[Dixielandjazz] Re: Full Moon Phenomena

[Stephen Barbone]

Janie McCue Lynch wrote:

>
> Steve wrote:
>
>         "Bob probably meant uninhibited. IMO, it is not the phases of
> moon.
>  It is the booze that loosens inhibitions, along with the atmosphere
> created
> by the ambiance of where the activity takes place that contributes.
> Booze
> and environment will do it every time."
>
>  I don't want to take this thread down a non-musical path, but in
> reference
> to the above, Steve, even though it cannot be objectively documented,
> ask
> ANY medical professional working in the ER, Intensive Care Unit, Labor
> and
> Delivery, or long-term residential facilities and you will find story
> after
> story of bizarre happenings and also a seeming never-ending string of
> newborns.

Hi Jane:

Yes, of course, all kinds of "stories" from hospitals, police units,
etc.., etc.., etc. However, the key word you say above are "it cannot be
objectively documented". Certainly if there were an unusual string of
newborns on full moon days, that could easily be proven for birth
statistics are routinely kept all over the civilized world.  Same thing
with murders, assaults, arrests, rapes, etc. That proof is not there
because it does not happen.

The "stories" are fiction from the beginning of time as we are a
superstitious people. The statistics that would back them up if they
really happened, are just not there. The "ask any medical professional"
is typical of a generic statement made up by those who want to believe
without proof. Some will believe it, others will ask for the names of
those "any medical professionals" referred to, and others will actually
go down to the emergency room on full moon nights and observe for
themselves, the fact that yesterday's full moon saturday night action
will be just about the same as Saturday night the week before, or next
Saturday night.

Musical content? It is a Yama Yama man type superstition that will
always exist.

Cheers,
Steve