Pregger parking
laslo_p...@my-deja.com
close parking space that didn't have any of those pesky blue lines or
that little wheelie guy painted inside it. Actually, it was next to
one of those, and I saw no indication that it wasn't a free-for-all
space. Upon returning to my car, I came across an old lady squinting
at me a little longer than politness usually allows. I got into my car
without comment, and looked up at a small sign on the pole in front of
me that read: Pregnant or expectant mothers' parking only (as if
they're two different things).
Well, excuuuuuuuusssssseeeeee mmmmmeeeeee!! I guess if all of the
crip spots were full, and I were an 80 year old woman who had lost a
leg to diabetes, I'd just have to either keep looking or find some way
to facilitate conception immediately (while still moving). Actually,
this reminded me of a news segment I saw yesterday about womb
transplants. Besides allowing the infertile to sprog, you can replace
your well-worn-womb with a fresh one and keep sproggin' until you wear
a groove in your pelvis. They also mentioned the possibility of men
carrying babies. Yeah, right! We get flustered enough just looking
for a parking space.
Laslo
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Linda Dachtyl
laslo_p...@my-deja.com wrote:
> this reminded me of a news segment I saw yesterday about womb
> transplants. Besides allowing the infertile to sprog, you can replace
> your well-worn-womb with a fresh one and keep sproggin' until you wear
> a groove in your pelvis. They also mentioned the possibility of men
> carrying babies. Yeah, right! We get flustered enough just looking
> for a parking space.
>
You know before I always thought that it would be great if men could have
kids. Poetic justice for centuries of needless suffering for the female
gender.
Now I think, I would NEVER want my husband to go through that even if it
were possible because I love him too much to see him suffer like that.
Makes me really wonder how deeply men REALLY love their wives when they
knock them up and have them go through the whole mess.
Linda
Tom Tom Harrington
Just like I've always heard: "If men got pregnant, abortion would be a
sacrament."
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Akira
>
> Today at the old Stop & Flop, I was lucky enough to come across a nice
> close parking space that didn't have any of those pesky blue lines or
> that little wheelie guy painted inside it. Actually, it was next to
> one of those, and I saw no indication that it wasn't a free-for-all
> space. Upon returning to my car, I came across an old lady squinting
> at me a little longer than politness usually allows. I got into my car
> without comment, and looked up at a small sign on the pole in front of
> me that read: Pregnant or expectant mothers' parking only (as if
I haven't seen any of these sort of parking spaces in my area. Surprisingly, not
even the local Squall-Mart has them, which to me seemed the most logical place
to put them.
At least not yet anyway... (haunted by the the image of scores of minivans
filling up all the coveted designated preggie spaces in a flash, as all the
roly-poly expectant moomies, with their snot-nosed sproggen in tow, waddle en
masse towards the Wal-Mart entrance like a flock of giant penguins.)
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"If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot the tourists?"
laslo_p...@my-deja.com
lind...@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>
> laslo_p...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > this reminded me of a news segment I saw yesterday about womb
> > transplants. Besides allowing the infertile to sprog, you can
replace
> > your well-worn-womb with a fresh one and keep sproggin' until you
wear
> > a groove in your pelvis. They also mentioned the possibility of men
> > carrying babies. Yeah, right! We get flustered enough just looking
> > for a parking space.
> >
>
> You know before I always thought that it would be great if men could
have
> kids. Poetic justice for centuries of needless suffering for the
female
> gender.
>
> Now I think, I would NEVER want my husband to go through that even
if it
> were possible because I love him too much to see him suffer like that.
>
> Makes me really wonder how deeply men REALLY love their wives when
they
> knock them up and have them go through the whole mess.
>
>
>
I'd never do that to my wife. Although, come to think of it, maybe for
men it wouldn't be so bad. Since we don't have a birth canal, we would
just get knocked out in the hospital and have a c-section. Any real
man could take it in stride and be back on the job, oh, 2,3 months
tops. And besides, chicks dig scars. And during the pregnancy, we
could just sit around watching TV and growing a huge gut. Actually,
that would hardly be a change at all.
Mike Fox
>
> In article <3832EBE2...@earthlink.net>, Linda Dachtyl wrote:
> >
> >
> >laslo_p...@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >> this reminded me of a news segment I saw yesterday about womb
> >> transplants. Besides allowing the infertile to sprog, you can replace
> >> your well-worn-womb with a fresh one and keep sproggin' until you wear
> >> a groove in your pelvis. They also mentioned the possibility of men
> >> carrying babies. Yeah, right! We get flustered enough just looking
> >> for a parking space.
> >>
> >
> >You know before I always thought that it would be great if men could have
> >kids. Poetic justice for centuries of needless suffering for the female
> >gender.
