Centrally acting sympathicolytics cause a decrease in the sympathetic outflow from the brainstem. This reduction in sympathetic outflow brings about vasodilatation of the peripheral vascular bed with a concomitant drop in the blood pressure

Once asked on a radio show about the derivation of knaidlach, I explained that the original knaidlach were actually rock hard, and created by Azhkenazic housewives as a weapon of self-defence. […] The real origin of the knaidel, according to author John Cooper, is the south German Knödel, or dumpling—popular in German cuisine since the Middle Ages.

{{quote-newsgroup|en|date=27 September 2003|author=LadyCyrrh [username]|title={ASSM} {REVIEW} The Annex Reviews, 9/26/03|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/alt.sex.stories.moderated/eiMRyp5kW7Y/uWy-CkoMBtsJ|newsgroup=alt.sex.stories.moderated|passage=And as usual for slashy slave fics, there's nary an explanation of how or why this pseudo-Renaissance society maintains slavery as a societal institution.}}

Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves.