tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post7805344918366267196..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: If You Want Blood, You Got Itbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-85405826098761742002012-05-19T17:55:47.734-04:002012-05-19T17:55:47.734-04:00Yeah, that's one weird flag... "Maryland:...Yeah, that's one weird flag... "Maryland: The Vertigo State."<br /><br />When I used to give in HS/College, they used to give you little red Blood Drop pins. Then once you reached 8 pints, they gave you a gold "Gallon Club" pin. I think I still have them all.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-64975412964026971462012-05-19T15:41:25.227-04:002012-05-19T15:41:25.227-04:00So I would like to believe that the real meaning o...So I would like to believe that the real meaning of the Maryland flag is "Let's make a state flag that when strangers see it, they start getting dizzy and queesy, then turn their cars around and go back where they came from." I can't even look at that flag!<br /><br />As for "Hot Stuff," she was way too young to leave us. We're still tapping our feet.<br /><br />You're a good man to give blood, Bluz. They won't take mine, so Rod gives enough for both of us, and has since he was 18. They love him at the Red Cross, and I get the cool tee shirts.Judiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-1586316598991675352012-05-18T23:04:57.512-04:002012-05-18T23:04:57.512-04:00I plan on donating whenever they do the blood dona...I plan on donating whenever they do the blood donation drive at the office, which I think is three times a year. Or maybe it's four... I'm not sure.<br /><br />I fully believe in the rightness of blood donation, no question. I just had to get off the dime and do it. <br /><br />But come to think of it, I think that all the hospitals should put plastic sheeting down on the floors, just in case. I bet a lot more than blood lands on hospital floors.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-92151615675253200852012-05-18T20:08:45.663-04:002012-05-18T20:08:45.663-04:00First, GOOD JOB!
NOW, do this every 3 months and ...First, GOOD JOB!<br /><br />NOW, do this every 3 months and I'll have that much more respect for you!<br /><br />Because I already respect you THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS MUCH!Cassiehttp://www.whosmydaddy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-10546122211351809772012-05-18T18:19:32.547-04:002012-05-18T18:19:32.547-04:00I work for a highly regulated company... it's ...I work for a highly regulated company... it's probably one of those mandatory legal steps, like the McDonalds 'Caution: Hot coffee is hot" warnings.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-17824854822067691992012-05-18T18:15:04.767-04:002012-05-18T18:15:04.767-04:00I told you! I laughed my head off, even the secon...I told you! I laughed my head off, even the second time through.<br /><br />Would I lie to you? Of course that’s the MD flag. Yeah, it’s a little… “busy.”<br /><br />I always like the fact that the Ohio flag was irregularly shaped... like some kid was trying to make a paper snowflake out of it.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-33110492740540868722012-05-18T18:13:10.476-04:002012-05-18T18:13:10.476-04:00The trick is that you don’t look when they’re abou...The trick is that you don’t look when they’re about to stick you. You just grit your teeth and it’s over in 5 seconds. Heck, you’ve given birth… you can withstand anything! A bee sting is worse. Stubbing your toe is worse. Banging your knee on the corner of the end table is worse.<br /><br />When the bloodmobile shows up, bribe yourself… promise you’ll do something nice for yourself. I know that’s how I got over my fear of shots when I was a kid. Mom bribed me. Worked like a charm.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-73737024642731005412012-05-18T18:12:22.290-04:002012-05-18T18:12:22.290-04:00Having a giant, easily accessible vein was a Godse...Having a giant, easily accessible vein was a Godsend when I was getting my heart procedures done. Every time I turned around, someone wanted a vial of blood, so I was constantly being poked. I can only imagine how traumatic it would have been if they had to go digging around in there every time.<br /><br />For my first procedure, I had to go to this lab every week to get blood drawn for tests. I definitely knew which phlebotomist I wanted. One wasn’t that good, another was OK, but there was one that was just perfect. I could barely tell when she was in. Like buttah, she was so smooth.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-6237676570764462622012-05-18T17:20:10.859-04:002012-05-18T17:20:10.859-04:00I think your company was throwing amateur phleboto...I think your company was throwing amateur phlebotomists at you. First of all, I've never seen them draw lines before. That would be like a brain surgeon writing H-E-A-D on the side of your skull before brain surgery. Second, that bandage. My God, it looks like you had Tommy John surgery! X marks the spot. "We're afraid his lower arm might fall off so wraps it good!"<br /><br />Are you sure those weren't just a bunch of vampires pulling a scam? Happens all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-44945532661566110562012-05-18T16:42:33.167-04:002012-05-18T16:42:33.167-04:00That "Hot Stuff" clip actually made me L...That "Hot Stuff" clip actually made me LOL. Maybe I should watch that movie finally.<br /><br />I can't believe that monstrosity is actually the Maryland flag. I Googled it to confirm, because . . . wow.Unapologetically Mundanehttp://www.unapologeticallymundane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-45399230774720505102012-05-18T12:05:27.301-04:002012-05-18T12:05:27.301-04:00You're a braver man than I am, Bluz. Er...you ...You're a braver man than I am, Bluz. Er...you know what I mean. I've given blood exactly once, when a friend needed a bone marrow transplant (they tested all the donations to see if anyone matched). And I basically closed my eyes and screamed "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA" the entire time. <br /><br />But next time the LifeShare blood mobile shows up at The Guy's work, I'm going to be brave. "Brave" being a relative term, of course.Mrs. Bachelor Girlhttp://www.mrsbachelorgirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-29635046391345610102012-05-18T10:12:03.008-04:002012-05-18T10:12:03.008-04:00I could never give blood. I have the tiniest vein...I could never give blood. I have the tiniest veins ever! I actually have an excrutiating story of when I was in an accident at 16, being in the hospital and having a nurse Mengele dig around in my arm (with a needle!) trying to get to a vein. Yeah, good times. I had to give a ton of blood during both pregnancies and those phlebotomists were magical. But it still wasn't fun, and I would warn them going in that I had a huge fear of needles (gee, wonder why?) and small veins. But, I put on my big girl pants and dove in, mostly because I had no choice. But yeah, giving blood intentionally for a drive? Not gonna happen.<br /><br />RIP Donna Summers. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-72796421976548931522012-05-17T22:40:06.565-04:002012-05-17T22:40:06.565-04:00O.M.G.
That is fucking hilarious. And I bet your ...O.M.G.<br />That is fucking hilarious. And I bet your frat brothers thought you were The Shit. I would say something about the apple and the tree, but that horse is pretty much out of the barn by now.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-68818735143557367902012-05-17T21:08:03.179-04:002012-05-17T21:08:03.179-04:00Glad to see you are still giving blood. I recall a...Glad to see you are still giving blood. I recall a proud time in Ohio when You, <br />Ed, and I were giving blood together at the Whitehouse Vets Club. Great feeling. The first time I gave blood was at Duquesne when in my Jr. yr. my Principles of Statistics professor was sick in Mercy Hospital and a call went out for blood donors. My frat. Bros. all passed on it, But i was not comfortable in that class and felt a duty. So I went down to the hospital and gave a pint. Later that semester Dr. Bakerman called me in and was thankful and said no matter how bad I did on the Final, I was going to get a C at the worst. YES there is a God. Followup at the Final exam, fellow Frat Bros were sweating, I mean sweating, I got up and left about 30 minutes into the 2 hour exam. My blue book was blank,except for a note reminding him of our deal. I think I could have passed it, but I had other exams the same day. Great memories of a blood giving experience some 50 years ago. Daddadnoreply@blogger.com