> >
> >Now I think, I would NEVER want my husband to go through that even if it
> >were possible because I love him too much to see him suffer like that.
> >
> >Makes me really wonder how deeply men REALLY love their wives when they
> >knock them up and have them go through the whole mess.
>
> sacrament."
I believe Gloria Steinman came up with that gem.
Mike
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IleneB
I thought it was.. Florence.. the one that ran for president in 1972-
first black woman, etc.
Ilene B
In article <38340B95...@attglobal.net>, Mike Fox
Kent
: I thought it was.. Florence.. the one that ran for president in 1972-
: first black woman, etc.
Do you mean Shirley Chisolm?
Kent, who remembers the _Weekly Reader_ cover about her in 3rd grade.
IleneB
Ilene B
Geoffrey V. Bronner
>
>Today at the old Stop & Flop, I was lucky enough to come across a nice
>close parking space that didn't have any of those pesky blue lines or
>that little wheelie guy painted inside it. Actually, it was next to
>one of those, and I saw no indication that it wasn't a free-for-all
>space. Upon returning to my car, I came across an old lady squinting
>at me a little longer than politness usually allows. I got into my car
>without comment, and looked up at a small sign on the pole in front of
>me that read: Pregnant or expectant mothers' parking only (as if
>
>Well, excuuuuuuuusssssseeeeee mmmmmeeeeee!!
You're excused... next time park there on purpose!
-G
--
The Third Millennium does not begin until January 1, 2001.
dph...@my-deja.com
Kent <kmp...@nina.pagesz.net> wrote:
> IleneB <ile...@shore.net> wrote:
>
> : I thought it was.. Florence.. the one that ran for president in
1972-
>
> Do you mean Shirley Chisolm?
>
> Kent, who remembers the _Weekly Reader_ cover about her in 3rd grade.
>
Damn Kent, I wish we had gone to the same elementary school.
I remember watching the Watergate hearings and I was the lone
voter for McGovern in the mock-election in Mrs. Bardwell's 3rd grade.
--
--dph.
(preferred email: dhayes AT iname DOT com)
Patrick L. Humphrey
>dphayes wrote:
>> Kent wrote:
>> > IleneB wrote:
>> > : I thought it was.. Florence.. the one that ran for president in
>> 1972-
>> > : first black woman, etc.
>> > Do you mean Shirley Chisolm?
>> > Kent, who remembers the _Weekly Reader_ cover about her in 3rd grade.
>> Damn Kent, I wish we had gone to the same elementary school.
>> I remember watching the Watergate hearings and I was the lone
>> voter for McGovern in the mock-election in Mrs. Bardwell's 3rd grade.
>Me too! I was the lone McGovern voter in Mrs. Winfrey's class. When she
>asked me why I wanted to vote for him, I said, "Because my parents say
>Nixon is a crook." Everyone laughed at me.
>Makes me wonder how many elementary school lone McGovern voters went on to
>become childfree.
I don't know, but I was a college freshman at the time of that election -- and
I was already convinced Nixon was a crook. (Only problem was, I didn't turn
18 and thus be able to register to vote until the following May.)
--PLH, but I _did_ vote for Carter in '76 -- and as a result, have voted
Libertarian ever since, and I'm a PNB...
Jim
Lorz wrote:
>
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> dphayes wrote:
>
> > Damn Kent, I wish we had gone to the same elementary school.
> >
> > I remember watching the Watergate hearings and I was the lone
> > voter for McGovern in the mock-election in Mrs. Bardwell's 3rd grade.
>
> Me too! I was the lone McGovern voter in Mrs. Winfrey's class. When she
> asked me why I wanted to vote for him, I said, "Because my parents say
> Nixon is a crook." Everyone laughed at me.
>
> Makes me wonder how many elementary school lone McGovern voters went on to
> become childfree.
>
> Laura.
Another lone McGovern voter in the childfree ranks here.
Jim
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Gutterboy
<< > Makes me wonder how many elementary school lone McGovern voters went on to
> become childfree.
>
> Laura.
Another lone McGovern voter in the childfree ranks here.
>>
I voted for McGovern once, too, but she lost me after she sang the theme from
"The Poseidon Adventure."
Gutterboy
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Molly
>
>x-no-archive: yes
>
>"Patrick L. Humphrey" wrote:
>
>>--PLH, but I _did_ vote for Carter in '76 -- and as a result, have voted
>
>> Libertarian ever since, and I'm a PNB...
>
If I have my net.personalities straight, his wife has a child.
--
Molly
Axial tilt is the reason for the season.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>In article <3839BBD7...@teleport.com>, Lorz says...
>>"Patrick L. Humphrey" wrote:
>>>--PLH, but I _did_ vote for Carter in '76 -- and as a result, have voted
>>> Libertarian ever since, and I'm a PNB...
>>Huh? You're a parent?
