I'm still agog over the no-sauna, no-hot tub, no-sleeping on back (that might have been a specific thing) sorts of rules.
I bet NASA has a 'no going into space' rule too....
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
tommyrot - Jan 24, 2007 8:51:11 am PST #2506 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.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2007 8:51:43 am PST #2507 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
If we had been standing somewhere I would have walked away but I was sitting at a desk in the office trying to work.
I think you should have gotten up and walked away....and walked straight into your boss's office.
Steph L. - Jan 24, 2007 8:53:02 am PST #2508 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
When Mom was pregnant with my brother the common thought was that you shouldn't put on too much weight while pregnant.
My mom, too (1970-71). Plus, she was a model before she met my dad, so she had a real aversion to gaining weight anyway. She wore her normal pants well into her 6th or 7th month.
Jessica - Jan 24, 2007 8:53:25 am PST #2509 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It'd be nice if the doctors could give you a list of risk factors with points, like Weight Watchers, and tell you that ten points off this list is acceptable.
This is brilliant. I would so buy that book.
My personal yardstick is (1) have I been given an actual reason to avoid X? and (2) if so, is there actual research/evidence to support said reason?
JZ - Jan 24, 2007 8:54:10 am PST #2510 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense -- from the mid-second trimester on, the growing sprog and uterus, placenta and big ol' sack of waters are all sitting, and growing, in just the right spot to squash a couple of important blood vessels when you're lying flat on your back.
§ ita § - Jan 24, 2007 9:04:32 am PST #2511 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense
What's the proportional impact, though? Of always sleeping on your back, of rolling onto your back when you're asleep and not in control of your motion...it's so very complicated.
It's hard enough to control all those factors when you're awake.
Jessica - Jan 24, 2007 9:05:16 am PST #2512 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The no-sleeping-on-your-back thing actually makes sense -- from the mid-second trimester on, the growing sprog and uterus, placenta and big ol' sack of waters are all sitting, and growing, in just the right spot to squash a couple of important blood vessels when you're lying flat on your back.
And at that point, it becomes uncomfortable in addition to being potentially dangerous, so it's not like side-sleeping is a huge sacrifice.
Atropa - Jan 24, 2007 9:05:47 am PST #2513 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Clicky fire stick! Clicky fire stick! I neeeeeeeds one!
... other than that, I gots nothin'. Work is eating my brain. I would like to go drinking with The List. Of course, I've turned into a lightweight, so I'd turn into HappySpinnyGigglyJilli after about two drinks ...
juliana - Jan 24, 2007 9:08:37 am PST #2514 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I think you should have gotten up and walked away....and walked straight into your boss's office.
Yes, this.
Of course, I've turned into a lightweight, so I'd turn into HappySpinnyGigglyJilli after about two drinks ...
This isn't dissuading us, you realize.
Zenkitty - Jan 24, 2007 9:10:34 am PST #2515 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
HappySpinnyGigglyJilli
This image is making me giggle.