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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
A "skunk whisperer"?! So where was this dude a month ago when both our greyhounds were skunked at 10 pm on a Wednesday night. On our patio next to the house, where we had ALL the windows open in our back room.

I can attest to the power of the home-made peroxide/baking soda/liquid soap de-skunker for dogs. I also found that extra-strength Febreeze works wonders on skunked furniture, blinds and carpets but you need to apply and let dry at least twice.

If I ever catch that little fucker I'm gonna stick it's ass in a peanut butter jar.
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Scout
10/15/09

@Gretchen is a new kitten mom!: skunks only spray when they feel seriously threatened so perhaps your dogs deserved it. *ahem*

I'm a skunk lover - they are awesome creatures. #animals
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Pantra
10/15/09

@Scout: We used to have skunks come in our garage to eat cat food and I found them so enchanting. If we got too close, they did a little stomp with their back paws as a warning to back off. #animals
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
10/15/09

@Scout: Our greys will rush at the 'kitty' to check it out, but have never killed anything. They live with 9 cats so anything similar looks like kitty to them. We have a possum that hangs around too and he just plays dead until they go away.

I just wish the stinker would have waited a couple of seconds before cutting loose, however I also know survival instincts are only good if they kick in right away. That still doesn't stop me from cursing that fuzzy for giving me enough clean-up work to cut my sleep down to 3 hours. #animals
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Scout
10/16/09

@Pantra: oh! I love the stomping part it is so friggen...well, cute but also, i heed the warning.

PBS had a great documentary (you may have seen it) with so much stomping I was in frequents fits of giggling. #animals
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Scout
10/16/09

@Gretchen is a new kitten mom!: oh absolutely....i'm sure it was a pain in the ass << he he ; ) #animals
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ManofReason
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
I had a coworker tell me to go fuck myself when I told him to please wash his hands as I saw him leave the urinal without washing first. Afterwards I made sure to never touch him again and disinfect everything he touched right in front of him. Then after I told other coworkers why I was doing that, they made sure never to touch him either. One dick move deserves another. #animals
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Ailatan
10/15/09

@ManofReason: what a jerk! cough inside his cup whenever possible. #animals
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J.D.Regent
10/15/09

Isn't urine sterile though? It's not like feces or spit.
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NellMood
10/15/09

@J.D.Regent: I think your urine is sterile for you, but not for other people. #animals
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J.D.Regent
10/15/09

@NellMood: really? how could that possibly work? #animals
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NellMood
10/15/09

@J.D.Regent: Yeah, I was wrong. This is why I'm a historian and not a doctor. I just checked and read something about it being sterile, but then picks up bacteria on the way out, but I don't know...
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SBJ
10/15/09

@ManofReason: I really want to just smile bitchily and say, "I'd shake your hand, but statistically speaking it would be kind of like shaking your penis and also I'm a lesbian, so...no thanks!" whenever a work colleague offers a handshake from now on.

That's a lie. I've always felt that way. But still. Renewed vitriol and whatnot. #animals
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veronykah
10/15/09

@J.D.Regent: I never thought it was about the urine, I thought it was about what else you were touching while going to the loo.
As a female the always handwashing thing is kind of stupid, I touch toilet paper and that's it. But from what I gather a guy must handle the johnson in order to pee. Therefore, should wash his hands. #animals
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veronykah
10/15/09

@SBJ: Putting the idea of shaking a guys penis into his head is probably a bad idea anyway. Most men I know would see that as a good thing. #animals
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Little Time Bomb
10/15/09

@J.D.Regent: Urine is sterile until it's exit from the body. As it exits it picks up bacteria and other contamination from the outside of your orifices. Then drops of it transfer on to your skin. Once urine is exposed to oxygen outside the body bacterial growth is rapid. #animals
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Little Time Bomb
10/15/09

@NellMood: You're mostly right. Urine, like blood, is sterile while in the body unless you have some serious medical issues. Once out of your body though it is no longer sterile and bacteria growth is rapid. If you have it on your hands, unless you put them to your eyes, open wounds, or mouth you are not likely to expose yourself. #animals
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Little Time Bomb
10/15/09

@veronykah: It's about urine too, it picks up bacteria on it's exit from you. Toilet paper is not a liquid proof barrier, and I can assure you, amounts of urine are deposited on to your hands when you wipe or shake. #animals
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Little Time Bomb
10/15/09

