread in
SCAA in 2000/04/27:

QUOTE
Sexual and hygienic practices in southern Africa also contribute to
the high rate of [HIV] infection. It is not uncommon for women to use
their fingers, cloth, paper or cotton wool to swab the vaginal walls
immediately before and during intercourse to achieve so-called dry
sex, which is favored by many men. Some women also insert detergents
and substances obtained from traditional healers--such as herbs and,
rarely, soil on which a baboon has urinated--to induce an inflammatory
reaction that dries, warms and tightens the vagina.
END QUOTE