Tips to prevent child poisonings!
Teach your children that medicine is not candy!
It’s National Poison Prevention Week, and I wanted to share some personal stories about how lucky Georgians are to have the Georgia Poison Center operated through Grady Health System. It is a free 24-hour hotline that anyone can call with questions about human or animal poisonings. They can diagnose and treat poisonings over the phone. They also can tell you about drug interactions and if you are nursing, they can advise if medicines you are taking can transfer through your breast milk.
I have personally called the GPC, which is supervised by the Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, on many occasions. I have found them to be a reliable, professional resource that literally saved my son’s life when he was little.
Here are examples of when I called the GPC during nine years of parenting three kids (Please don’t be mean to me for admitting these to you guys!!I am fully aware of my stupidity and no one could make feel worse than I felt at the time.):
- I left a closed bottle of medicine on the counter while I went to get a second dispenser. (Both kids were sick.) When I returned to the bathroom I found a 3-year-old Walsh drinking it like it was Gatorade. (He had opened the not so child-proof container!) I immediately called the GPC and they advised that I had one-hour to get him to the hospital before it entered his blood stream. They called ahead to the ER and the doctors were waiting by the front door of the hospital for us and immediately took Walsh back.
- I was planting flowers in our front yard when Rose was about 2. I turned around to pick up another flower and found Rose eating a small amount of granules of fertilizer. I called the GPC and they said it was fine and she would be OK. I think around that time she also nibbled some dog food, but they said that was OK too. (Clearly she was into things at 2.)
- I was nursing Walsh but had to take a steroid for tendinitis from pushing that ridiculously heavy double stroller. Walsh came down with a fever and Michael was convinced it was my fault because of the steroids. Our lactation consultant and pediatrician had approved it before I started taking the drug, but he was scaring me that the drug was affecting him through my milk. It was well past the doctor’s office hours, but I called the GPC and they assured me I was not doing anything to hurt my baby by taking the steroids. (And Michael shut up about it. The baby was just sick.)
- Multiple calls about acceptable medications for me to take while nursing with all three babies.
- Last year, Lilina got into a cabinet (again, thank goodness the childproof lock worked so well!) and was “cleaning” the bathroom for me. I had no idea if she drank the cleaner so I called GPC to discuss it. He told me the active ingredients in that product wouldn’t hurt her even if she had and to flush her system I think with water (maybe it was milk).
I think that’s all the times I called. Seems like plenty! But thank goodness they were there to take my calls and help me know what to do.
I’m not alone in needing the GPC for advice. In 2009, the GPC answered 115,669 calls. Of these, 83,719 were human poisoning exposures, with more than 50% involving children under age five. The Specialists in Poison Information (SPI) treated 75% of these calls at home via telephone consultation, thereby eliminating unnecessary trips to the emergency room or doctor’s office.
Here are some tips the GPC sent me to share with your guys to help prevent poisonings:
- Store medicines, vitamins, household cleaners, cosmetics, lawn, and automotive products in locked cabinets out of the reach and sight of children.
- Use child resistant packaging and replace the lids tightly.
- Be aware that child resistant does not mean child-proof; some children can open child resistant containers
- Never take prescription medicine that belongs to someone else, even if you have the same symptoms.
- Never refer to medicine as “candy”
- Read labels and follow the directions on all medicine and household product containers
- Do not mix cleaning products
- Teach children never to taste anything without an adult’s permission
- Know the name of all the plants in your home
- Install at least one carbon monoxide detector near the sleeping areas in your home
- Never use an oven or gas stove to heat your home
- Do not go near, tease or play with wild animals or strange dogs and cats
- Do not pick up or move a sick or hurt wild animals
- Keep the phone number to the Georgia Poison Center near all phones in your home, or program the number into your phones
If you suspect a poisoning, have any poison related questions, or need poison prevention materials, call the Georgia Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222
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DFACS
March 18th, 2010
7:21 am
We are having a case investigator contact you later today.
MomOf2Girls
March 18th, 2010
7:53 am
Fortunately, my kids have not been the “eat / drink anything and everything” type. My older one was on a G-Tube until 4, and the younger one, not sure why. The only time I called Poison Control was as a precaution before anything happened. Our house gets a ladybug infestation every year, and although they don’t bother me, I was concerned about future (at the time) little ones popping them in their mouths. I called to ask them about it, and was told there’s not a problem.
Even though I’ve never had a scare like yours, I’m grateful that this service is available.
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
8:02 am
The state I live in (Mass) has a poison control center as well. It’s nice to know it’s available. We keep the number on the main phone in the house – we got a sticker from some event we went to a while back.
We’ve called it for a couple minor things and they’ve always been very professional, and most importantly, have a calming attitude while they are explaining why (or why not) you should/shouldn’t be worried.
cld
March 18th, 2010
8:23 am
Thanks for the reminder! I am programming the phone number today . . .
A few months ago (DS was probably about 18 months old), I had a bottle of adult Motrin in my purse. We were at my sister’s house and my son started unloading the contents of my purse. In no time at all, the bottle of Motrin was out and open. I think I cleared the coffee table and loveseat without touching the floor, jumping to him. He was just putting the first pill in his mouth when I got to him, and pulled it out. I couldn’t believe how quickly it happened – and with five adults in the room with him! Luckily that was just a close call . . . but we still have a lot of road to cover.
Jeff
March 18th, 2010
8:29 am
So it takes an hour for the poison to enter the blood stream. Good info for my plans for the ex. Did I just say that out loud?
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
8:39 am
Never had any incidents with the boy that required a call. I think I did look up online once when our friends’ toddler decided to eat about 6-8 Tums thinking they were candy. He got his calcium intake for the day (week even) and had a bit of diarrhea the rest of the day.
I did just click on the link and found one of the headlines a little interesting, “GPC no longer recommends Syrup of Ipecac for Home Use”. I can remember every well-child visit the pediatrician’s nurse asking us if we had Ipecac syrup at home. It doesn’t say why they no longer recommend it though I’m guessing it’s because most poisonings should not be addressed by force vommitting.
Tiffany
March 18th, 2010
8:57 am
Thanks, Theresa…this is some really important information here. I think we have ALL been here at least once- with a problem similar to yours. I know I can totally relate to being scared senseless about some crazy thing one of the kids has done, eaten, ect. I also have a kid who was NEVER stopped by any of the so-called child proof items. I learned very early that there’s nothing better than a really high cabinet to keep those items out of reach. Even now that my kids are old enough to know better…the items- medicines, cleaning chemicals, ect. are still up high, because you never know when a small child might be visiting. We also have pets and it’s just better to be safe than sorry. Also-keep that poison control number handy just in case!