>If I have my net.personalities straight, his wife has a child.
You've got them straight, all right -- Dale's daughter was twelve when they
first popped up in my life (in a series of circumstances that I'm not going to
bore the rest of Usenet in rehashing), and said daughter turns 24 today. I'm
a PNB, and neither Dale nor I are planning on having one of our own (especially
since she's turning $* four weeks from today -- oops, line noise :)...
>Axial tilt is the reason for the season.
I may have to use that one when I inevitably encounter the obnoxious Jeezoids
making their rounds at the local malls..:-)
--PLH, of course, there's always "have YOU found GOD?!?" "Wot, he's lost
AGAIN?"...
Molly
>
>I may have to use that one when I inevitably encounter the obnoxious Jeezoids
>making their rounds at the local malls..:-)
I've seriously thought about having a bumper sticker (on a magnet - I'm not
suicidal) and/or pin made up with the phrase. But my boss is a Christian of the
more freverent persuasion, and quite frankly at times I fear for my saftey in
Tulsa if I was quite that blunt.
Maybe next year. In USENET, no one knows where you live unless you're stupid
enough to give your full name and/or address. At least that's what I keep
telling myself ...
--
Molly
Patrick L. Humphrey
>>>Axial tilt is the reason for the season.
>>I may have to use that one when I inevitably encounter the obnoxious Jeezoids
>>making their rounds at the local malls..:-)
>I've seriously thought about having a bumper sticker (on a magnet - I'm not
>suicidal) and/or pin made up with the phrase. But my boss is a Christian of
>the more freverent persuasion, and quite frankly at times I fear for my
>saftey in Tulsa if I was quite that blunt.
Have they gotten _that_ arrogant in Tulsa since the last time I was there?
When I was in town for my cousin's wedding (which was actually in Claremore,
but hey, close enough!) four years ago, Dale and I didn't encounter any of the
God Squad running loose. It's still enough to make me glad that Mom and Dad
bailed me out of there before the zealots started crawling out of the
woodwork, though -- but as non-fractious as I was when I was a young Tulsan,
something tells me I'd be a lot less apologetic about my present views if I
_did_ encounter one of 'em. That's just me, though, as I approach middle age,
I guess. :-)
>Maybe next year. In USENET, no one knows where you live unless you're stupid
>enough to give your full name and/or address. At least that's what I keep
>telling myself ...
Hang in there -- and Dale and I _will_ be back in the not-too-distant future.
(As long as I've got cousins up there who are as non-zealot as I am, I'll keep
coming back for a visit every so often.)
--PLH, wondering if that was some of the "Christian" mouth-breathers
cluttering up this year's annual Gay Pride parade in Houston -- they sure
weren't from anywhere near here...
Molly
>>suicidal) and/or pin made up with the phrase. But my boss is a Christian of
>>the more freverent persuasion, and quite frankly at times I fear for my
>>saftey in Tulsa if I was quite that blunt.
>
>Have they gotten _that_ arrogant in Tulsa since the last time I was there?
>When I was in town for my cousin's wedding (which was actually in Claremore,
>but hey, close enough!) four years ago, Dale and I didn't encounter any of the
>God Squad running loose. It's still enough to make me glad that Mom and Dad
>bailed me out of there before the zealots started crawling out of the
>woodwork, though -- but as non-fractious as I was when I was a young Tulsan,
>something tells me I'd be a lot less apologetic about my present views if I
>_did_ encounter one of 'em. That's just me, though, as I approach middle age,
>I guess. :-)
Um, yeah. I had one of the normal Darwin Fish mounted on our last car, which
was summarily turned into a Darwin Lizard when we put the car in the shop (what,
they didn't think we'd figure out where it happened?). Tulsa is a hotbed of
religious weirdness; new Charismatic and/or Pentacostal cults seem to spring up
daily. As long as I avoid certain areas of town, it's generally OK.
I should modify what I said earlier - I don't fear for my saftey, but I fear for
my car's paint job at times.
>--PLH, wondering if that was some of the "Christian" mouth-breathers
> cluttering up this year's annual Gay Pride parade in Houston -- they sure
> weren't from anywhere near here...
There's been some progress; we actually had a Gay Pride parade, and the local
Gay/Les/Bi resource center finally got brave enough to put up a sign at their
storefront. The "Rev." Phelps paid a visit during the parade, naturally, but I
don't think it was much of a big deal. I clean forgot about it and missed it,
though.
--
Molly
Patrick L. Humphrey
>>>I've seriously thought about having a bumper sticker (on a magnet - I'm not
>>>suicidal) and/or pin made up with the phrase. But my boss is a Christian of
>>>the more freverent persuasion, and quite frankly at times I fear for my
>>>saftey in Tulsa if I was quite that blunt.
