...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.

Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!  

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.


§ ita § - Jan 12, 2006 2:52:10 pm PST #9558 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't care if it was 36 fucking hours. I was free, dammit, and how many babies get that sort of a discount?

Endorphins aren't going to get in the way of my mother negotiating with the people that damaged her merchandise on delivery.

They did the same thing with my sister, different hospital, different country--cut her head with the forceps too. She was only half price.


tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 2:57:32 pm PST #9559 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.

The only weird thing about my birth (that I know of) is that I refused to breath for a bit.

ION, Photography primer that's great for hobbyists getting more serious


flea - Jan 12, 2006 2:59:03 pm PST #9560 of 10002
information libertarian

I hope everyone is eagerly awaiting Dancing with the Stars (like me).


Katie M - Jan 12, 2006 3:00:18 pm PST #9561 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

My sister and I were forceps babies. Never asked my mother exactly why.

My brother was a forceps baby (he was... oh, there's a term for the type of breech he was. He presented with his shoulder, apparently) and it didn't work. They had to stuff him back in and do an emergency C-section. Apparently he had this huge black eye when he was an newborn, and now that Mom can see the humor in that she's sorry she immediately threw away those pictures...


tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 3:02:54 pm PST #9562 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.

I had to help my dad once with a cow/calf breach birth. It involved tying a rope to the calf's hooves and pulling.

It's childhood stuff like this that made me decide to never be a doctor.


sarameg - Jan 12, 2006 3:05:55 pm PST #9563 of 10002

Helping my aunt dock piglets' tails put a quick end to that line of career planning, even in the face of James Herriot. One of her daughters is a vet now, though.


tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 3:06:36 pm PST #9564 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.

I wonder if this administration can do anything to surprise me anymore... because this doesn't....

The Huffington Post has learned the Bush administration recently asked high ranking military leaders to denounce Congressman John Murtha. Congressman Murtha has called for the Bush Administration to withdraw US troops from Iraq.

The Bush Administration first attacked Rep. Murtha for his Iraq views by associating him with the filmmaker Michael Moore and Representative Jean Schmidt likened him to a coward on the floor of the House of Representatives. When those tactics backfired, Dick Cheney called Murtha "A good man, a marine, a patriot and he's taking a clear stand in an entirely legitimate discussion."

Though the White House has backed off publicly, administration officials have nevertheless recently made calls to military leaders to condemn the congressman. So far they have refused.

Rep. Murtha spent 37 years in the Marine Corps earning a Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and a Navy Distinguished Service Medal. His service has earned him the respect of the military, and made him a trusted adviser to both Republican and Democratic presidents and leaders of the armed forces.

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flea - Jan 12, 2006 3:07:42 pm PST #9565 of 10002
information libertarian

Lisa Rinna is doing a rhumba to Neil Diamond. mr. flea just went running from the room going "I can't watch!"


tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 3:08:23 pm PST #9566 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.

Helping my aunt dock piglets' tails put a quick end to that line of career planning, even in the face of James Herriot.

Oh yeah, I had to help dehorn heifers once. Lots of blood there. Although the dehorning later saved me from serious injury when a heifer attacked me.


tommyrot - Jan 12, 2006 3:12:31 pm PST #9567 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.

OK, I'm going to enjoy this ungodly warm weather and walk to the seafood place and get me some king crab legs. Because gosh-darn it, I'm worth it!