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
9:02 am
Just added the number to my cell phone too — which never even occurred to me — thanks CLD! — Tech Mom — the Ipecac went out a long time ago — at least four years. We always had it in the kitchen in our old house just in case but I removed it before we moved so it must have been at least four years ago they stopped advising it. they used charcoal on Walshie to absorb the medicine before it could enter his system from the stomach. I wrote about that before when I praised Emory Eastside for doing such a great job taking care of him.
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
9:03 am
Tiffany — thanks for not judging me!!!!!!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
9:07 am
Well, we had to call once too…don’t feel so bad. My step-sons were on meds for ADHD when they were younger. They were staying at our house one week and didn’t put their medicine back in the cabinet. The little guy (I think he was 2-3 at the time) started eating them! I think they were Ritalin, Risperdal, and Concerta! We had to take him to the ER and they gave him the charcoal to drink. Thankfully, he was thirsty and drank it (otherwise, they put a tube through your nose to the stomach and pour it in!) We had to stay there for a few hours for observation. We think he might have actually ingested the Risperdal because he was very lethargic (which is NOT his normal). We were very lucky that day.
Everyone should have the number for poison control written/stored in an easily accessible (and remembered) place! You never know when you might need it!
TechMom-many times vomiting will cause even more problems. For example, any swallowed item that is caustic/acidic (drano, bleach, toilet bowl cleaner, etc) you would not want to induce vomiting. It has already burned on the way day, you want to keep it there to be neutralized, not have it burn on the way back up too!
Lori
March 18th, 2010
9:14 am
Good number to have around when you have curious puppies too!! I have one that will pick up and eat absolutely anything, and a 6 year old boy who can’t remember to close cabinet, pantry, and bedroom doors!!! Tip, keep your chocolate baking supplies on a shelf that your dog can’t reach standing on their hind legs!!! Candy bars aren’t all that bad, but baking chocolate, especially the unsweetened kind is deadly.
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
9:25 am
A gallery of common poison threats at home —
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/health/poisons-home/
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
9:26 am
Lori — I didn’t know that about the baking chocolate — I keep all my supplies for baking in a low cabinet – can’t hurt the kids — but the dog!!!! hmmmm maybe have to move the bakers chocolate up –
lulu
March 18th, 2010
9:31 am
222-1222!!!! (right? i always second-guess myself. maybe i should follow my own advice!)
*everyone* needs to memorize that number, put it in their phone, whatever. you never know when you might need it! i think poison is downplayed a lot, but the most innocuous things can be poisonous for a small child. thankfully, the poison control folks are super nice and helpful … i’ve called them twice — in the same weekend. never before or since, but it was absolutely my worst weekend as a parent!
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
9:33 am
Wow…you have had your share if hair raisers T. Here are mine:
My son stuffed his mouth full of rolly pollies while I was planting Gerber Daisies around our front yard tree, in Texas. He thought they were candy. When I noticed him, I screamed my head off and one of our neighbors (a Doctor) was out and came over. No biggie but it was gross.
My daughter pulled a piece of a plant ( diffenbachia) and put that in her mouth. I did call poison control then.
When we still owned our house in Texas, our tenants had a dog that got into a one pound brick of Folger’s coffee. He was runnng around the yard likea maniac from the caffeine. They found the coffee and took him in to have his stomach pumped. Yes, pets do get into stuff too.
T…guess you got a kick out of the poster who fussed at your first for the lame topic yesterday, when we peaked 100 posts. You know I support your blogs…even though I do think you are nuts sometimes :) I an known to be nuts too! It is impossible to please everyone and I appeciate the different topics you dig up for us.
Becky
March 18th, 2010
9:34 am
Like Momof2Girls, I’ve been blessed and haven’t had this problem.. My 2 pretty much never got into stuff when they were little that they weren’t suppose to, so we’ve never had to call poison control..
@Lori..My sister has had problems with her dog and chocolate 2-3 times..She usually puts a kid gate in the kitchen door, but has forgotten a couple of times only to come home and find out that her dog has been in the chocolate..
cld
March 18th, 2010
9:35 am
Lori, good thought. Our dog isn’t curious and never gets into anything. But our son doesn’t think twice about feeding the dog whatever he gets his hands on. Yesterday I made home-made trail mix – and guess what got slipped to the dog – raisins and milk chocolate chips. Luckily, I think the dog only actually ate one or two of them, but I need to make sure the chips of baking chocolate aren’t within toddler reach! I can just see him tasting it, spitting it out, and handing it to the dog.
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
9:36 am
sorry for my typos…I am typing on my little notebook today…
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
9:52 am
@cld raisins & grapes are poisonous to dogs too.
It’s the actual cocoa that’s poisonous to dogs. Since milk chocolate doesn’t have that much cocoa, it’s usually not a huge deal if the dog finds some Hershey Kisses (depending on the size of the dog and how many Kisses of course) but you do have to be extra careful if they get baking chocolate because it has a higher concentration of cocoa.
YUKI
March 18th, 2010
10:00 am
I just programmed it into my phone as well. Thanks for the reminder!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
10:03 am
MJG…you’re on your laptop! Yeah!!! It’s unusual to see you using your extra technology! LOL! (I am poking fun at you!)
cld-raisins and grapes, both, are very bad for dogs. It can put them into kidney failure! The little ones don’t understand that though!
annoyed
March 18th, 2010
10:04 am
DFACS—Not a funny comment. Especially with the way things are today. You can look at your kids wrong and DFACS is called in.
cld
March 18th, 2010
10:04 am
Techmom, I realize they are poisonous. That’s why I noted them and said that luckily he only ate one or two. I actually didn’t know about the grape/raisin thing until about two years ago. Before that, we actually used to give him raisins sometimes! Then I got one of those warning e-mails from a friend, and we’ve been careful ever since. Well, obviously not perfect . . . but we try not to let any make their way to him.
JATL
March 18th, 2010
10:05 am
Thanks for the reminder! I just called the nanny and asked her to put the children’s Nyquil on top of the fridge where my oldest can’t see or get to it. He LOVES the taste! I have a love/hate relationship with the “yummy” cough medicines these days -yes, kids easily take them, but then they want to drink them!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
10:09 am
CLD-my son LOVES grapes! We used to let him give them to the dog until we found that out! Our crazy boxer LOVES fruit and vegetables! He goes CRAZY and starts drooling when we begin peeling an orange or clementine (or potato)! I have never seen anything quite like it!
