Sooz wrote:
> Alan Brand wrote:
>> Sooz wrote:
>>
>
>>> Sorry. I know my name's not Ken, but I couldn't resist looking.
>>> Thanks for making me feel really old, Alan.
>> I have that affect on wimmin.
>
> Well, we should all use the gifts we have.
<mode = mindnumbingly obvious> Gifts aren't used - they're shared ...
would you like to share my gift? </mode>
>>> Apropos of nowt - Angela Davis's hair still needs its own ZIP code.
>> Mine's performing some kind of zip compression.
>
> Sounds painful.
<mode = gullible> Not really - its just the spaces between my hair bite
that are discarded - I really have just as much hair as I ever did.</mode>
>>> -Sooz, dogsitting while her parents & son go to Texas
>> Not a bad trade - though I expect they'll miss the dog in a few weeks
>> and want to trade back.
>
> You wouldn't say that if you knew that the "dog" is a deaf, blind 15
> year-old white toy poodle with dodgy bladder & bowel control. I
> seriously considered leaving something to mark every spot on the carpet
> where I've had to clean a pooh or pee mess, so they'd realize that
> these little dogsitting gigs they keep making me do aren't exactly a
> treat. I mean, I love you all, but internet access & cable aren't
> worth a week of cleaning dog pooh off your mother's beige carpet.
<mode = practical> Isn't it time to euthanise the little shytehund? A
bright ****ny new puppy would be a nice welcome home present for them,
and make your future dog-sitting adventures less messy. </mode>
>> I attended my #2 daughter's engagement party yesterday, thoughtfully
>> hosted by my ex-. 'Nuff said.
>
> That almost sounds as bad as the week I'm having.
<mode = rant> It wasn't too bad, apart from the 3 smokers in the group
being unable to accept the seriousness of my allergy to cigarette smoke,
even when it was described in excruciating detail to them well in
advance of the party. The house had three distinct areas, one of which
was designated as a "no-smokers zone", where I could lurk safely. Of
course, one idiot managed to trigger a full anaphylactic reaction while
attempting to hug me (difficult when I'm in full reverse), and then
attempted to "help" me with the epi-pen. She seemed to reach a level of
understanding when I offered to introduce the used needle to her
eyeball. Much hilarity resulted. The day was saved because she wasn't
one of the groom-to-be's lot. I can't wait for the wedding. </mode>
> --Sooz, wondering why my desire to read Afba would lead Google groups
> to believe that I might also be interested in checking out
> sci.med.diseases.osteo****osis and alt.infertility.parenting
>
I wonder what they'd have given me after this post?
--
AlanB, stirred not shaken girl
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