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    Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!

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    Image of misspell misspell
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I think the CDC needs this:

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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I love our government, and I mean that in near seriousness. E-cards? I wish I was in on that meeting.
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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I've often wished there was a tactful way of letting a stranger know they smell bad, or in the case of the guy I saw at Rite-Aid last week who had a diarrhea stain on his jeans. I mean there was no way it could have been anything else. It was right there at the seam, directly in the line of fire, so to speak. He wasn't challenged in any way that I could see; he was having a normal conversation with the cashier and all, but dude had had a fairly recent accident and was strolling around like that. I was horrified and also overwhelmed with sympathy, as in the last few years I've had some stomach issues that come on very suddenly and have resulted in a couple of very narrowly averted disasters. I wish I'd had a little business-type card in my bag that I could have handed him, saying discreetly, Hey Friend! Just wanted to let you know you have a bit of a stain on your seat. I mean really, just walking up and telling him that would have been so awkward! But I really did feel bad, how embarassing! Poor guy. Hope he noticed right away.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    05/14/09

    @..now it's just Aesop's Foibles.: I laughed out loud. I have shitty stomach and have worried before that I had a smell or stain. If you gave me one of those cards I probably would fall on the floor laughing and scoot out of the store. Can you imagine? What would you do!?
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    05/14/09

    @..now it's just Aesop's Foibles.: oh my god, i seriously snorted when i read that. i too have stomach issues and have had to clench and scoot my way out of places before but i can't imagine not realizing i had shat myself.
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    Image of thequeenofstartingover thequeenofstartingover
    05/14/09

    @..now it's just Aesop's Foibles.: I laughed out loud too...then went to hell because I remembered my poor dear mother who has issues controlling her bladder due to diabetes. There have been a few times where she has had accidents while we were in a public place and I always felt so sorry for her but she goes on like a trooper and ties a jacket around her waist till we get back home. Luckily, my folks live in a small town so there isn't a lot of people to view the damage.


    But yeah, what would you do in that situation when its a stranger and of something of that accord? I'd hate to tell them, but are you just a jerk cause you didn't say anything? It's so conflicting.

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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    05/14/09

    @badmutha: I'd be too clenched up to laugh. Sudden laughter would not be a good thing for any party involved. I'm such a priss that if this ever happened to me, I'd just evaporate. And trust me, there have been a few notable occasions in particular that are responsible for my general distrust of my own bowels. Having been thisclose to the edge, I can say for sure that if I ever had any sort of poop accident, my spirit would leave my body and I would just vaporize. The humiliation would be too much to bear.
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    Image of Aesop's Foibles. YES. Aesop's Foibles. YES.
    05/14/09

    @spiderbaby1983: I dunno, maybe he was drunk or on painkillers and didn't feel it? Otherwise I think one would know if one's bowel had voided itself. I know I would. My crotch and its neighbor to the south are always aware of their surroundings.
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    05/14/09

    @thequeenofstartingover: I know, I felt bad because what if he had a health problem or was taking a medication that made that happen. I mean it's not like anyone would soil themself on purpose. At least I hope not. Anyway, though, that was the issue, should I say something, or not? And I did struggle with that for a minute, but at the same time, it wasn't like your garden variety toilet-paper-on-the-shoe or something-in-your-teeth situation. I just wasn't equipped to handle that one.
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    Image of jeepgirl jeepgirl
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    You would be SHOCKED at the ridiculous questions that come into drug information at any pharma company. You assume that everyone has SOME basic knowledge, but you are wrong, mon ami. Let me tell you, that "weakest link" is pretty weak.


    We had a patient call in and say how he didn't have any side effects from his injections. Did that seem unusual? After some prodding, we determined he was injecting his drug into the practice injection pad included in his kit.


    It never dawned on him that he should inject it into his actual thigh.


    I shit you not.

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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    05/14/09

    @jeepgirl...is on Wit's End Road: Well, as they say, you can't cure stupid.
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    Image of rocknrollunicorn rocknrollunicorn
    05/14/09

    @jeepgirl...is on Wit's End Road: I'm sorry, this is obviously natural selection at work.


    j/k, the idiot probably has 10 kids.

