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Women's rights general conversations - Thread 4

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Kucinghitam · 09/03/2023 09:19

Continuation of Thread 3.

There is so much excellent information and so many active discussions on FWR that I wondered if it would be useful to have a thread to sort of "cross-fertilise" between them - airing little thoughts or vignettes that wouldn't themselves merit their own thread, to highlight other posts/threads of particular interest or to point to notable developments on fast-moving threads so that casual observers know where to look.

(For example, "the X thread has meandered onto a fascinating discussion of Y" or "Poster P's amazing analysis on thread Z might have relevance to the scenario in thread W" or "Has anybody noticed this recurring theme that keeps coming up??" or even "Random bloke asked me to smile while I was choosing onions, grr"- that sort of thing).

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Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 23:26

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:33

Only the nurses.

😁

And hopefully beastly is asleep, at least until they wake her up to tell her it's time to go to sleep.

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:35

I actually find the background hubbub rather soothing, as an inpatient. The best sleeps I ever had were during visiting hours!

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:33

KIDDING!

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:33

Only the nurses.

beastlyslumber · 10/03/2023 22:28

I don't like the morphine. But you've just reminded me that a previous ward-mate gave me a pair of earplugs so I'll give them a whirl. No one gets much sleep in hospital, do they.

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:18

And also cry with pain near bedtime and they might give you morphine, very good for sleep.

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 22:17

ALWAYS ASK FOR THE SLEEPING PILLS.

Tell them to wake you up for them if you’re already asleep, because your sleep won’t last.

dunBle · 10/03/2023 22:04

I hope you're feeling better soon @beastlyslumber . When I was in hospital a few years ago, I was probably the snorer in our bay, but I didn't get a decent night's sleep either, as the nurses kept having to come in to do obs or other stuff on one of the other patients at all kinds of weird hours. If I ever have to go in again I'm taking an eye mask and ear plugs with me.

Gonners · 10/03/2023 21:10

Timeless and unforgettable outfit there too on The Jesus!

angelico53 · 10/03/2023 20:14

Timeless movie.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/03/2023 19:14

Polishing their balls, pretty obvious tbh.😀

Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 19:09

It took me a while to work out what they are actually doing!

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Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 19:07

IcakethereforeIam · 10/03/2023 19:05

More bollocks

Bollocks. I can't get it to stop playing!

It's bollocks that!

Totally and completely bollocks.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/03/2023 19:05

More bollocks

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 10/03/2023 18:19

That is indeed the song.

Boiledbeetle · 10/03/2023 17:59

@beastlyslumber I've sent you a pm when you get a chance.

nepeta · 10/03/2023 17:53

Tricyrtis2022 · 09/03/2023 12:15

Looking at the 'what are your thoughts on agender' thread earlier and found this delightful comment. I can't explain how, but it's hilarious and has been making me giggle for the last couple of hours.

This is lovely. It was used at my school when we were discussing difficulties of creating good taxonomies (Carl Linnaeus or Carl von Linné was one of the first ones to try to do that in botany), as a fun example of how not to create exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories.

More about it here: www.artandpopularculture.com/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevolent_Knowledge

Tricyrtis2022 · 10/03/2023 17:29

This could be it, Bint: www.horntip.com/html/songs_sorted_by_name/large_balls.htm

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 10/03/2023 17:24

There was a young man called Anthony Clair,
He was a very fine jugg-el-air.
There wasn't a man who could compare
With the way he played with his balls.

Cos they were large balls.
Balls as heavy as lead.
With a dextrous twist
Of his muscular wrist
He could fling 'em right over his head.

Wish I could remember the rest of the verses of that.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/03/2023 16:33

Yes, 'ears' was the version I taught my kids. Except when in Knutsford (fnarr!) which had a solicitor's office called Smallbones of Devises.

Gonners · 10/03/2023 16:30

@angelico53 - That was the version my sister came home from primary school singing in about 1967. Except the word was "ears" and she explained it was about a rabbit. I never knew until today why my dad laughed so much.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/03/2023 16:28

There was a young man from Devizes
Whose balls were of different sizes
One was so small
It was no ball at all
But the other won several prizes

angelico53 · 10/03/2023 15:51

Do yer balls hang low, can yer swing em to and fro?
Can yer tie em in a know can you tie em in a bow?
Can you throw em o'er yer shoulder like a continental soldier?
Do yer balls hang low?

beastlyslumber · 10/03/2023 15:49

The food isn't too bad, really, beetle. It's definitely edible.

Gladys is lovely when she's awake. I do think they should get her her own room though. I reckon everyone would be healing a lot faster if they actually got some sleep!

MavisMcMinty · 10/03/2023 15:32

Thank you, @ThisIsUncool !

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