Date:         Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:48:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Philip Zimmerman <philzimm1@OBERON.ARK.COM>
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From:         Philip Zimmerman <philzimm1@OBERON.ARK.COM>
Subject:      Healthiest way to lead an UnHealthy Vanagon lifestyle? (a long
              attempt at Phrydey humour)
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Healthiest way to lead an UnHealthy Vanagon lifestyle? (a long attempt
at Phrydey humour)
Date: Fri 13 Apr 2007 08:56:23 -0700
Reply-To:  neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Neil began and titled this thread:

From: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
John expanded:
 > Tasted every fluid on board, sometimes intentionally (to ID a puddle),

From:  Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Robert posed a couple of great fryedazed questions:

1. So one has to wonder if your habit of tasting untastable stuff has
something
to do with your 'ruined sense of smell'...?
2. Can I say 'tits' on here?
3. I mean an intantaneous and violent reaction...
4. Makes you wonder how many other people that's happened too... (the
oil, not
the booze).
5. Maybe we should start a club?
6. p.s.: I wonder if there's a word for that smell/retch response- it's
common
enough I think; my wife can't stand the smell of tequila. If there isn't
there at least ought to be a sniglet for it?

From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Dr Nick postulated:

As for the response, although I'm no expert ("Hi Dr. Nick!!") isn't it
part of the "flight fight, f**k" stuff?

You know; the smell of the T-rex that wiped out your tribe? (never
mind that you were all drinking Southern Comfort). You'll never forget
the smell of that T-rex!

As for a term how about "Auto Revolt"?
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Hi guys and gals,

Dr Fill gotta chime-in here on this thread.

The pseudo Dr Nick came-up pretty close with a name for this related
Vanagon-Syndrome (RVC)

Google found Dr Tony's blog on "Auto Revolt" but seems more bent on the
Loaf and Splitty crowds than us Vanagon geeks.
See:
Dr. Phat Tony's: July 2006
Hippie tree huggers everywhere have welcomed this *auto revolt* and
heralded it as a coming of a new age. Hippie leader Monday Flower-Petal
Smith said, ......

The Bentley-like bible of Swami's, Shrinks, Psychiatry, Psychology et
al have their jewel: "name that pathology" in the DSMV-R, Diagnostic
Statistical Manual (Revised).
I long ago rejected using the DSM on real live humans beings. Similar
to using the Bentley as a how-too book for the neophyte Vanagon owner.
The book is a great resource but without significant training and
experience your Vanagon will hate you for using it on it and will
probably run worse than when you started. YMMV

Never-the-less, the DSM does offer the following (less than exhaustive)
list of possible names for this "tasting of various Vanagon fluids",
vomit-response.

295.90  Schizophrenia, Undifferentiated Type Psychotic Disorders
307.51  Bulimia Nervosa,        Eating Disorders
309.81  Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders
312.34  Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Impulse-Control Disorders

I vote for either 307.51 or perhaps 312.34, fits the experience of
tasting an unknown fluid and responding with an instantaneous
projectile vomit response. Kinda similar to sampling some of my cooking
while camping in my Vanagon. (RVC)

Happy Friday somewhere.......

Phil Z.
Campbell River, BC
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