>>Have they gotten _that_ arrogant in Tulsa since the last time I was there?
>>When I was in town for my cousin's wedding (which was actually in Claremore,
>>but hey, close enough!) four years ago, Dale and I didn't encounter any of
>>the God Squad running loose. It's still enough to make me glad that Mom and
>>Dad bailed me out of there before the zealots started crawling out of the
>>woodwork, though -- but as non-fractious as I was when I was a young Tulsan,
>>something tells me I'd be a lot less apologetic about my present views if I
>>_did_ encounter one of 'em. That's just me, though, as I approach middle
>>age, I guess. :-)
>Um, yeah. I had one of the normal Darwin Fish mounted on our last car, which
>was summarily turned into a Darwin Lizard when we put the car in the shop
>(what, they didn't think we'd figure out where it happened?). Tulsa is a
>hotbed of religious weirdness; new Charismatic and/or Pentacostal cults seem
>to spring up daily. As long as I avoid certain areas of town, it's generally
>OK.
Which ones in particular, just in case we head up that way to visit the
kinfolk? (keeps fingers crossed that Crescent Heights and the area between
Skelly and Southroads Mall along Yale aren't included)
>I should modify what I said earlier - I don't fear for my saftey, but I fear
>for my car's paint job at times.
I can agree with that -- and I drive a nondescript '90 Mazda pickup. The only
thing it's ever had on it, besides the Rice U. parking stickers, was a Houston
Aeros bumper sticker, up until a couple of years ago when I managed to pry it
off without having to nuke the bumper.
>>--PLH, wondering if that was some of the "Christian" mouth-breathers
>> cluttering up this year's annual Gay Pride parade in Houston -- they sure
>> weren't from anywhere near here...
>There's been some progress; we actually had a Gay Pride parade, and the local
>Gay/Les/Bi resource center finally got brave enough to put up a sign at their
>storefront. The "Rev." Phelps paid a visit during the parade, naturally, but I
>don't think it was much of a big deal. I clean forgot about it and missed it,
>though.
Ours was at the end of July or beginning of August, if I remember right --
before Phelps went on his latest hate spree, and besides that, it's about as
hot as hell down here at that time of the year anyway. Something tells me
more people are wise to his act down here than he knows, or _can_ know.
(Anyone who other self-styled Christian sects won't associate themselves with
has got more than a few problems -- but Phelps can't even acknowledge that
much. He's a slightly gentler version of Donald Spitz, who (fortunately) has
never been seen down in these parts, either.)
--PLH, stealth is the order of the day, so don't tell anyone :)
Molly
>>was summarily turned into a Darwin Lizard when we put the car in the shop
>>(what, they didn't think we'd figure out where it happened?). Tulsa is a
>>hotbed of religious weirdness; new Charismatic and/or Pentacostal cults seem
>>to spring up daily. As long as I avoid certain areas of town, it's generally
>>OK.
>
>Which ones in particular, just in case we head up that way to visit the
>kinfolk? (keeps fingers crossed that Crescent Heights and the area between
>Skelly and Southroads Mall along Yale aren't included)
It's mostly around the Gold and Scary Place, ORU. We've got your Victory
Christian Center (2 campuses), your Open Bible Fellowship, rife with weirdness
(see http://www.busprod.com/molly/church.htm for my description of
"infiltrating" the services there), and a damn big WalMart, all within a
two-block area. Other scariness includes the Victory Bible Institute (where I
used to have to vote while the Brookside library was being renovated)along I-44
and 51st, and Rhema Bible College (have no idea where this one is). In short, I
think the area in question is fine.
We take out-of town guests by ORU to make fun of the place. The flying saucer
is my favorite.
MRFeathers
>was summarily turned into a Darwin Lizard when we put the car in the shop
>(what,
>they didn't think we'd figure out where it happened?). Tulsa is a hotbed of
>religious weirdness; new Charismatic and/or Pentacostal cults seem to spring
>up
>daily. As long as I avoid certain areas of town, it's generally OK.
>
>for
>my car's paint job at times.
>
Well you should. A former co-worker of mine had a "Pro-family AND Pro-Choice"
bumper sticker on his car and some breeder and/or Xtian knocked the bumper
around with a bat, or something. Luckily it was a beater anyway, but....
A woman I know told me once that her dad had a "G*d is Just Pretend" bumper
sticker on his late-model Caddie and it took about $3000 to get it back to
looking like a late-model Caddie after some g*d-freak banged the crap out of
it.
Then again, I told Jane, your dad shoulda known better -- he lives in FLORIDA.
Mary
Wolf
I must state in no uncertain terms, not only that I am a Christian, but also
that the kind of people yall have been describing make me sick!
True Christianity is founded on love, acceptance, and non-judgement, (yes, I
know I'm on the wrong planet..hehe).
-Wolf