DB
March 18th, 2010
10:15 am
Theresa, no judgement here — sounds like a pretty typical ride through childhood! My kids weren’t too oral, so I didn’t have the “oh, my god, what did you just put in your mouth!?” worries, but my best friend’s kid would eat ANYTHING. Sheesh.
Of course, now that the kids are grown, I now have a DOG that eats everything in sight — so I guess it evens out. :-)
I’m constantly having to pry his mouth open to figure out what that little scrap of something is that is hanging from his mouth as he happily chews!
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
10:16 am
@Michelle: Never seen anything like a Boxer drooling, or that he likes fruits and vegetables? A Boxer drooling is not a pretty sight…
Rectal Bleeding
March 18th, 2010
10:17 am
Wow…..Really? Store medicines, vitamins, household cleaners, cosmetics, lawn, and automotive products in locked cabinets out of the reach and sight of children.
If ANYONE does not know this, or the other “warnings” above, they should not procreate and if they have, their offspring carries the imbecilic gene pool as well, which further endangers the lives of the rest of us. That being the case, they need to be dead. It’s called thinning the herds.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
10:22 am
Grapes are poisonous to dogs too????? My yellow lab LOVES grapes……but only the green ones. She spits the red ones out……
cld
March 18th, 2010
10:25 am
@Rectal Bleeding – You can’t keep ALL those things locked away ALL the time . . . I assume that someone owns these things because they USE them. Which requires getting them out of the cabinet. And sometimes – gasp – you have to use them while the children are in the room. Sometimes you even have to use them on the children. No one is perfect. Stop pretending you are.
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
10:32 am
MJG — After 5 years of coming up with topics, I don’t worry too much about the criticism. It is funny though we can’t talk about sex every day —- I appreciate your support and chiming in even when you privately think it’s a bad topic!!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
10:34 am
Wayne, not only does he drool, he blows bubbles at the same time! It is SO gross and somewhat comical at the same time!
RB-do you have kids? Sometimes they are VERY resourceful and you cannot watch them 100% of the day! I think people make opportunities to keep those things out of the reach of kids, but clearly doesn’t always happen. Then again, there are some people who have NO common sense!
We all make mistakes
March 18th, 2010
10:37 am
I’ll just second that the GA Poison Control folks are awesome: I’ve called twice, once because my son drank 1/2 a bottle of children’s Motrin and the second time because we switched antibiotics for our other child and I missed the new dosage and gave him more meds than prescribed. Both times, the folks over at poison control were calm and helpful (and in both instances, there was no need to worry) but I was thankful to have that resource and get immediate answers.
fred
March 18th, 2010
10:37 am
This is one reason that I do not like that some (most?) pharmacies now offer to flavor kids medicine. Ours has over 30 flavors they can add. I tell my daughters it is medicine, it is not supposed to taste good, it is supposed to make you feel better. I do not like or want my kids to associate medicine with candy, I have enough trouble with the gummy vitamins. Ipecac was discontinued in favor of charcoal, as absorption and passing through the body is better than a caustic substance passing through your esophagus (sp?) 2 times. also just b/c you throw up, does not mean that all of your stomach contents have been emptied.
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
10:40 am
@JJ everything I’ve read says grapes & raisins are toxic ‘in large quantities’ so I don’t think 4 or 5 grapes every now and then are cause for alarm in a lab but I would be cautious, especially as she gets older and her organs don’t work quite as well. I also just read recently that onions and garlic can cause toxicity in dogs though it has to be in large quantities as well (like a cup’s worth). I think I’d probably be sick if I ate an entire cup of garlic too!
I have two Weimaraners that eat before they taste. Our female is awful and has caused us to learn how to make throw up so we don’t have to pay for another expensive surgery (or put her down if it happens again; she used up her lifetime medical budget by the time she was 2).
Rectal Bleeding
March 18th, 2010
10:44 am
cld – Would you use the same excuse for a gun? If medicines and cleaning agents can kill, like guns do, then why not treat them with the same level of caution?
How many here have their guns within reach of their children?
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
10:46 am
I had a friend who had a Boxer, and they kept his food and water bowl under their kitchen table. Which was glass. Think about that for a bit. Yuck.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
10:51 am
Thanks TechMom….she doesn’t eat a lot of “table food”, but ocassionaly gets a scrap here and there. Now that my daughter is home for spring break, the animals are getting a little spoiled by her.
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
10:53 am
[pondering] Well, I’ve got my bottle of Windex out because I’ve been cleaning my windows all day. OOps! Time to make lunch!
But my gun is in a drawer, by my bedside with a trigger lock because, well, in Mass. at least, I have to have it locked up if it’s not under my direct control.
My closet that has my cleaning supplies has a spring lock on it, about my eye level which is about 5′7″ (and shrinking! Darn it!) and a thingee on the door knob. My weapons are locked up in a case.
I dunno. You can make an argument for any scenario.
ZachsMom
March 18th, 2010
11:03 am
One year at Halloween I left the bowl of chocolate on top of the stove and went out never thinking that the dog could reach it…..several hours later came home and the bowel was on the floor broken and there were candy wrappers all over the floor and on sick looking dog under the table. Of course our vet was closed so I called poison control and the lady that I spoke with assured me that people called about their pets all the time. Asked me what kind of candy, how much my dog weighed and if she had eaten the wrappers. She was more concerned about the paper. Dog was fine but pooped a lot of paper the next day. NEVER looked at chocolate again.
deidre_NC
March 18th, 2010
11:08 am
my grandfather built a medicine cabinet for my sister with a lock and all her meds were in there, didnt stop my 4 year old nephew from climbing on top of the fridge and unlocking the cabinet and eating a bottle of aspirin. he had to have his stomach pumped. if your kid wants to get at something they will try every way possible and sometimes succeed. i think this is a good topic and those who look down on us who are not perfect need to get over themselves. every hear of karma? i have had the stupidest experiences with my kids, here are a few…and yes i always took them to the same urgent care place and wsa finally asked questions about child abuse!! 1-4 yo got his head stuck in a ceiling fan and had to get stitches on his eye lid 2-daughter fell while running and broke her elbow 3-son stabbed himself with a kitchen knife and had to get stictches 4-said son body slammed his little brother and he had to get stitches in his foreheard-5-daughter was feeding the horses and one of them reached over and bit her freaking ear lobe off….no poisonings but geeze….and these are only a few…im sure others have horror stories to tell….stuff happens no matter how diligent you are.
