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StephenLai Posted 20 years ago
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need a paper bag

I see this idiom in the movies, "Fun with Dick and Jane."

What does that mean?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Pretty obscure ... html The doctor told you to breath into a bag as you end up breathing in your own used carbon dioxide, which decreases the amount of oxygen absorbed by the blood, reducing it to normal and ending the reaction in your brain. -------- Thus, in case you're overexcited and hyperventilate ...

— Marius Hancu

  • Pretty obscure ...
  • html The doctor told you to breath into a bag as you end up breathing in your own used carbon dioxide, which decreases the amount of oxygen absorbed by the blood, reducing it to normal and ending the reaction in your brain.
  • -------- Thus, in case you're overexcited and hyperventilate ...
  • you might want to try this (but ask a doctor first).
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Pretty obscure ...

I think it's related to hyperventilation:

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http://www.medhelp.org/forums/fitness/messages/244.html

The doctor told you to breath into a bag as you end up breathing in your own used carbon dioxide, which
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Were they discussing someone in a sense of how attractive/unattractive/sexually appealing they were? There is a nasty sort of joke that says that to 'sleep with' someone ugly you need to put a paper bag over their head first. (so you can't see their face).
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the above might be possible too, but look here:

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http://www.sarahmarinara.org/?p=23

I'm About To Hyperventilate, Someone Hand Me A Paper Bag

So... I'm going on a "date" tonight with the nicest guy I've ever met
in my life.
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Well, Thank you guys.

I checked the Chinese subtitle. They translated it like "calm down."

Is that right?
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>They translated it like "calm down."

well, yes, stop hyperventilating:-)
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