14 January 2008

Just to clarify....

My father apparently needs a clear and direct explanation with small words so that he can understand.

My friend Bri is pregnant. That means she will be having one of
these...

http://www.multiplesoutlet.com/members/701515/uploaded/baby_oneseis.jpg

not one of these:
http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/Labs/Lab24/IMAGES/hamster2.jpg

Got it? Good.

However, for the first few months it felt vaguely hamster-ish and even looked like a hamster on the ultrasound, but the doctors have assured her that she is having a human baby, not a small rodent. However, it is fun to tease her that she called her baby boy a hamster. It is what intelligent people call a joke. Right now she says that it feels like a

http://images.zlio.com/product/large/5990911.jpg

but I assure you she is not having one of those either.

[shakes head, wonders how he could have possibly raised two children]

[I try to imagine the conversation that must have taken place that led Mum to relay this information to me... and I bonk my head repeatedly against the nearest wall...]

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