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avant, dang, that sounds aweful!!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 28, 2005 at 6:02 PM
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tried it, spitfire
but nothing can block that mess. holding your breath works best. but look for an open spot when you decide to gasp.
posted by
avant-garde
on June 28, 2005 at 12:48 PM
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Holy crap, avant-garde!!
That's nasty! Don't you guys have the smell deterant stuff that ya smudge under your nostrils like the M.E.'s use? I don't think I could do it without it!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 25, 2005 at 4:48 PM
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vomit doesn't bother me
and sometimes i delight in handling it or sniffing it to get a reaction out of my queasy partner. this is what does: someone with a terrible injury who is writhing in pain. i sit there and start thinking, 'god, i bet that hurts,' and then the nausea starts. one time we were picking up a body that was all but decomposed in the woods. he had put a shotgun in his mouth about two months before. all that was left was some 'grave wax' under his back. when we peeled him off the forest floor, it stuck and pulled, like gum off a shoe. my partner started gagging. i caught a whiff and my reflex began kicking. i was moving my chin in to keep from hurling. oh, well. i must stop now.
posted by
avant-garde
on June 24, 2005 at 12:49 PM
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Sorry HolyG!!
Really. And I wish I could get the image out of my head.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 6:16 PM
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I can't get my mind off of the dog's tongue now!!
posted by
Holy_Grail
on June 23, 2005 at 5:11 PM
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Sass,
My friend is the same way about hair! I wonder what's up with that? I don't mind stray hairs or hair in a brush.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:47 PM
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Rach,
Kids are different for some reason. Adults puking is really gross too, but for some reason when I was with M when he got sick, it didn't bother me. But coming home to a room full of puppy diarrhea that's been sitting there for hours ain't no picnic.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:46 PM
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I have a strong gag reflex
especially to things like: snot, vomit, blood, and my biggy, "hair balls". Hair brushes loaded with hair makes me yack. Hair strands on clothing gets me also.
posted by
Sherri_G
on June 23, 2005 at 12:44 PM
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Factor,
Well, it's a good thing you don't do what I do for a living!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:44 PM
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Krisles,
Ooops!! Sowwy!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:43 PM
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Strat,
I know what you mean. I can usually stop myself from puking unless I feel I physically
need to. I'm worse with smells than I am with sights except for one time when I saw some pics of a really bad car accident. I had to look at them (official police photos) for a reading to see if I could pick up anything to tell the widow. I will never do that type of thing again!
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:37 PM
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blackcat,
That show should just be outlawed! I never watch it.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:33 PM
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LOL
Yeah, hearing someone else puke gets me any time. For some reason, when it's one of my kids it doesn't bug me so much, but when it's another person that is capable of taking care of themself, well... <Gag>
posted by
RachelAnna
on June 23, 2005 at 10:07 AM
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I have seen/experienced way too much gross stuff
and I will spare the details. But thankfully I have not seen much in the way of gruesome/bloody because that would make me puke I think.
posted by
FactorFiction
on June 23, 2005 at 8:23 AM
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Spitfire
I just had this huge glass of milk...excuse me.......
posted by
Krisles
on June 23, 2005 at 7:17 AM
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I've always heard the reason we do that
is because of a sense of empathy, at least in certain situations. We see ourselves in this horrid moment, and get an intense "There but for the grace of God" bolt through our whole beings.
In my time I've seen some truly heinous car accidents. I only heaved at one.
Usually I get this awful feeling that starts in the pit of the stomach and spreads like a shock across all of my body. But I don't usually heave, at least not until later.
posted by
strat
on June 23, 2005 at 7:05 AM
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the gag reflex!
Some have it worse than others. My gag reflex is usually smell related... but I could never do Fear Factor! Just thinking about eating a live cockroach? Ugh....
posted by
-blackcat
on June 23, 2005 at 6:57 AM
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Jems,
My old roommate would beg me to stay in the bathroom with her while she puked after a drunken evening. Out of pure friendship, I did. I seriously had to walk out a few times to maintain my decorom, though.
posted by
SpitFire70
on June 23, 2005 at 12:41 AM
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I can deal with hearing someone puke
It's seeing it and smelling it that makes me blanch too.
posted by
Jemmie211
on June 23, 2005 at 12:37 AM
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