I didn't get the impression that the Brontosaurus thing was color coded.

I think if you asked a black guy to lean 1cm more into the space of someone non-white he wanted something to, he'd tell you it wasn't worth it and would not gain him anything.

I've been KBed by guys, say, between 13-28 and it was horrible. Fight, flight, or give in, At work it would probably cause me to give in then, but be stubborn elsewhere.

There were two guys at my last job I KBed. One because I felt so bad asking him stuff, since he was three positions away from it anyway. He took it well, but his problem was that he seemed to take everything well, so I at least wanted to ease into it.

The other guy did eventually give me what I wanted every time (even the time I played Stompy Away Brontosaurus in frustration), but he also kept asking me to go for beer.

So no, not going to be a standard part of my repertoire.

Sue, that's exciting. Have fun in London.

{{{Suzi}}} I'm sorry you've been in so much pain. I hope you get some relief soon.

Anyone ever had a ruptured eardrum?

Ginger, what have you done?

Suzi, I'm so sorry about the pain. I hope you get some real resolution, fast.

sara, I hope the cold gets better fast.

I have had a ruptured eardrum- Ginger.

I am so sorry about the pain, Suzi.

If feel like kindly brontosauri would make me get them what they want as slow as possible. I think I have KBd customers however, when they were trying to scam me.

I left my anti-depressants at work over the weekend and I am still recovering. If there was a zombie apocalypse and I ran out, I think I would be dead, because the withdrawal is horrible to me. I was/am out of commission for 2 days after not having it for 2 days. That is the first day is OK, but the day (today) I start taking them again, it takes awhile to build back up in my blood stream and I am still nauseous, have a headache, tired, anxious, dizzy, have brain zaps, and basically feel like I have had a stroke.

May all Buffistas stop being sick and hurty now, please, Universe.

I didn't read the article, I'm assuming Kindly Brontosauruses are those people who don't make a fuss but just stand there, a little too close, and watch you, until you give in, right? Those persons irritate me and I am unlikely to do anything for them that I wasn't going to do anyway and/or I do not absolutely have to do. You can stand there all day, buddy. Being stared at does not faze me. I've been stared at naked.

They smile and look sweetly at you too--it's basically grooming the person you want stuff from, instead of just leaping in (politely) and getting to business.

I ruptured mine as a kid, Ginger, and one of Sara's ruptured when she was about five. One key: If the pain builds up and then stops, and there's a horrible smell/ick coming from your ear, it probably burst.

I did something stupid involving a Q-tip. My left ear has been bothering me for months, and every few doctors' visits, I ask a doctor to look at it. They never see anything. Anyway, the itching and burning sensation has been helped by carefully swabbing the ear with alcohol. (FYI, because of the "your ears must be burning" idiom, it's difficult to google "burning sensation in ears.") I am, however, rather unsteady on my feet with the anemia, and I lost my balance and the Q-tip went in further than I meant it to. It didn't seem like anything major, but a few minutes later my hearing was reduced in that ear, and this morning I itched my ear and found dried blood. I don't know if a doctor's visit is called for, and I really don't want to admit to a doctor that a lifetime of flouting the "don't put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow" rule finally caught up with me.

ETA: On the other hand, my ear feels better than it has.