@everyone in this thread. It's important to remember that hand washing in the bathroom isn't just about removing urine and feces from your use of the bathroom. In any bathroom you are likely to come into contact with microscopic amounts of other people's leftover excretions those also transfer onto your hands. Also regular hand washing with a NON-antibacterial soap is proven way to help slow the spread of disease. If you come into contact with bacteria and virus agents in a non-bathroom setting (door handles, phones, copiers, tabletops ect.) and you're a regular hand washer you are much less likely infect yourself.
Sorry for the long and multiple posts, but I love micro biology! #animals
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Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
I just spent a minute or so pushing the little play button on the skunk video before I realized it was just a picture of a video player. Given my skills in basic functions like this, I would say that I am as likely as the skunk to some day have a life-threatening run-in with a peanut butter jar. #animals
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
10/15/09

@Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: I did the same thing! #animals
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kityglitr
10/15/09

@LucilleMcGillicuddy: D3itto. Also hav3ing we3i4rd ke6yboa4rd t4roubles. Honestl6y. #animals
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
10/15/09

@kityglitr: Oh, I am the Queen of Keyboard
Problems. Every once in a while I break through the margin and go off into nowhere. I have had all sorts of
official correspondence with Hortense.
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spamanda
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
The woman in Arizona already had a successful VBAC. Her cesarean birth was TWO pregnancies ago. She was even threatened with a court order if she refused another cesarean -- even though her body obviously had no problems delivering vaginally the last time.
Seriously, this is just one more reproductive rights story. It's appalling to me that we'd force women into unnecessary surgery. #animals
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chinaplate
10/15/09

@spamanda: But perhaps necessary in terms of legislation to prevent deaths in other cases? I mean, most protocols are there for a reason. #animals
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boobookitteh
10/15/09

@chinaplate: most medical protocols are in place to protect against litigation - no matter how theoretical the risk. Obstetrics is the highest malpractice risk so there's a lot of CYA- ing going on.

I'm not judging, btw. I've been known to jack up healthcare costs by ordering completely unneccesary tests for CYA* purposes myself.

*cover your ass #animals
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spamanda
10/15/09

@chinaplate: the risk of uterine abruption in VBACs is less than 1%. Since she's already had a successful 0VBAC (at this same hospital, go figure, it really shouldn't be an issue.
Even ACOG says this particular hospital isn't following the protocal correctly. most likely it's an insurance thing -- that's the reason many doctors and hospital no longer do VBACs. Because insurance doesn't want them to perform them. Well, it DOES make more money for the hospital when they cut you open. #animals
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
Good job PUMA, hate on Obama for not being pro-woman enough but praise the Republicans for promoting a woman who is pretty much anti-woman. That totally makes sense. #animals
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Triana Orpheus
10/15/09

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: But don't you understand! She has a vagina and therefore is pro-woman! That the woman she is pro happens to be herself does not matter, the vagina wins! #animals
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Ailatan
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
"A Missouri ninth-grader has been arrested for making a website that called a classmate a "slut" and said she "would be better off if she just died." Missouri is cracking down on cyber-bullying after Megan Meier's suicide"

arrested? I know there should be some sort of reprimand, but arrest seems too tough, this is still a child.
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Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
10/15/09

@Ailatan: A child that is old enough to wish suicide on her class mate. Sorry but I would much rather have a 9th grader spend the night in jail than have a different 9th grader commit suicide.
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elliebean
10/15/09

@Ailatan: I think maybe the charge and punishment will be more telling than the arrest itself. Probably, the state is trying to show that they are dead serious, we don't fuck with people's lives. I don't know if this 9th grader understands the effect it has on the other person, but the effect on the other person would be serious, and it would be real. (I'm thinking: the potential emotional consequences of a fine or a sentence are less than the consequences of the other child trying to, or actually committing suicide, or being mentally tortured in some way) #animals
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Scout
10/15/09

@Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: and aren't you 14/15 in 9th grade....should kinda know better at that age. #animals
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andBegorrah
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
Why would anyone deny a skunk the glory of death by peanut butter? #animals
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TheCatlady
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
This skunk video is an excellent reminder that we need to be mindful of what and how we dispose of our garbage. I always screw lids on tight when I discard peanut butter or other types of jars. I flatten cat food cans and always cut up the plastic that holds a six pack of soda bottles together (it can easily end up around an animals neck and choke it.) I also cut the ties of my garbage bags once I've tightened and knotted them.
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Penny_Esq
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
You know what I don't get? Why so many dudes think they don't need to wash their hands, when they're the ones who actually hang on to their junk, while ladies, with a little deftness and skill, can avoid crotchal touching altogether. I admit, I don't always wash my hands if I get up to pee in the middle of the night. But during the daytime? In a public loo? Come on dudes! Get it together! #animals
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Elaken
10/15/09

