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'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 25, 2005 10:22:08 am PST #1251 of 10002
What is even happening?

This just makes me wonder that I've never heard of this kind of story -- I wouldn't have really thought it was even possible to collect any useful amount of semen out of a condom after the fact. But then, I guess the notable part is the part where she's looking for child support. Usually, if you're going to want help with the kid, you're going to want the guy to know he's involved with making it, wouldn't you?
Are we assuming the condom, or was that in one of the reports?

He challenges that she deceptively collected it. That doesn't sound like giving, but I wasn't there.

She didn't dig for it.


Nutty - Feb 25, 2005 10:24:11 am PST #1252 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I mean, data-miners and expose reporters do it already, so I know that pawing through the trash for stuff you might want is not illegal. And if you do something with the stuff you want, and there are consequences...?

I don't see how this analogy fits the situation.

I mean, what would a judge do about someone who conceived as a result of pawing through a man's trash for kleenex? It's perfectly legal to paw through a man's trash; she's not committing any crimes. But, I'd like to establish a precedent whereby male excreta may be considered a dead ball beyond a certain point.

E.g., right now, you have to get a court-order to extract semen from a man after his death, right? And not just any shmuck off the street can file for that court-order, either. I'd sort of like to find out how that all plays out while the guy is still alive.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 25, 2005 10:26:21 am PST #1253 of 10002
What is even happening?

It's ten o'clock. Do you know where your sperm are?

Sperm salvage. Same old attractive nuisance. New twist.

t /12


§ ita § - Feb 25, 2005 10:28:39 am PST #1254 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

She didn't dig for it.

If his claim is true, and she deceptively collected it, he didn't give it to her. Those are the words I'm going by, and I don't see the grey area there.


Jesse - Feb 25, 2005 10:32:39 am PST #1255 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Are we assuming the condom, or was that in one of the reports?

Honestly, I don't remember, but isn't one of them saying there was only oral sex, not vaginal? To make a baby via oral sex, there's got to be a way to transport the semen into the right place. Subtly.

I'm thinking it's really irritating to be subjected to "And then Wayne Brady said!" sort of conversations in the vicinity.

Oh, lord. My one coworker and I spent MONTHS constantly yelling about how we had to choke a bitch.


tommyrot - Feb 25, 2005 10:33:33 am PST #1256 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

To make a baby via oral sex, there's got to be a way to transport the semen into the right place. Subtly.

She could just run to the bathroom after he gifted her.


Nutty - Feb 25, 2005 10:34:07 am PST #1257 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

She could just run to the bathroom after he gifted her.

This may explain why the relationship didn't last.


Jesse - Feb 25, 2005 10:35:43 am PST #1258 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

She could just run to the bathroom after he gifted her.

That's why I said subtly. I mean, I guess she could jump up without speaking, but come on! Even then, I don't see how you end up with a baby. But I guess anything's possible. Or someone's lying.


Topic!Cindy - Feb 25, 2005 10:38:57 am PST #1259 of 10002
What is even happening?

If his claim is true, and she deceptively collected it, he didn't give it to her. Those are the words I'm going by, and I don't see the grey area there.

I do, depending on how she came to be in possession of it. If it was deposited by him, with her, I can't see that she deceptively collected it, because he willing engaged in the act with her. Granted, if she did secretly impregnate herself with it, she used it more, and in ways that differed from what he expected, after he assumed she was done with it. Don't get me wrong. I think if she did this, it was reprehensible. I still don't see why the child should suffer. And I do think that his suit should go forth.


Ginger - Feb 25, 2005 10:40:19 am PST #1260 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Yeah, I'd like to know more about the method. If there weren't condoms involved, I'm imagining, "Excuse me, but I have to go spit in a turkey baster."