And it just gets funnier the more we talk about it.

We can always go back to talking about vagina bojanglers if need be.

Those Elizabethan collars? I thought they were only for, like, dogs who have had surgery and aren't supposed to bite at the stitches.

Which, okay, a major venue of dog surgery is balls.

Although, when the collar comes off, the dog won't be able to lick at his balls because they will be absent.

I am thinking about this way too hard, aren't I?

Is it too late to contribute to the bra-sizing hell discussion? Which, I know, was so twenty-six hours ago, and yet yesterday afternoon I went bra-buying, with totally random craxyland results.

We can always go back to talking about vagina bojanglers if need be.

There is a congruence -- I mean, the cone is pretty much a cock block, isn't it?

You were so!

Maybe I was mean to you because you wouldn't let me be the nice one.

I thought they were only for, like, dogs who have had surgery and aren't supposed to bite at the stitches.

They do prevent ball play too, no matter what the surgery was for. Side effect or primary motivation, still no fun.

But now that I've moved, you can be the nice one* **.

• LA division.

** I still get the California title though.

{{{Betsy}}}

{{{Lilty}}}}

Those Elizabethan collars? I thought they were only for, like, dogs who have had surgery and aren't supposed to bite at the stitches.

I think that the collars would also prevent them from licking their balls, even if the stitches were, like, on their paws.

Off-topic, but possibly Buffy-related:

Brain Region Linked to Metaphor Comprehensionr

Metaphors make for colorful sayings, but can be confusing when taken literally. A study of people who are unable to make sense of figures of speech has helped scientists identify a brain region they believe plays a key role in grasping metaphors.

Vilayanur S. Ramachandran of the University of California at San Diego and his colleagues tested four patients who had experienced damage to the left angular gyrus region of their brains. All of the volunteers were fluent in English and otherwise intelligent, mentally lucid and able to engage in normal conversations. But when the researchers presented them with common proverbs and metaphors such as "the grass is always greener on the other side" and "reaching for the stars," the subjects interpreted the sayings literally almost all of the time. After being pressed by the interviewers to provide deeper meaning, "the patients often came up with elaborate, even ingenious interpretations, that were completely off the mark," Ramachandran remarks. For example, patient SJ expounded on "all that glitters is not gold" by noting that you should be careful when buying jewelry because the sellers could rob you of your money.

I think that the collars would also prevent them from licking their balls, even if the stitches were, like, on their paws.

I did know this. I just figured, like, the more plausible explanation (based on ita's description) was a permanent ball-scratching-limitation, like having non-retractable fingernails, or the little kind of dog having really short stubby front legs so it can never reach. A dog wearing an elizabethan collar is like a woman wearing really, really tight jeans and developing cooter itch -- eventually, you're gonna be able to take the constricting garment off, and do all the scratching you want.

I have suddenly strayed into Roseanne Roseannadanna territory, haven't I?