deidre_NC
March 18th, 2010
11:10 am
oh…forgot the youngest one…wrecked on her bike ramp and skinned the whole side off her face and broke her nose….also she and her 16 yo babysitter wrecked on their 4 wheeler and her whole chest was scaped horribly. and no they were not allowed to ride it and they were breaking every rule that had been set…and yes they got into horrible trouble for it all
mothejanegoose
March 18th, 2010
11:16 am
Yes, Michelle…I may be taking mini steps toward technology! My battery on my cell phone pooped out last week. I could get a new phone for free, as I have had mine for 4 years. Since I am in North Dakota, I opted to pay $37 for a new battery and take my old phone with me….the ATT service centers are few and far between and I would go crazy having a phone I could not use. I will get a new phone this summer when I am home and can figure it out. I will show it to you when we get together for lunch o.k.? HAHAHA
My GPS pooped out last week, I just went to BEST BUY to get a new one. It looked FRIED and 2 clerks told me it was toast…nothing could fix it. I took it home to show my husband…he worked on it for 30 minutes and has it working now. My daughter has it.
The funny thing is that he applied for a part time job with GEEK SQUAD and they never even called him. He is awesome with computers and techno stuf…me….NOT! He helps all of our friends.
We had a Labrador who lived to be 14. He ate ANYTHING: apples, broccoli, cheese, geens beans and salad with ranch dressing…not Italian :). When he turned 12, the Vet asked me to tell him about his diet. Our dog was so healthy.
I fessed up and he laughed and said, “Well, no point in changing anything now..since he is in good shape.”
We never had left overs, as our dog took care of it.
DB
March 18th, 2010
11:28 am
I left a pan of newly-made fudge on the counter — BACK against the wall, covered. Came back an hour later and the dog had pawed the pan over to the edge and licked a major hole into the middle of the pan. *sigh*. Fixed gingerbread for dessert a couple of weeks ago, and my daughter forgot to push the pan back that evening after a snack — we realized the dog was quiet, and when we checked, he was happily munching down on the left-over gingerbread (two squares). I mean, it’s not as though we don’t feed him!!!
Thanks for the tip on the baking chocolate — time to rearrange the pantry!
lakerat
March 18th, 2010
11:28 am
Never had problems with the kids but the dog ate the rat poison I put out in the yard – we called “animal” poison control and they told us how to deal with it, and the mutt is still with us.
Another time we had another dog drink a large amount of gasoline – he ran and ran in circles and then keeled over. We rushed him to the vet, told her what had happened, and asked if the dog was dead – was told, no, he had only run out of gas!
cld
March 18th, 2010
11:36 am
@RB: I don’t have guns. The fact that I have a child is one reason.
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
11:38 am
@lakerat – LMAO “out of gas!”
Our microwave has become our food storage location of choice for things like brownies and cakes (stuff you don’t want to put in the fridge but will get lost in the pantry). We have some serious counter-surfing going on but they haven’t figured out how to open the microwave.
I took a couple of Uncrustables (frozen PB&Js) out last week before the boy’s hockey game and put them on the counter for a few minutes to thaw since we weren’t going to have time for dinner before the game. A few minutes later I walked into the kitchen to find only wrappers on the floor. Not poisonous but geesh, dang dog, eat your own food!
Tara
March 18th, 2010
11:44 am
It’s good to know people call Poison Control for their animals. I had no idea raisins were bad for dogs until I gave my puppy some leftover Christmas cookies with raisins. He vomitted twice and had diarrhea for days, but luckily no kidney damage. It was late at night when he got sick, so I waited until the next day to call the vet (not knowing how dangerous grapes could be). I wish I had thought to call Poison Control then! It turned out ok and he’s fine, but from what I’ve read since then about raisins/grapes and dogs, the next morning would’ve been too late if they’d affected his kidney function.
JATL
March 18th, 2010
11:45 am
@RB -I don’t have a gun in my home because I have a very headstrong child. However, I’m not anti-gun, but I don’t think parents with any sense really need to have their guns out around their kids, lying on counters, etc. like they do with cough medicines and Tylenol that the kids actually use.
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
11:56 am
Years ago…my sister left 2 freshly baked blueberry ( and hand made from scratch) pies to cool on her counter. She planned to take a shower before she headed out with them. Fully dressed, she was greeted by her happy dog with BLUE whiskers. We then learned the microwave storage trick. Have fun all!
Can dogs have blueberries? He was a Shetland Sheep Dog.
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
12:08 pm
@MJG: What? Have you ever seen the size of a Shetland Sheep Dog? They go 20-25 pounds (or so). How on earth did that dog get up on the counters? Much less the pies?
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
12:13 pm
Wayne…one word for your friends…GROSS! I don’t even put food in the dogs’ bowls unless I’m not going to close by! Hearing the boxer eat is just disgusting. The mini-pin, he just crunches one piece at a time! :o)
MJG-I’m laughing over here! Let me know when you’re actually home for a few days…we’ll definitely do lunch! I’m close enough to your area we can go over there to eat! Lots of places to pick from! You know I HATE when you put in an application somewhere and never hear back…or a year later they call you and you’ve forgotten who they are! Are you staying with AT&T or are you going to switch this year? I know you paid attention the new phone topic! T…what did you finally decide on getting?
OK…just so you know, it’s not just kids who need to call poison control. I’ve had to call poison control for adults who have mixed too many medications and OTC…sorry over the counter medicines and herbs! They wonder why they feel sluggish or out of it!
JJ
March 18th, 2010
12:14 pm
Diedre, that sounds just like me when I was a kid. We had the hospital ER on retainer….LOL
Lets see…I feel off the monkey bars in elementary school – 4 stitches in my chin;
Had a cyst removed from my throat – another 4 stitches;
scrapped my chin on the bottom of a swimming pool – 4 more stitches in my chin;
Bike accident – 10 stitches in my knee;
fell of a trampoline – 3 PINS to put my elbow back in place, and 20 stitches after the surgery; pin removal – another 12 stitches (4 per pin);
two surgeries on my thyroid glands (dissolvable stitches)……..
If they had DFACs around then like now, I’d have been taken from my family….
Now my question to you is – How did a kid get their head stuck in a ceiling fan???????
JJ
March 18th, 2010
12:17 pm
This is very gross, but do any of you dog owners have a problem with dogs eating cat poop?
Although on the bright side, I haven’t had to scoup much out of the cat box……GROSS!!!!!