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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I briefly dated this guy who requested that several local clinics send "Get Help Getting Off of Meth" postcards to my house. He thought it was hilarious.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    05/14/09

    @Tippi Hedren:It kind of is hilarious. Especially if you are the type that would never touch it.
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I would cut a bitch that sent me something about my pregnancy or wedding. The kids, I could probably use the tips.
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    Image of I, Zombie Normal I, Zombie Normal
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I'm already going to hell anyway, so why not amuse myself by abusing a public health organization's services?
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    IS there one for: "Thanks for giving me the Herp, you sonofabitch"?
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    Never before has there been a better use for this:

    ZOMFG

    And I H8 that one.
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    Image of Fatwetdog Fatwetdog
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    The "healthy living" bride one looks like her stomach has been ripped open in a zombie attack.
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    05/14/09

    @Fatwetdog: I thought it was about domestic violence, with a blood splattered dress.
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    The Centers For Disease Control's attempt to utilize late '90s technology


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    Image of saintbernadette saintbernadette
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Yesss!
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    Image of hortense hortense
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: When you care enough to send the very, very best.
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Again, you are killing me!
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    Image of samethingwedoeverynightpinky samethingwedoeverynightpinky
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Now there's a card I would actually send.
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    Image of Uncommon Whore Uncommon Whore
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: WOW - I was just having this exact conversation with my pregnant friend the other day. Best believe.
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    Image of misspell misspell
    05/14/09

    @JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Wow. I know it's too late for this, and maybe you can't get COTD for an image, but this would be it, according to me.
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    Image of I, Zombie Normal I, Zombie Normal
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    "Sometimes it's obvious when to quit the night cheese. Sometimes, it's not. Learn storage and snacking tips at www.cdc.gov/nightcheese."
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    Image of echoparkgal echoparkgal
    05/14/09

    @AbbyNormal: Braincrazy FemiZombie: Why did I just cut and paste your link TO NO AVAIL. Cruel! I was trying to seek help about my night cheese issue.
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    Image of girl.of.your.dreams girl.of.your.dreams
    05/14/09

    @AbbyNormal: Braincrazy FemiZombie: Workin' on my night cheese!
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    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    05/14/09

    @AbbyNormal: Braincrazy FemiZombie: Gurl, you can pry my night cheese from Slanketed hands!
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    Image of badmutha badmutha
    05/14/09

    @AbbyNormal: Braincrazy FemiZombie: I got your night cheese sister.
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    Image of I, Zombie Normal I, Zombie Normal
    05/14/09

    @echoparkgal: Maybe we need to set up a night cheese website, but I'm thinking more along the lines of lots of pictures of cheese, like food porn. But all cheese, all the time. Live nude cheese!
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    Image of Kivrin Kivrin
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    To be fair, public health is kind of a passive-aggressive field in general. The CDC can't go out and force everyone to take care of themselves -- all it can do is publish data and hope people pay attention. Sometimes you have to go the "scare some sense into 'em" route.
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    05/14/09

    @Kivrin: I know. I can recognise that these are ridiculous, but the global health lawyer in me is still cringing. Maybe as people laugh they will also recognise there are some serious conversations they should be having- tactfully- with their loved ones.
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    05/14/09

    @Kivrin: I think to me the difference is in the delivery. You know how in the subway they have those ads about taking folic acid, or HIV, or other stuff? Those I actually find helpful. I mean you have to look at something. And there's no one behind it, in your mind, really.


    The ecards have to be sent to you by someone. I'm not faulting the CDC for being passive-agressive -- but that person is going to come off as P-A, self righteous, etc. I just see this working in most situations for that reason -- I send one of these to my (fictional) sister who doesn't bathe her child or might drink during pregnancy, I'm gonna see a lot of defensiveness and probably deeper denial -- because I'm not an expert on this!

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    05/14/09

    @rocknrollunicorn: I agree, I was just saying that pretty much all public health messages are delivered passive-aggressively. (Passively-aggressively?) Even the ads in the subway pretty much throw scary info at you when you aren't expecting it, with the hope that you'll take the info to heart. But I do agree that these e-cards could be better (and may not be the best delivery method, period).
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    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    Ok, if I send out that "Great American Smoke-Out" e-card, my friends are going to show up at my house expecting something not CDC-related.
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    Image of misspell misspell
    05/14/09

    @shorty63136: Wooooo! Party at Shorty's house!
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    05/14/09

    In reply to Need To Tell A Bride to Diet? A Partner You Have Syphilis? Try A CDC E-Card!
    I love these:


    [www.baldguygreetings.com]

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