Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!

[Valka D'Ur]

Me too. I only one time went into the pictures-of-members thread. I saw an actual picture of one poster. I liked the sense of that poster that I'd based on his avatar better than seeing what he actually looked like. So I never went back again. But this is why I'm very disconcerted when people change their avatar.

Some people here use their own image as their avatar. Steph (a former moderator) used to (I don't think he's active anymore ).

 

[Phrossack]

I always imagine people as their avatars (hello, Synsensa!) so, hey, I'm a rodent the usualness of the size of which remains to be determined.

I have a confession to make.

I don't actually look like Bashford Dean.

 

[Synobun]

It's true.

You look even better.

 

[Kyriakos]

Some people here use their own image as their avatar. Steph (a former moderator) used to (I don't think he's active anymore ).

Some peope are just vainglorious. Tut-tut

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Don't you remember the various materials that were posted in the old Babes threads?

Was that pre- or post-Conchita Wurst? I seem to recall it mainly being extreme bodybuilders after that, for a while at least.

 

[Lohrenswald]

was in an operation or whatever just now to pull a wisdom tooth and it was horrible and hurt and took 80 minutes

 

[Phrossack]

It's true.

You look even better.

Wait...how and when did you see me? I thought I'd destroyed the evidence and eliminated the witnesses! Except for Hobbs, but I fear his rockets...

 

[The_J]

Woke up with scratchy throat and a headache, and decided to stay home today .

 

[Farm Boy]

was in an operation or whatever just now to pull a wisdom tooth and it was horrible and hurt and took 80 minutes

Ew. Sorry. Clean carefully and well. Dry sockets are worth avoiding. If they give you the little squirter syringe, it's kinda fun to play with after you don't need it anymore!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

going to emergency room

 

[Farm Boy]

Here's hoping they cure what ails you.

 

[MaryKB]

going to emergency room

Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I hope they'll take care of you and you'll be okay.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

no good, waited two hours, doctor never even called one person in. place full of screaming kids (parents just screwing around on bloody cellphones). then started getting migraine aura and decided to escape before it got unbearable

got to love the state of the ns health care system

 

[MaryKB]

Oh dear, that's just awful, 2 hours??? Are you going to be alright? I'm really so very sorry this is happening to you, but if you're suffering and you need immediate care, what are you going to do?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

just curl up and sob, i suppose

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm glad I've got that over with.

Spoiler probably not safe for work, or life, or anything in general :

After exiting the hospital, it was my mother who brought it up. The nuclear option. The one I didn't quite want to risk before.

And, desperate to find some relief against the war being waged within my lower intestines, I found myself in the laxative aisle of the local pharmacy. With my migraine aura in full effect, and half of my vision obscured by a kaleidoscope of wavery lights, I decided on some bisacodyl tablets, under the brand name of Dulcolax. "Gentle, dependable overnight relief" sounded like what I needed...that and it was the cheapest thing available.

Gentle relief it was not. Had I been more cognizant, I would have realized that a stimulant laxative may have not been the best choice.

I got home, took two of the tablets (with plenty of liquids), turned off all the lights (and the volume of my beloved radio), and somehow managed to sleep through the worst of the migraine. I awoke with just the last lingering bit of headache and nausea...and an uncomfortable gurgling in my stomach. Sir Dulcolax had journeyed through the treacherous labyrinths of my digestive system and awoken the sleeping beast.

I prepared myself for the battle: I drank some more liquid, ate a few saltine crackers to fortify myself, and prepared myself with copious amounts of reading material, wet wipes, and baking soda.

(Baking soda? Well, it works for litterboxes.)

Every few minutes felt like my lower gut was being forced through a tube of toothpaste, as Sir Dulcolax fought against the monster in my bowels.

And finally, it fled. It was rather a magnificent specimen, really, but I'd only caught a brief glimpse of it before it was quickly followed by several litres of molten poop water that probably reached an unprecedented level on the Bristol stool scale. (I guess I overdid it on the liquids.)

tl;dr version: Took laxatives for a case of constipation. Wasn't the "gentle relief" advertised on the box. It worked, though.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm glad I've got that over with.

tl;dr version: Took laxatives for a case of constipation. Wasn't the "gentle relief" advertised on the box. It worked, though.

Maybe next time, drink a jug of prune juice (the 1.89L size; one cup at a time). You probably won't need the whole lot of it, and it doesn't taste bad (no, I am not part-Klingon).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'm not sure why I didn't think of that, honestly.

 

[Gori the Grey]

Wait...how and when did you see me? I thought I'd destroyed the evidence and eliminated the witnesses! Except for Hobbs, but I fear his rockets...

Weren't you one of the three who posted a photo of a real-life meet-up somewhere in the St. Louis area?

Who were those three? Can't remember. Feels like it included you.

 

[Arakhor]

Hobbs, Lexicus and Tim were the most recent trio to meet up, I believe.