JJ
March 18th, 2010
12:18 pm
OH, and I’m sorry, but this is WWWAAAYYYYYY off topic. Did anyone see the advertisement on this page for college text book rentals “Chegg”? My daughter uses them, and they are very inexpensive. You can rent text books for a FRACTION of the purchase price. They even plant one tree for every book you rent. They will also send you the boxes and labels to return them at the end of the semester. It has saved me a TON of money!!!!!!!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
12:21 pm
JJ…many of them like tootsie rolls! I think it is a delicacy for them…not sure why! Maybe they are helping you clean up! I have heard that is why they eat their own. I would ask your vet about this! Not to pry, but why did they take your whole thyroid out the first time?
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
12:21 pm
JJ, my nephew uses this in Indiana!! He loves it!!
Spacey
March 18th, 2010
12:25 pm
Thanks for the phone number!
The blog is cracking me up today. Please keep the stories coming…
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
12:28 pm
@JJ my brother in law uses Chegg (I had to ask what the heck it was when I saw his beer bottle opener keychain in the shape of, you guessed it, an egg). Seems like a smart alternative until text book manufacturers start licensing e-copies of their books. I really think if Amazon could partner with text book manufacturers and schools, they could take over the entire text book industry. Think about – every kid is given/purchases/rents a Kindle and then you get the electronic versions of the books. No more lugging around 20 lbs of books and no more “I forgot my book” excuses. They could sell the books for one price for time-period based use (6 mos, 1 year, whatever) or they could sell them with a lifetime license like Amazon currently does for things you might need much longer (my SIL is in nursing school so she actually has already done this with a couple of her drug-reference books).
A couple of my son’s textbooks have companion websites already so he doesn’t even have to bring those books home (which means cash-strapped schools could have just 1 classroom set of books and then give online access for homework). I know this requires kids to have a computer which is why the Kindle is ingenious.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
12:38 pm
Michelle – I had my thyroid GLANDS (not the thyroid) removed, due to extremely high calcium levels. Had to have it done twice, and I’m now down to 1/2 a gland.
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
12:46 pm
I have a Beagle and a Rat Terrier – both of which can fit through the cat door to the ’snack trays’. It’s among the list of most gross things I can think of, especially as I walk into the kitchen and see one of the dogs come tear-assing out of the cat door, sees me, stops dead and the poop comes flying out of their mouth. Yeah. Real nice.
We had such a problem with it we got ’special’ collars for them. Problem solved. Didn’t want to do it but it was keep the dogs in their crates all the time, or lock the cat door. Either way wasn’t fair to either set of animals. We tried for weeks to keep them out so… as I said, no more problem.
After all that, I saw that Foster’s and Smith has some kind of liquid you can give dogs so that their poops taste awful (there’s an oxymoron for ya) so they won’t eat it. I was tempted, but we’re good now.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
12:58 pm
“Snack trays” – ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I had to read that post twice before I got that…..good one Wayne!!!!
cld
March 18th, 2010
1:02 pm
JJ, We don’t have a cat, but my dad has a cat and two dogs. Both dogs love to take “Scoobie Snacks” from the litter box!
Becky
March 18th, 2010
1:17 pm
@JJ.. Have a nephew that thought he was Superman..As soon as they were back from the emergency room for stiches, he tred it again..
@deidre..That’s life in childhood isn’t it? Thank goodness all of yours survived..Don’t recall anyone in my family having any super serious childhood problems..Which is amazing since there are so many of us..I’m the only one that has any kind of broke bone..Broke my collarbone when I was about 13, hurt like a mothersticker..
MomsRule
March 18th, 2010
1:26 pm
OK – so to everyone who has dogs dining on cat “treats” do you let your dogs lick your faces? Sorry, I have to ask.
We don’t have pets now but I grew up with many dogs and cats…never had this problem. N A S T Y
JJ
March 18th, 2010
1:27 pm
My mom threatened to keep me indoors for an entire summer, and I ended up tripping over a floor pillow and landing on the tv with my forehead…..another 4 stitches. I forgot about that one…….
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:30 pm
theresa, can I ask you a blunt question. Why do you keep the Rectal Bleeding poster on here with that name?
I am grateful I have never had to call them but have had my share of calling the nurse line :)
Rectal Bleeding
March 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
Do any of you actually read what you are saying? I’m not talking about spelling or grammar errors….I’m talking about some real dumb remarks.
You should be less worried about what your kids can get in to and more worried about what influence you have on them.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
MomsRule that makes me just want to hurl and you see all sorts of people do it.. Blech!!
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
1:31 pm
Lick my face? My dogs, or cats? Nope. Nada. Nothing doing. I don’t even like them licking my hands! I’m not gonna talk about what I like licked. Least not here. In public.
Theresa Walsh Giarrusso
March 18th, 2010
1:32 pm
I’ve asked him t change his name — I need to ask my boss if i should ban him just for the name —
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
1:33 pm
My stepmother was eating an ice cream cone once and she had her dog lick and eat some. I thought she was done with it, but noooo…. She went right back to eating it. Like Roamoing Gnome, I almost lost my lunch.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:35 pm
You are the gate keeper here… either have him change it or ban his IP address…. Thank you.
Wayne and she kisses your dad with that mouth huh? :)
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
1:36 pm
I know! :}
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
1:36 pm
JJ…hmmm the thyroid is considered a gland…LOL…I’m going to assume you’re talking about your parathyroids b/c those are the big calcium regulators in the body! I’ll bet that was NOT fun! People don’t typically notice calium until there’s a problem, but boy watch out when there is one! MISERABLE! What a bummer that you had to go through it more than once! YUCK!
I had my thyroid taken out for nodules. My MD said he recommended taking the whole thing out b/c if not, in about 6 months to a year, I’d be back to have the other half taken out anyway! I’ve heard that happen to a lot of others and just wondered if that was your case too!
JJ-no one can EVERY say your childhood was not full of fun and excitement!
Lori
March 18th, 2010
1:37 pm
Don’t forget about plants too. I don’t know about people and dogs but azaleas are poisonous to goats. My mother lost several of her goats to the flowers in the garden!!
And a dog's mouth...
March 18th, 2010
1:38 pm
…is still cleaner than a human’s mouth, yet none of you blanch at kissing your mother/father, wife/husband, child, etc with it…so why all the outrage at the dogs?
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
1:38 pm
Wayne…LMBO…
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:40 pm
And a dog’s mouth… I dont give “shart” (no pund intended) but after he licks his poopy rear end he sure wont be kissing me!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
1:40 pm
Dog’s mouth, that is true…humans, then cats, then dogs if I remember correctly! Human bites that break the skin (not through clothing) almost always need treated with antibiotics, cats too, dogs most of the time!
