Do you have examples of either?I think it truly depends on the characteristic. Some things are hereditary and some things are definitely environmental.
I have brown eyes, Inherited.Do you have examples of either?
Would not eye color, hair color and things of that sort fall under genes?I have brown eyes, Inherited.
I am overweight, Environmental.
I can't believe that he was raided by his good supportive parents and still turned out alright.I watched a show about brain function yesterday, that confirmed that there is both nurture and nature involved in the outcome of our lives. One of the scientists discovered that he has the same brain scan as many serial killers, but he was raided by good, supportive parents, where as in most cases of serial killers there is a history abuse.
We have a saying in Ireland like that too!Speaking of character, I got a fortune cookie with a saying that read: "Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny." That saying tends to lean towards the thought that character is something that is developed, and not something that you are born with.
My family has two fortune cookie traditions... the first, a pretty common one, is appending "in bed" to the fortune as it is read aloud. The second one is reserved for people we have dined with in a Chinese restaurant for the first time. You wait until everyone else has read their fortune, open your cookie, look confused and say, "Mine says, 'Help! I'm trapped in a cookie factory!'"We have a saying in Ireland like that too!
"He who lets fortune cookies control his destiny,
usually ends up in China!"
Don't get the "in bed" part?My family has two fortune cookie traditions... the first, a pretty common one, is appending "in bed" to the fortune as it is read aloud. The second one is reserved for people we have dined with in a Chinese restaurant for the first time. You wait until everyone else has read their fortune, open your cookie, look confused and say, "Mine says, 'Help! I'm trapped in a cookie factory!'"
Fourtune cookies are an American thing. However, there is this;Speaking of character, I got a fortune cookie with a saying that read: "Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny." That saying tends to lean towards the thought that character is something that is developed, and not something that you are born with.
Bro. Hank-Don't get the "in bed" part?
HUH ! Last fortune cookie I opened said "Not a good day to play tug of war by yourself" .Bro. Hank-
fortune cookies have a sexual innuendo when "in bed" is added at the end!
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Oh we have a bit of a joker here!HUH ! Last fortune cookie I opened said "Not a good day to play tug of war by yourself" .
What does that German thing mean "Wie sind...........HUH ! Last fortune cookie I opened said "Not a good day to play tug of war by yourself" .
"Who are these Devil Dogs ?"What does that German thing mean "Wie sind...........