12 March 2004

Submitted by eve on Fri, 03/12/2004 - 7:27am. Um...

"I'm saying 'bloated' isn't a problem for a person, but it's a problem for a budget."
--A man talking on a cell phone outside Starbucks

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Ha!

Posted by marinerd on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 9:21am.

Spoken like someone who has never been pregnant. That's all I'm sayin'...

(Of course, being a man he wouldn't have, but maybe he never met a pregnant woman.)

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Posted by Matt on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 11:21am.

I'm not sure I know what it's like to feel bloated. Gluggy, sure. Hungry, ravenous (Hey, why does "ravenous" literally mean "raven-like?"), full, sated, stuffed, even gassy. I've even felt fat. But on those rare occasions where I down half a large pizza and slam my body full of sodium, which puts five pounds of water weight on me, I just keep my salt intake down for the next couple days and pee it all away.

Hmph. It's a thing, I guess.

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Ravening

Posted by daen on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 7:53pm.

Have you ever seen a raven go after roadkill?

'Nuff said.

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Posted by Matt on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 8:26am.

Hell, I don't think I've ever seen a raven. Crows aplenty, but ravens? I.... I'm not sure. But I have seen raccoons that probably weighed 30 or 40 pounds hanging down the sides of dumpsters scrounging for their first meal of the night. And a opossum that was over 2 feet long. But I don't think I've ever seen a raven. That's more of a mountain bird.

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Ornithological trivia

Posted by Desert Fox on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 12:02pm.

You've probably seen ravens. They've become like weeds in the west. Three ways to tell the difference: ravens are substantially larger than crows, ravens have a kind of ruff of feathers on their throats that sticks out a bit, and ravens have a slight wedge-shape to the end of their tails, while crows tails are flatter across the end.

I'd say "end bio-geek mode" here, but in truth, it's a perpetual state for me.

Cheers

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Biogeek...

Posted by ParU on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 4:45pm.

A Loonie pt to Desert Fox for that bio-geek moment. Thanks.
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Heh

Posted by Desert Fox on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 6:15pm.

Hey, I'm full of 'em! Happy to share! Whether you want it or not!

Cheers

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"Life is too short for grief. Or regret. Or bullshit." -- Edward Abbey, Vox Clamantis in Deserto

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Nevermore...

Posted by ParU on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 11:44am.

Will you either Matt, Nevermore...
It's Amino world without Chemists

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Nevermore

Posted by Apple on Wed, 03/17/2004 - 10:01am.

The raven is the largest member of the crow family, so says Desert USA.

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He got it backwards....

Posted by Social Neanderthal on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 10:11am.

A bloated budget isn't a problem unless it's underfunded. I dream of well funded, bloated budgets. [kinda like congress]

A bloated person is a problem regardless of funding.

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*snort*

Posted by paul on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 9:02am.

Try telling that to a woman during that one particular week of the month. Then run.

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"It happens every time, they all become blueberries!"

Posted by slugbuggy on Sun, 03/28/2004 - 7:11pm.

Tell the bloating thing to Violet Beauregard, too. I'd think she'd beg to differ.

I'd bet they could have just given her one hellacious big Pamprin® instead of squeezing her. Problem solved. Or a Midol®, I dunno about all that stuff.

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Thus speaks...

Posted by ParU on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 4:08pm.

An experienced man...
Runs and hides with Paul

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It's not?

Posted by Apple on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 7:58am.

Why do they sell antacid products specifically for that problem?

*grin*

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I thought antacids

Posted by hypoxic on Tue, 03/16/2004 - 9:52am.

were for the Calcium :)

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