Cash Relief

July/August issue of “Discover” reports: “Hurting?  Get your hands on some cash: psychologists report that handling money diminishes the perception of physical pain.  Even just counting someone else’s bills will do the trick.”

Hmm…  This little bit of “good news” is offered without any explanation.  Could it be, perhaps, from all the coke that’s been snorted with the help of US currency?  After all, according to CNN, 90% of all US bills carry traces of cocaine, which happens to be an analgesic.  Or are we just that turned on by sullied paper? 

Pay-day is a pain-free day, indeed.