Lori
March 18th, 2010
1:40 pm
Here’s something completely off topic, but a recurring problem I’m having. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get birds to stop nesting on the front porch light? I have one that does it every year, and on “teach the babies to fly day”, I usually end up with 2 or 3 babies birds IN my house!!! I can’t even go check the mail without being either assaulted by the mother, or having to chase the babies back outside. She lays two rounds of eggs a year, so I get this every May and every July. Any suggestions?
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
1:40 pm
[sigh] You had to bring in other animals, didn’t ya. I had to clear about 2 acres of trees because they could have killed the horse and donkey that we have. Wasn’t the only reason, but I had to make sure that they couldn’t reach the cherry (and some other that I don’t recall) trees because they are poisonous to equines. Yeah, that cost a bundle.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:47 pm
Lori… AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW I know its annoying but its so cute as well :)
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
1:48 pm
@And a dog’s mouth… may contain less bacteria than a human’s but that doesn’t mean the bacteria isn’t more potent or that it’s still disgusting.
Either way, there is no way I’m going to let my dogs lick me, on the face or otherwise. I am actually allergic to dogs & their saliva so I always wash my wash hands after touching them anyway. People who allow their dogs to eat after them just grosses me out- you might as well serve your dinner on the toilet seat.
Yeah, Roaming Gnome...
March 18th, 2010
1:49 pm
…and whether you are male or female, there are many things on humans you have probably touched with your mouth, yet you keep on kissin’ other humans…
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:50 pm
Nasty person.. you want to french kiss your dog you go right ahead..
Sorry, TechMom...
March 18th, 2010
1:50 pm
…just espousing the facts…
Sorry, Roaming Gnome...
March 18th, 2010
1:52 pm
…it goes WAAAAAYYYYY beyond french kissin’….yet you still do it…
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:52 pm
Sorry, TechMom… if that gets you all warm and fuzzy, hats off to ya
Becky
March 18th, 2010
1:54 pm
Have a friend that lives in MD and her neighbor’s dog eats off of a china plate at the diner table with them..
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:54 pm
Hey Lori, if she has not built a nest there this year… what about getting say some sort of plastic bird and sticking up there .. This might scare her to a different place???
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:55 pm
Becky **********EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW****************
****
March 18th, 2010
1:56 pm
f you pushed your own naked clone off the top of a tall building, would it be: A) murder? B) suicide? or C) simply making an obscene clone fall?
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
1:59 pm
I have a ? for all you people that have no problem showing PDA with your dog… Do you not wash your hands before you touch food???
SRH
March 18th, 2010
2:02 pm
Since this topic has morphed into the pet safety area, I thought you might like to see a list of all things that are toxic to pets. http://www.thedogbowl.com/PPF/category_ID/54/dogbowl.asp
SRH
March 18th, 2010
2:06 pm
And here is one for cats. http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/humanfood.htm
My dog also eats the occasional cat poop, and it drives me crazy! I work from home so I do clean it out as soon as I see her go – that helps a lot. I make my dog his own food and he gets some great snack, so I don’t get it! On the poisoning for children topic, when I was 4 my sister forced me and another sister to eat some berries off a plant.My mom rushed us to the hospital and we had our stomaahs pumped. I felt bad for days. I also ate an entire choclate exlax bar when I was about 6 – bad scene LOL
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
2:08 pm
If I am about to serve food, I’m washing my hands irregardless of whether I touched an animal or not.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:10 pm
I still will not let a dog lick my face… Blech!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
2:10 pm
SRH…good ol’ ex-lax! Whew! I’ll bet that was a lifetime lesson learned! :o)
Becky
March 18th, 2010
2:11 pm
@Roamning Gnome..Not as gross, but what about a person that calls home during the day to “talk” to her dog and cat?
Oww my eyes hurt because I saw words that I think is bad.....
March 18th, 2010
2:15 pm
Grow up people. There is no free speech here, however the two words are far from obscene. If you don’t believe me, watch some TV.
It is a spurious assumption that “RB” is male.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:16 pm
Becky, they make medication for that :)
Becky
March 18th, 2010
2:20 pm
I’m sure they do..This is probably why she’s divorced and lives at home with her Mom..
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:23 pm
***shudder***
Wayne, "Irregardless"...
March 18th, 2010
2:27 pm
…is not a word!
Hey, Owww
March 18th, 2010
2:30 pm
…nobody is saying anything is obscene – in poor taste, yes – and others have been banned for seemingly other innocuous “handles” of much lesser graphic content.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
2:31 pm
Michelle – I’m sorry it was hyper-parathyroidism. Catch 22 – too much calcium in the body, remove the glands, now guess what – I have to take a calcium supplement every day!!!!!! Go figure.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
2:34 pm
My brother SHARES a plate with his dog.
MomsRule
March 18th, 2010
2:34 pm
The belief that a dogs mouth is “cleaner” than a humans is inaccurate. Both contain bacterias but not all dog bacteria can be transmitted to people.
But if it makes you feel better to think it is cleaner – enjoy.
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
2:34 pm
Pardon? It’s not a word, or did I use it incorrectly? Hmmm… Let’s just Google it shall we? Seems to be a word, but there is a bunch of controversy surrounding it due to it being a double negative. I’ll go with I used the word incorrectly – especially since it is in the Oxford Dictionary.
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:35 pm
I am gonna need clorox for my eyes
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:36 pm
ir·re·gard·less
/ˌɪrɪˈgɑrdlɪs/ Show Spelled[ir-i-gahrd-lis] Show IPA
–adverbNonstandard.
regardless.
Use irregardless in a Sentence
See images of irregardless
Search irregardless on the Web
Origin:
1910–15; ir-2 (prob. after irrespective) + regardless
—Can be confused: irregardless, regardless (see usage note at this entry).
—Usage note
Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
2:37 pm
JJ-I figured after what you said it was your parathyroid! If it’s not one darn thing it’s another right! At least calcium is somewhat replacable! Just an example of too much is not always a good thing!
EWWW…to sharing a plate (or a fork)! My ex used to feed his dog from his fork. Granted, she just plucked the food off with her teeth, but still…..
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
2:38 pm
Thanks Roamoing Gnome!
