Really, I don't think the regular kind of scratch puts you at much risk. This cat was hanging off my aunt's arm.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2005 6:42:52 am PDT #9824 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea - Jul 14, 2005 6:44:13 am PDT #9825 of 10001
information libertarian
Cat scratch fever and how to avoid it: [link]
In other news, one of the BIG disasvantages of my adorable chamring daughter is the fact that I have had "Elmo's song" in my head for DAYS. I shelve books singing, "La la la, La la la, Elmo's song..."
Topic!Cindy - Jul 14, 2005 6:44:19 am PDT #9826 of 10001
What is even happening?
No, Jesse. My friend's daughter contracted it from a relatively mild scratch, at least, she certainly wasn't attacked.
Strega - Jul 14, 2005 6:44:26 am PDT #9827 of 10001
Every office I've worked in, that has a TV, has it on a tall wheely stand with those Universal Language Pictures on the side, of a guy pulling it from and having the TV fall on his head. So, not only are warnings like that necessary, they already exist.
But hand trucks and carts and such are designed to be moved around, and to carry heavy objects, so it's reasonable for people to think, "Whee! I can put a heavy thing on this and move it!" So I understand warning them that there's a right way and a wrong way to do that. It's not reasonable for people to think, "I'll just balance my bed on top of my dresser and slide them across the room."
Plus, if you were going to put a warning label on a dresser, you'd have to put it on the back, or underside, right? So you'll also need a second label, warning you how to read the first warning label without causing the problem that the first warning label is warning you about.
Near my parents' home is a big transformer box with a warning label that shows a frowny lightning bolt electrocuting someoneHa! The fact that it's frowning makes my day. Electricity is grouchy!
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2005 6:45:10 am PDT #9828 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What exactly is cat-scratch fever? Is it a virus or bacteria particular to cats? Or just a puncture/scratch that happens to get infected?
eta: x-post
Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae.
flea - Jul 14, 2005 6:45:44 am PDT #9829 of 10001
information libertarian
Dude, I am blinvisible to tommyrot.
tommyrot - Jul 14, 2005 6:46:40 am PDT #9830 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dude, I am blinvisible to tommyrot.
No way, dude! There was an x-posty-poo.
Jesse - Jul 14, 2005 6:48:46 am PDT #9831 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, Jesse. My friend's daughter contracted it from a relatively mild scratch, at least, she certainly wasn't attacked.
Oh, that's creepier, then. Damn cats! Why do we bring wild animals into the house, anyway?!??!
Theodosia - Jul 14, 2005 6:49:47 am PDT #9832 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Eeek, flea -- the kind of reference case they don't tell you about in library school, I bet.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 14, 2005 6:49:57 am PDT #9833 of 10001
What is even happening?
Don't make me break out the domestication conversation all afresh, when the first run hasn't quite tapered off.