Alan Brand wrote:
> Sooz wrote:
> > 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>
>
How does Jan feel about you sharing your gift?
> >>> 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>
Your hair bites?
[snip elderly, incontinent dog]
> <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>
If the decision were mine, the thing would've gone to the happy kennel
in the sky about a year ago. My parents don't think he's in pain, so
they don't see any reason to take that trip to the vet.
> >> 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>
>
Hmm. I guess I'll stop whingeing about the dog poo. The beloved Iowa
General Assembly is currently trying to decide whether to give the Guv
the $1 per pack increase in the cigarette tax that he's wanted for a
long time. It's simultaneously amusing and enraging to listen to the
smokers wail about their victimhood and try to equate cigarettes with
Big Macs or playing slots. How many people do you know who need to
carry epi-pens in case someone who's eaten a Big Mac tries to hug them?
> > --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?
A valium, perchance?
--Sooz, currently doing some serious procrastinating
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