@jujubeez2: The foetus both swallows and excretes the amniotic fluid. It isn't being fed by it, but it does ingest it.

@lrobs: mother's bloodstream = placenta = amniotic fluid = baby's mouth

@PetiteGal: not even that. Sometimes milk, though.

I once knew a woman who would only eat white things: pasta, potatoes, white bread, chicken. No sauces, no vegetables, no fruit. It was bizarre.

cue US TV subtitling Cheryl whenever she talks in 3,2, 1...

@ketamineKitty: It's just doubtful that it's "pretty common" if other Irish people on here have never heard it used that way. It's hardly a Jack or Seán. [www.cso.ie]

@ketamineKitty: I'm Irish and I've never heard of or met an Irish person called Jameson.

Sorry Nicki, you're being sexist.

@timetorambleon: because that would be highly implausible. The political equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing 'La la la I can't hear you'.

@Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux: It's so unexpected - if it snows at all here, it's usually not til January/February. But hey! Let's enjoy the pretty while it's here.

@MoonfaerieWaterlilly: will do!:)

@thenotestaken: yeah that's my plan! I'm enjoying it right now but I'm sure when I have to walk to work tomorrow I won't be so happy:)

@gennifyr: of course! Anyone who says differently can STFU.

@Alpine Joe: you can see it? I can't! but yay!

Ladies and Gentlemen! It is snowing. In Ireland, in November, on the East coast, it is snowing. And it is sooo fluffy and pretty. And my new boots kept my feet dry. Woohoo!

@doubledeemayhem: I don't find him at all attractive when he's Draco-esque, but I know that might be a minority opinion:)

@ohheyy_monet: I was responding to your last sentence, not your first.

It's so incredible how many people can be helped when just one person donates their organs.

@ohheyy_monet: Read again. It implies the man in question doesn't know, not that she doesn't know.

on another note, Tom Felton is looking mighty fine in that picture.