@Penny_Esq: If I was a man I would definitely be washing before and after! I agree with you, women can manage to avoid and like you, wash with everything except sometimes the night pee. Even drunken I still wash my hands. #animals
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Pantra
10/15/09

@Penny_Esq: I've actually heard men defend this by saying their wang is tucked clean and safe in underwear all day, and that our hands are always dirtier than their junk. They don't seem to grasp the basic, ineffable grossness of handling your privates and not washing your hands.

What bothers me is that most restaurant cooks are men, at least where I eat. *shudder* #animals
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ideas of light
10/15/09

@Penny_Esq: This is made even more nasty by the fact that men generally just shake it off and put it back in their pants where any remaining urine winds up in those "clean" underwear Pantra mentioned. I know urine is sterile, but come on. PEE-HANDS.
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Ailatan
10/15/09

@Pantra: Poppy ! #animals
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
10/15/09

@Penny_Esq: I know! And they seem almost proud about their refusal to wash. And these are not eco-warriors trying to save water – they're lazy 'my shit doesn't stink'ers. #animals
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Triana Orpheus
10/15/09

In reply to Skunk Whisperer Saves The Day • Men Are Gross And Don't Wash Their Hands
I can attest to the men not washing their hands thing. Not only does my brother refuse to close the door when he uses the bathroom, he does not wash his hands and leaves the seat up. And yes, I have been forced to leave him notes reminding him to do all three. I'm lucky if he does two. #animals
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tailfeather
10/15/09

@Triana Orpheus: I have a guy in my office who not only uses our unofficial ladies' room (there are two bathrooms), but leaves the seat up and DOES NOT FLUSH HIS PEE. So every time I walk in, I have to pull down the seat with my shoe, and flush it before I go.

In own home, I am a family flusher. At work? Not okay. #animals
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Ailatan
10/15/09

@tailfeather: we do the same thing, we don't want to waste water at home, but WORK! that's a different story. #animals
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Triana Orpheus
10/15/09

@tailfeather: What is a family flusher? #animals
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phantom lady
10/15/09

@Triana Orpheus: one of the managers at a pizza place I used to work at always left me a *log* at the end of the day when I had clean-up detail. I think that's a fetish though. #animals
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/08/09

In reply to The Elephant In The Womb
long way to fall onto a concrete floor?

brave mom. brave baby.
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curiousgeorgiana
10/07/09

In reply to The Elephant In The Womb
Am I the only one who cried? The mother's desperate cry as she tries to get it to breathe. And then her attempts to wrap the lifeless trunk of the baby around her own so she could lift it? Gawd, I wanted to give her thumbs.
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Juliekins
10/07/09

@curiousgeorgiana: Oh god no. I was starting to get teary when it was clear the baby wasn't breathing, but I freaking LOST IT when she cried out and really began to get frantic.

Then it was okay, and there was lots of squeeing watching the awkward baby elephant flail around and try to walk.
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andBegorrah
10/07/09

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Palate cleanser!
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curiousgeorgiana
10/07/09

@andBegorrah: I was already crying!! Jeez, what more do you want from me?
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andBegorrah
10/07/09

@curiousgeorgiana: The biggest epidural you can find.
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ArgusRun
10/07/09

@andBegorrah: Sob... Watching this growing up was tough. I was adopted, so I always pictured my birth mom in this scene.

Then again, the Pink Elephants on Parade scene (drunken hallucinations)scared the shit out of me and stil does.

Finally, years later I learned that the crows were racist charicatures, so there goes my favorte song, When I See and Elephant Fly.

So yeah.. Now I can never ever enjoy Dumbo.
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redqueenmeg
10/07/09

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I cried. I admit it. Of course, I'm also pregnant, but we're pretty sure it's a human.
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Canadienne
10/07/09

@redqueenmeg: Oh, I cried too...and I'm pregnant too...about to pop.

Anyone out there cry who's NOT pregnant?
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redqueenmeg
10/07/09

@Canadienne: I'm sure there must be someone 'cause I'm sure I would have cried anyway.
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pureblarney
10/07/09

In reply to The Elephant In The Womb
That was really beautiful. Go Riski. Also, lolz @ the first tag for this entry.
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