Comments on: From the mouths of celebrities http://ayyyy.com/2007/11/21/from-the-mouths-of-celebrities-4/ Gently Making Fun of the Famous Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: bonnie-ann black http://ayyyy.com/2007/11/21/from-the-mouths-of-celebrities-4/#comment-2142 bonnie-ann black Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:54:32 +0000 http://ayyyy.com/2007/11/21/from-the-mouths-of-celebrities-4/#comment-2142 my mother smoked, drank between 5 and 6 cups of tea a day, and the occasional drink during the entire pregnancies of all 6 of her children. the lowest birth rate, 7 pounds, the highest 9.12... all of us are as fine as it is possible to be in today's world. which reminded me of when my sister was in labour and a nurse practioner refused to give her an anaesthetic, telling me, "it makes for 'sleepy' babies." i told the nurse, who was my age, "your mother and mine had something and you turned out all right, and i turned out all right!" as for the rest of you -- shut up! my mother smoked, drank between 5 and 6 cups of tea a day, and the occasional drink during the entire pregnancies of all 6 of her children. the lowest birth rate, 7 pounds, the highest 9.12… all of us are as fine as it is possible to be in today’s world. which reminded me of when my sister was in labour and a nurse practioner refused to give her an anaesthetic, telling me, “it makes for ’sleepy’ babies.” i told the nurse, who was my age, “your mother and mine had something and you turned out all right, and i turned out all right!”

as for the rest of you — shut up!

]]> By: amanda http://ayyyy.com/2007/11/21/from-the-mouths-of-celebrities-4/#comment-2017 amanda Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:52:18 +0000 http://ayyyy.com/2007/11/21/from-the-mouths-of-celebrities-4/#comment-2017 Seriously, I'm with her. Babies and soon to be born are obviously a bit more hardy than the medical community would have us believe, or else our species would not have made it this far. Seriously, I’m with her. Babies and soon to be born are obviously a bit more hardy than the medical community would have us believe, or else our species would not have made it this far.

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