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:39 pm
8 year old girl in Atlanta lost her arm this week… hmmmm wonder how clean that dogs mouth was…. and why is she hooked up to IV’s…
MomsRule
March 18th, 2010
2:42 pm
@Lori – we have at least a couple birds nest in our garage every year. Last year one of the babies made it into the house and spent hours in the laundry before I could catch the little thing. We end up having to leave the garage door partially open just so they can go in and out to care for the little ones.
While they can be an inconvenience I actually enjoying watching them. I have no ideas how to help you as we have not been succesful in our attempts to discourage the garage nesting.
SRH
March 18th, 2010
2:44 pm
I do have a dog and 2 cats. They do sleep with me and my husband. I clean the sheets every other day, and the pillowcases every day. They have their own plates and I would not share my food or bowl with them. They do lick from time to time…. but not excessively.
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March 18th, 2010
2:45 pm
Enter your comments here
Still,
March 18th, 2010
2:47 pm
Enter your comments here
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:48 pm
SRH, I have a cat and a parrot.. my cat thinks her bed is my back :)
Still, Wayne...
March 18th, 2010
2:48 pm
…it is NOT a word that one uses when speaking proper English – must be a northern thing to want to use improper English, ain’t that right?
SRH
March 18th, 2010
2:50 pm
@roamoing gnome – funny. We went to a king bed to make room for all of us, but seems I still get maybe 1/2 foot of room :)
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
2:51 pm
Y’all got me thar!
Wayne
March 18th, 2010
2:52 pm
Animals on the bed. I had to stop that when I was on the edge of the bed about to fall off. No way man… It’s MY bed!
MomsRule
March 18th, 2010
2:52 pm
LMAO Wayne!
Roamoing Gnome
March 18th, 2010
2:55 pm
SRH give them an inch they will take a mile :)
SRH
March 18th, 2010
2:55 pm
It is funny how we will twist ourselves into very uncomfortable shapes so that they sleep well!
Dog's mouths - from the mouth of a vet...
March 18th, 2010
2:55 pm
Pet lovers can’t get enough affection from their pooches. And if licking is loving, they get a lot of loving.
But is it really safe to kiss a dog, considering where they often put their mouths?
“Their saliva is much cleaner and if you have a cut or anything, if they lick it — it’s healing,” one woman told “20/20″ while being interviewed in New York City.
Proof From a Veterinarian
To find out just who has a cleaner mouth, we asked veterinarian and fellow dog lover Marty Becker, author of “Chicken Soup for the Dog Owner’s Soul,” to offer his opinion.
“They raid the garbage can. You know, we give each other a peck on the cheek when we say hello, they give each other a peck on the rear end,” said Becker. “All you got to do is look, watch, smell and you’ll realize that that is not true.”
He thinks the myth that a dog’s mouth is clean stems from their practice of licking their wounds.
“And they’ll be licking that wound and you’ll notice that the wound heals very fast … what that tongue does is it gets rid of the dead tissue,” said Becker.
He compares that tongue lashing to the work of a surgeon who cleans out a wound, and said the licking also stimulates circulation.
Go Ahead, Give Them a Kiss
If you want to give your pooch a kiss, it may be safer than kissing another human.
Becker says many of the bacteria in the mouth of a dog are species specific, so it won’t harm its owner.
“So a staph or a strep for a human is not transmissible to a dog, if you were to kiss it, and vice versa,” said Becker.
Bottom line — you’re more likely to get a serious illness from kissing a person than kissing a dog. But since dogs do transmit some germs, Becker has some advice: “Keep the vaccines current. Good external parasite control, good internal parasite control. You’re going to be good to go.”
And then, he says you can kiss them all you want.
“They love us unconditionally, they make us laugh,” said Becker. “If we’re going to give them a little kiss to thank them for that, then that’s good by me.”
***
March 18th, 2010
3:00 pm
PUKE
Kris
March 18th, 2010
3:01 pm
My former in-laws used to put their plates of unfinished food on the floor for the dogs to eat, then washed
the dishes. Made it very hard for me to enjoy eating dinner there. Not to mention the cats that walked all
over the kitchen counters.
Theresa...
March 18th, 2010
3:02 pm
the blog Nazi’s are censoring my comments. I have been good to go all day, and now they will not show.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
3:03 pm
Yea, I have two cats and two dogs in bed with me. If I go to bed without an animal, I hear about it all night long……especially if I shut my door. One cat will howl, the other will start pulling up carpet, my lab with scratch the door and cry. But the puppy is ALWAYS in bed ready for the night. She puts herself to bed around 8:00 every night…….all curled up on my pillows.
Something about a closed door drives my animals nuts. I could leave the bedroom door open all night long, Nothing……but close it, and they all seem to know…….
JJ
March 18th, 2010
3:04 pm
Roamoing Gnome – could the IV’s be for, or I don’t know, losing a LIMB……nothing to do with dog germs………
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
3:06 pm
Still not letting the dogs lick me
.William Melvin Hicks
March 18th, 2010
3:08 pm
I saw a child on a leash today. Isn’t that horrible? Put him in the pound where he belongs.
Kris
March 18th, 2010
3:08 pm
My dog and I have a deal. I don’t lick her face, eat her food, or sleep in her bed. And she doesn’t do those things to me (mine) either!
Thanks, JJ..
March 18th, 2010
3:09 pm
…I was trying to comment the say way when the Nazi censor kept eating my response…
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
3:10 pm
@ Wayne…I almost forgot what I was going to tell you after I read all the other posts…my sister’s dog was like the dog on MY THREE SONS….are you old enough to remember that ancient show? I know he weighed at least 50 pounds….maybe I have the breed mixed up?
Confession to make: I just got a ticket for going 35 in a 25 MPH speed zone “downtown” here in Fargo…..the ticket was $11….WHAT? Now, I have had 3 tickets in 35 years and 49 states….OHIO, IOWA AND NORTH DAKOTA.
My husband told me to tell my clients that if you ever drive 25 in Atlanta, you will get run over. Does anyone in Atlanta drive 25, unless they are near a school zone?
That is the speed limit in our neighborhood.
I will check in with you Michelle, when I am actually home!
Have a good day all!
Michelle
March 18th, 2010
3:14 pm
SRH…no kidding! I want to know how a 6 pound dog takes up so much darn space!! Between him and the husband, I get very little room! ;o) I guess I’m lucky enough to have a bed, husband and pet so I need to count my blessings! LOL!
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
3:15 pm
@MJG they really must have nothing better to do in Fargo. And it was an $11 ticket- uh-mazing.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
3:18 pm
Did you pay them right there on the spot, or do you have to go to court for that $11.00????
Goes to prove the old theory...
