Aaand, the awful taste in my mouth is back. That explains it: it's the taste of bitterness and despair.

do love April Fools. For those of you who did not see, I posted on FB that I was starting the application for a second adoption. I could almost hear my mother's twitching.

I may have exclaimed something aloud questioning the soundness of your mind. And then I realized.

Zenkitty,

do you think it is a filling?

if it persists, I think you should check for vitamin deficiencies.

I do love April Fools. For those of you who did not see, I posted on FB that I was starting the application for a second adoption. I could almost hear my mother's twitching.

Heh. That's eeeevil.

le n, what vitamin deficiences could cause this? I can hardly believe I'm deficient in anything, though. I take lots of supplements.

well, I'm obviously very wrong. I don't think deficiencies are an issue:

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I still stand firm in being humourless about April Fool's. A well-crafted web page that's not actually intended to deceive, but is rather a nifty ridiculous concept (like the Google ones, or ThinkGeek (although they do end up making a couple of those happen)) is as much as I can take.

I hate the feeling either during or after being pranked for me, and I don't get anything out of anyone else experiencing it. Scroogey McScrooge, for sure.

You're not alone, ita !. I refer to April 1 as “Internet Jackass Day”.

Thanks for Googling for me, le n! That needs its own acronym. TFGFM!

Medications such as some antibiotics, prenatal vitamins and antidepressants, as well as drugs used to treat high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis and kidney stones

Not taking any of those. I do take regular non-prenatal vitamins, though.

Oral problems, including oral infections such as gingivitis or periodontitis, tooth infections, and poor oral hygiene

Ew. I've seen my dentist recently and not been given warnings of any such things, so I think I'm good there.

Hm. I just started taking Centrum multivitamins again, which I used to take back in my 20s (when I was healthy; note to self, don't stop doing the things you do when you're healthy). And I didn't for a couple days, and today I did again...hm. Possible culprit? What's in both prenatal vitamins and Centrum that could cause a metallic taste in the mouth?

I hate the feeling either during or after being pranked for me, and I don't get anything out of anyone else experiencing it. Scroogey McScrooge, for sure.

Me too, ita !. I hate practical jokes and pranks. Some are harmless enough, but there are too many people who can't tell the difference between "harmless joke" and "how could you think that was remotely funny?". People who think Punk'd is the best show ever. (Disclaimer: I have never seen Punk'd.)

Continuing my serial act, my new heat pump system will be installed on Wednesday! Just in time for the hot weather, apparently.