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The Urban Pantheist
Loving Nature While Living in the City
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2007-10-28 04:41 pm (UTC)
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As suspected, it's bunk:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_070.html
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/lawn.asp
(The snopes article says "undetermined," but lists the same specious reasons why it's supposed to work.)
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Date: 2007-10-28 04:41 pm (UTC)http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_070.html
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/lawn.asp
(The snopes article says "undetermined," but lists the same specious reasons why it's supposed to work.)