"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Nov 2013 06:45:46 -0800, Cheri wrote:
>
>> "Pico Rico" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>>>> How do you try not to faint? It's not something most people can
>>>> control.
>>>
>>> yes, but the cause of the fainting determines the wuss factor.
>>
>> No, it doesn't, not at all.
>
> Had a girl at work who pricked herself with a staple and a little
> droplet of blood formed in her thumb. She immediately went Ker-SPLAT!
>
> A lot of faintings are most definitely from the Wuss Factor. You have
> to lose a LOT of blood and/or be in significant pain to physically
> faint from a knife cut such as the one shown. Otherwise it's all
> psychological.
>
> As for preventing fainting, you just kneel down or lay down, you can
> prevent fainting. But you'd have to catch yourself in time - fainting
> often comes on quite suddenly.
>
> -sw


I don't believe any are from the "Wuss Factor." It depends on how ones body
reacts to any shock or surprise, not how big and manly one happens to be.

Cheri

Cheri