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Cyrrex
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So yesterday my oldest son, a first grader, comes home with a sticker on his shirt with an American flag on it that says "I registered to vote". So I seriously asked him if he knew who he was going to vote for.
"Yes" he said "but I can't remember his name."
What did he look like, I asked, fearing he was going to describe a crusty old white haired man who hops around like a penguin.
"He is kind of....brown" he said
I asked him if his name was Barack Obama, and his face lights up and he says yes. So I asked him why he was going to vote for Barack.
"Um...because he looks nice. And because he is winning." He does the same when we watch football...he figures out the the purple team is ahead, and he will be rooting for the purple team, by God.
Just thought it was really charming. I told him in jest that lots of people vote for candidates for precisely those reasons.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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I told him in jest that lots of people vote for candidates for precisely those reasons.
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Cyrrex
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Yeah, I know it is true. I was still jesting though, if that makes any sense.
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"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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Ingmar
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I don't know where you are but I live in the middle of nofuckingwhere. I guess I just didn't expect cats to be expensive. These are my first cats, really, besides barn cats when I was little. I can get some of that back from their pet insurance, though.  SF Bay Area. It could just be that we have an expensive vet, but we paid something similar recently getting just one cat checked out and such. |
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voodoolily
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Our annual immunization/check-up visit runs us about $80-90 per cat.
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Cyrrex
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Wouldn't it be easier to just by 20 new cats?  |
"...maybe if you cleaned the piss out of the sunny d bottles under your desks and returned em, you could upgrade you vid cards, fucken lusers.." - Grunk
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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I keep telling them to die, because I'm ready to upgrade to the newer, cuter model.
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Signe
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My poor little black pussy is very lethargic and tired since we brought her home. At first I thought she was mad because we seriously betrayed her trust by taking her to the vet who abused her and invaded her personal space and even her anus, but I don't think so. I think it was all the shots. She had three all at once. Poor baby. They didn't seem to bother Lister who, incidentally, has gained 10 lbs. since last year. He's now 16.8 lbs. of soft, cowardly orange fluff. He literally whined with despair in the car for the 1 minute drive to our vet (who I adore but he doesn't) and has been following me around since we got home, yapping away. He talks a lot anyway but I can't shut him up tonight!
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Ingmar
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The thermometer to the butt is the worst part for the person holding the cat down, I tell you what.
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Reg
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Damn, that'd make me drop the cat for sure!
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Trippy
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Engels
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inflicts shingles.
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back in the day we hadda put on a leathear rain coat, oven mits and a catcher's mask to bathe our cat when she got fleas. thank god we never had to take her temperature
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
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Nerf
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Damn, that'd make me drop the cat for sure!
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Signe
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Magenta can turn into a fluffy ball of hypodermic needles when she's pushed too far but Lister is totally passive. His eyes and ears turned bright red at the vet's office because he blood pressure went way up (he was so afraid!), but he didn't struggle a bit. She didn't even have to hold him down. I think he might be a hippie.
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rattran
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Most of my cats are fine at the vet, though Oscar seems to magically know when I'm taking him outside in December not to play in the snow, but for his annual teeth cleaning. He starts howling like a wolf. Other visits with him are fine.
I have one former feral cat who hates going to the vet to the point that my vet makes a housecall instead. Dagmar is fine with everything being done at home. Shots, temperature, she even got chipped. But trying to walk into the vet with her is like carrying a rotating, barbed buzzsaw.
And, I can't stop sneezing tonight. I've been sneezing at least once every 2 minutes for hours. I now have a migraine and a sore throat.
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Sjofn
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Lizzie got pretty sleepy after her last shot, the vet said that was normal though. I'm just glad she stopped puking every day (apparently the NEW SURROUNDINGS made her tummy upset).
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God Save the Horn Players
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Signe
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Well, Magenta is off her food and she's limping. She's a little cat and maybe three shots all at once is just a bit much for her. If my vet hurt my little baby kitty, please write to me in prison. It has been a terrible Terrible TERRIBLE morning. I can't wait until this day is over. I need to go hide for a couple of weeks or something, I think. Take my hubby and my pussy-hos and find a deserted island.
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My cat was lethargic and limpy for about 24 hours after his last vet visit. He bounced back just fine though.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Oban
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Not having Internet access is bad.
Having Internet access so I can read about old tired pussy is great.
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Not having Internet access is bad.
Having Internet access so I can read about old tired pussy is great.
I'd like to elect Oban for F13 Daily Hero. |
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Oban
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Cable installers are worse than cable technical support personnel.
Dear fuck nut, next time you need to add someone to my local hub, do not unplug my fucking cable.
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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I had a genius installer drill a hole in my wall before realizing that it was part of the foundation and still underground, which pretty much prevented running the cable from outside through it. I am surprised this guy could walk upright. When a new installer came out a couple of weeks later to unfuck the original installation, I pointed the hole out. He told me that the first guy was the nephew of the owner of the installation place and wasn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. So I have cable, and a hole in my wall. Better than the satellite installers who insist that their HD signal will be flummoxed by trees. Living in the high tech age is quite a miracle  |
When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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I'm going to try out for Next Food Network Star at an open casting call on Thursday. I'll let you know how it goes.
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WayAbvPar
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Good luck!
If a dbag like Guy Fieri can get a gig, you should be a shoe-in.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Oban
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Please swear often.
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Palin 2012 : Let's go out with a bang!
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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I promise if I win I will kick Guy Fieti in the nuts.
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stray
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What is your gimmick though?
You need a gimmick just as much as you need a good dish. ;)
I have friend who should try out for that... Then again, his gimmick of "megalomaniacal, abusive asshole" has pretty much been monopolized by Gordon Ramsay for the time being.
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Trippy
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Good luck!
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FatuousTwat
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The final contest should be bare knuckle boxing, you vs Guy Fieti. I don't care if he isn't competing, I just want to see him punched in the face a few times. Make sure to smash his fucking sunglasses too please.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Signe
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I SO want you to get this! It would be just so good!
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Johny Cee
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So.....
Is anyone else not allowed to give blood anymore?
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Nerf
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I've never been able to give blood, hooray genetics.
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lamaros
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I've never been able to give blood, hooray genetics. Too easy. |
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FatuousTwat
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I have a needle phobia. No blood from me unless you beat it out.
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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Lantyssa
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So.....
Is anyone else not allowed to give blood anymore?
I'm out due to meds. |
Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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