When scientists began studying hypnosis in earnest, a report published by Stanford University titled The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale demonstrated that different brains respond to hypnosis in varying degrees, and a very few do not respond at all
They encounter problems that they fix, "whether with their minds, or with their fists or with guns whatever tools they have available to them." Sheridan's characters love solving problems, giving monologues reflecting on the good old days and ruminating on the knowledge they've accumulated about life, nature and human foibles
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The porous husk allows for a dryer smoke, absorbing the moisture and like Clay & Meerschaum smokes very cool
however, the chances are low since the human would have to ingest an infected flea or eggs in feces
some intentional, others incidental