Sooz wrote:
> 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?
Relieved?
>>>>> 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?
See my self-follow-up post.
> [snip elderly, incontinent dog]
It's a bit late for that, I would have thought.
>> <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.
Whatever you do, don't mention how much pain he's been giving you!
>>>> 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?
Ah yes, it's their right to poison others as well as themselves ...
>>> --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?
I was hoping for a free subscription offer to Soldier of Fortune magazine.
> --Sooz, currently doing some serious procrastinating
More carpet cleaning in your future?
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AlanB
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