tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post114202357504838476..comments2023-07-03T08:50:54.449-04:00Comments on Reading, Writing, & Stuff That Makes Me Crazy: Dopey and DryMarianne Arkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-1142029003493076262006-03-10T17:16:00.000-05:002006-03-10T17:16:00.000-05:00The other question that annoys me is, "Have you, i...The other question that annoys me is, "Have you, in the past eight weeks, had contact with another persons blood?"<BR/><BR/>I typically answer, "I have a six-year-old daughter. Of course I've had contact with another persons blood."<BR/><BR/>Apparently they don't see her as an AIDs threat, since I'm still short a pint when I leave.Marianne Arkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14366870.post-1142027431878229332006-03-10T16:50:00.000-05:002006-03-10T16:50:00.000-05:00Ouch. I can’t give blood, unfortunately, due to th...Ouch. I can’t give blood, unfortunately, due to that very military question they ask you each time. Apparently, if you lived on certain European bases (like I did) in the late 80s/early 90s, there’s a chance you ate beef from England, and a chance that said beef was tainted with mad cow (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease for humans) disease. Nice.Charity Tahmasebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208740898666710699noreply@blogger.com