"It's so sad Michael Vicks isn't playing football anymore!"

[Flyndaran]

Don't forget that you need to be able to exert a force perpendicular to the door in order to open it, after you've turned the knob. That again makes it difficult. Most cats, for instance, would simply hang from the knob after managing to turn it, not having contact with the floor.

And I say again, I wasn't in any physical pain when I was under nitrous. Once was getting my wisdom teeth removed, once was getting my lip stitched, once was getting my premolars removed, and once was for... something I don't remember anymore. But I do remember my lip not hurting at all, despite the lack of a local and the large hole where my teeth went through it.

As a kitten, our cat Smackers figured out how to open our front door. Even after watching him do every day, our other cat can't figure out how do it.

Yes, you were in pain physiologically. But because the NO blocked it from getting to your cerebrum it didn't hurt.

[BroomJockey]

Yes, you were in pain physiologically. But because the NO blocked it from getting to your cerebrum it didn't hurt.

It's still physical pain, not emotional. Exactly the type you said wasn't blocked. You simply said "didn't care." That's different. Not hurting != not caring about being hurt.

[Flyndaran]

It's still physical pain, not emotional. Exactly the type you said wasn't blocked. You simply said "didn't care." That's different. Not hurting != not caring about being hurt.

Physical pain is what is felt by the primitive parts of the brain. They cause blood vessel constriction etceter. NO is weird in how it blocks the higher brain function's "caring" or "ouch effect" about pain. I'm afraid that I'm not making myself clear. I think my word choice is detracting from my point.
I may have to just chalk this up to my wonky way of writing and just admit defeat.

[Nyoibo]

From memory N2O does both.

[Flyndaran]

From memory N2O does both.

I feel silly for thinking it was NO instead of N2O.

[tropicsgoddess]

I don't condone what Michael Vick did, but I also do believe in second chances to a certain degree. Yes, he did the time and yes he is paying his debt to society. I don't feel sorry for him to be honest, because he made the choice to engage in something that was not only illegal but also downright atrocious and I don't blame the teams for rejecting him.