"Dr. Hal, why does the world go 'way when I hear my baby's name?"
Answer:
Experiments conducted in the former West Germany and at the University of Southampton in England show that even mild and incidental noises cause the pupils of the eyes to dilate. It is believed that this is why surgeons, watchmakers, insect taxidermists, people carving the King James Bible on the head of a pin and others who perform delicate manual operations are so bothered by uninvited noise: the sounds cause their pupils to change focus and blur their vision. "Dr. Hal, is it true that your organs shrink when you get old?" Well, some of them. In the seventh month of fetal life, the adrenal glands, located just above the kidneys, are about the same size as the kidneys. At birth they are slightly smaller, and they continue to shrink throughout life. By the time a person reaches old age, the adrenals are so small they can hardly be seen.