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MargaretMoony
11/18/09

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I think I'll pass.
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sequined
11/18/09

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Don't you get a pretty good placenta facial for like, nine months in the uterus? How many compliments did you get on your radiant skin when you were just born? I'ma guess zero.
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Elaken
11/18/09

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Wow, imagine how traumatized Jon Hochschartner would be by this!
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

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Ah, that's nothing. Back in the day, we used to sacrifice virgins! And, if not that, some sacred cows.
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morninggloria
11/18/09

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I can't wait for Soylent Ives to hit my local drug store shelves!
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

@morninggloria: "It's people!!!!"
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o-line
11/18/09

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Where's the umbilical cord and meconium wrap?
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

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Unless you use your placenta in a ritual, or religious ceremony, it seems pretty stingy to hang on to it for a facial when you could donate it for stem cell research and cancer treatment.
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Sadako
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Why? It's your body. Besides, I don't see why hanging on to it for a facial is any stingier than using it for a religious ceremony.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Sadako: Call me crazy, but donating something for research seems less selfish than using it for a beauty treatment. That's just me, though. I'm wacky like that.
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Taradactyl
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Placenta isnt necessary for stem cells anymore.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: ? So, you're saying that donating your placenta for stem cell research, and the possibility of it being used in bone marrow transplants is pointless? Please, prove your point.
Here's a pretty recent article from Science Daily that talks about harvesting stem cells from placentas, and their different uses.
[www.sciencedaily.com]
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: Here's another article about using placental stem cells for cerebral palsy treatments:
[www.prlog.org]
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Taradactyl
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: No I just meant that you can harvest them from other sources (cord blood). Also there is new research where they are using small scrapings of skin to produce cells (although I'm not sure if this is a viable option yet but it should be within a few years) and I never said I found it pointless to donate placenta.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Taradactyl: Of course there are other ways of harvesting them, but they have found that there are more stem cells in placentas than in cord blood. My main point above, was that keeping a placenta for a beauty treatment seemed silly, when you could donate it for other, more useful things. So when you said that placentas weren't necessary for stem cells, I took that as an argument against their usefulness in research and treatments.
#tips
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Kirkat
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: What if I plan to eat it to try and avoid depression? I'm not being flippant, if I were to have a baby I'd definately have to try it. I hate feeling sad.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@Kirkat: I recommend seasoning with Mrs. Dash then pan searing for maximum sadlessness.

#tips
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Kirkat
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Excellent, I'll keep that in mind when I have one to cook! I'll wait for my partner to pass out from disgust first though, it makes him go green at the thought.
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Sadako
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: There are people who would say that having a baby is less selfish than aborting it. I don't think I have any obligation to donate any part of my body if I have a better use for it.
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cuteasabutton
11/18/09

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Not to mention footballers using it to fix ankle injuries.
[news.sky.com]
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/18/09

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Is there anything I could be doing with that un-baby-contaminated uterine lining I flush down the toilet every month? It kind of seems like a waste to let it go.
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GirlFailer
11/18/09

@linnyt is a walking cliché: Lip stain, remember?
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Tchotchke
11/18/09

@GirlFailer: Oh god, I'm shuddering just remembering that picture. Blech.
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dirtybee
11/18/09

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I wonder what the knock-off salons use?
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OneTwoPunch
11/18/09

@dirtybee: Bird poop...but it's from Japan, so it's gotta work. Or sake...'cause the sake factory workers have hands that are so smooth!!

Gotta love snake oil.
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mfnher
11/18/09

@OneTwoPunch: Aren't the birds on a special grain diet, though? Also, I hear they get massaged daily to keep things moving.
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ronniedobbs
11/18/09

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This is one of those times when I'm going to assume that by "Hollywood" they mean a strip-mall storefront bearing that name. I'm also guessing other weirdly-textured "facials" are available there as well.
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wtfox?!
11/18/09

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Instead of salt, I'm going to take that with the appropriate amount of WTF?! and anti-nausea medication.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
10/15/09

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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

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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

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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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