March 18th, 2010
3:25 pm
…that if you will just stay 9mph over the speed limit that hardly any police dept will give you a ticket (state troopers/highway patrol are a different story, though most will also give you that much leeway – I do believe, howeer, that someone a couple of weeks ago mentioned going 57 in a 55 and getting stopped by the HP). And mamajane was going 10mph over!
Becky
March 18th, 2010
3:26 pm
@Still Wayne..No it’s not just a northern thing, I’m from the south and I’ve heard it used lots of times..Don’t you know that us Shoutherner’s have our own language?
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
3:36 pm
One other phrase that always gets me is “I could care less” when talking about something you don’t care about. Doesn’t that imply that you care some, otherwise you couldn’t care less than you do now? I think it should be “I couldn’t care less” because I don’t care at all and therefore could not care any less than I already do.
Irregardless, I couldn’t care less.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
3:36 pm
Examples of southerese –
Fascinate. My blouse has nine buttons, but I can only fascinate.
Mommanem – How’s your family?
J’eatyet – Have you had dinner yet?
Ya’ll – Everyone, singluar
All Ya’ll – plural.
’nuff said – I have nothing further to comment.
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
3:38 pm
Well, I had no IDEA that the speed limit was 25 or I would have stayed under 35. Having driven in Atlanta for 20 years and all over the country….try driving 25…you could probably walk faster :).
@ JJ…I can either figure out where the courthouse is and park, then go in and pay the fine or mail it in. The stamp looks like a time saving option to me.
I will tell you that I got stopped going 13 in a 10 MPH on a military base when I was bringing dinner to my husband at 9:00 p.m. over 25 years ago. That was the first time I was ever pulled over and I was scared to death. Have any of you ever driven 10 mph? Yeah…backing out of your driveway or in the carpool lane at school?
It always cracks me up when the officer asks me,
“Is this a rental car?”
No, I stole it….did you not run the tag? I have never had a ticket driving my own car and they ask me the same question every time.
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
3:38 pm
I thought it was y’all (you know, a contraction of you and all)?
Kris
March 18th, 2010
3:44 pm
Yes, TechMom. It is y’all.
DB
March 18th, 2010
3:46 pm
@MJG: It’s the only car they’ve seen in Fargo in the last two weeks . . . :-)
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
3:48 pm
@MJG actually it’s probably the only clean car without 12 lbs of sand and salt stuck to it.
JJ
March 18th, 2010
3:49 pm
Sorry – my bad…….
But wait, there’s more………
Hahr: That which grows on your head and requires cutting periodically. “You need a hahrcut.”
AND This one’s for MotherJaneGoose…….
Mahty raht: Correct. “You mahty raht about that, Awficer. Guess Ah WAS speedin’ a little bit.”
It is, TechMom...
March 18th, 2010
3:49 pm
…and you messed up your punch line – it is “irregardless, I could care less”.
And, mamajane, out where I live you drive the main road at 45mph; when it dead ends, if you turn right the speed limit is 20mph (not 25, but 20 – I have never, ever, seen a 20mph speed limit anywhere). But if you turn left the speed limit is 25! And there is another subdivision where the speed limit is 24mph (and, no, 24 is not a misprint!) – Go figure…
Becky
March 18th, 2010
4:01 pm
I’ve never seen such silliness in all of my bornded days..How’s that for southern..
@It is..Do you live in the middle of nowhere? Are there less than 20,000 people in your town? Because if this is the kind of place that you live in, this is where I want to live..
TechMom
March 18th, 2010
4:03 pm
I want to say the last Air Force base my parents were at, the speed limit was like 12 or 14 (I grew up on bases and that’s the only one I’ve ever seen with an odd number speed limit). The parking lot in one of the buildings I used to work in had a speed limit of 8.
Lori
March 18th, 2010
4:15 pm
Has anyone ever “had a case of the mulligrubs”? My boss has some of the most bizare Southern phrases.
MomsRule
March 18th, 2010
4:19 pm
@TechMom, re “I could care less” — I actually make this error! And I know better. I typed it that way in yesterday’s (I think) blog. LOL I must have heard it misused growing up and it has just stuck. After I hit “submit comment” I immediately realized my error. Oh well. If that’s my biggest problem I’m doing ok.
Cammi317
March 18th, 2010
4:24 pm
Thank G’d I have not had any scare of the kind, thus far. Of course, she is 12 now and should know better. But then again…..
jd
March 18th, 2010
4:26 pm
MJG – just read on cnn that Fargo is bracing for a flood……keep dry if you can :)
Roaming Gnomb
March 18th, 2010
4:29 pm
mine is BITE me :)… OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Theresa said NAZI, I am telling!! :)
Roaming Gnomb
March 18th, 2010
4:32 pm
JJ, its just JEET :)
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
4:50 pm
JJ…hillarious!
jd….there is water everywhere! The AP is staying in the same hotel where I am and since I am a Hilton Gold, I got upgraded to a corner 2 bedroom suite with 2 bathes ( sp?). Not complaining.
I drove back in from Grand Forks and it is creepy to see water covering all the fields of BLACK dirt, in certain sections. There were horses standing on a plot as big as my back yard. They brought hay in for them, as they cannot get enough to eat. I wondered how long before they had to move them. I am heading west tomorrow and then back to the airport only, which is not typically closed for flooding ( they told me this).
Thanks for thinking of me! I guess some of you do care about me….LOL.
@ DB and Techmom…you are right about a clean car. There is so much filthy snow here…I told the teachers yesterday that snow will melt in Atlanta quicker than it will get dirty!
DB…hang in there and we will go to lunch and I can fill you on on this exciting ( not) trip soon!
Take care all!
deidre_NC
March 18th, 2010
6:50 pm
lol@JJ…a friend of mine was carrying him in the house with him sitting on his shoulders and grabbed him to bring him forward like a freakin airplane and stuck his head right in the fan…scared me to death…blood ws running down his face…i thought his eye was put out….
DB
March 18th, 2010
9:57 pm
@MJG: You tell me about Fargo, and I’ll tell you about falling in the ice at the Grand Canyon last week and busting my arm up!
motherjanegoose
March 18th, 2010
11:41 pm
DB…do you not know that we are both too old for ice skating? Seriously, I walk like an invalid near ice as I am petrified of falling and breaking something. Did you get to Sedona? I love it there! Hugs to you and I hope you are o.k.
Rings Around Uranus
March 19th, 2010
7:55 am
What is this? A chat room from 1995?
Must be R A U...
March 19th, 2010
8:13 am
…you joined the party…