@la vie en hypnose: Wow, I definitely missed this episode, and I thought I'd seen them all! Did they say what got stuck, or was it all just innuendo? Did he have to have it medically removed?

This is definitely funny, but at the same time how did this make the news? I mean, I know they didn't state his name, so there's no medical privacy violations, but still...who reported this to the press? It would be inappropriate for the hospital or medics to have done so.

@scullymurphy: Total crazy ramblings, no worries. They took the dogs away for their own safety.

@Ofmyself: Aaaah, yes, it's all coming back to me. That was the one season I didn't pay as much attention to (despite being a total WW junky). Looks like I might have to borrow my mom's box set and revisit those!

@AndPreciousLittleofThat: I moved away 3 years ago, and it kills me to hear what is becoming of the city. Anything to get the Daleys out of there would be a good thing, but with Chicago politics that is a *really* touch proposition.

@Ofmyself: CJ was press secretary though; Leo was CoS. Unless I'm missing a more nuanced West Wing joke...

@Tchotchke: But...but...she keeps telling us she's From The Block!! What do you mean she thinks she's ascended to royalty??

@AgnesGrep: And the less confidence you have (from hearing this shit), the more of a target you become for assholes to say crap like that to you, unfortunately. It's a vicious cycle...

@delafox: See, I thought this one anchor on either Fox News or MSNBC (can't remember now, making it hard to find a picture of him) was the brother all grown up. I think he did financial pieces, but I'm googling all over and can't find a picture or his name...

@DonnaPirana: Interesting, thanks!

@DonnaPirana: I wondered that when I read the item— doesn't hyperglycemia take a bit of time to come on and lead to coma (versus hypoglycemia, which can act really quickly)?

@Apollonia: Ah, sorry about that. I too did love LHoTP if it helps (and if you've never checked it out, the thread for it at Television Without Pity is hilarious), and was born before 1981!

@the glamwich: Those bags baffle me— why do otherwise stylish young women want to carry around a bag that my grandma would be into? Or that may have appeared in an episode of Little House on the Prairie in 1981?

@Birthday Girl: Unfortunately, this requires a prosecutor who cares...not saying they don't exist, but...

@the glamwich: Exactly. The absolute logic fail makes me wonder if the surgeons were in fact "punishing" her for the birth of her 9th child...

@JinxyMcDeath: But she wouldn't have continued to birth more children; she was getting an IUD.

Ugh, she was asking to have an IUD inserted, which is incredibly dependable birth control and not easily removed by oneself— why in the WORLD would the surgeons sterilize her instead?? She was already doing what was needed not to have more children!

@badly drawn girl: I had a college microbiology professor who had worked as an international flight attendant for a couple of years before grad school, and he used to add little vignettes to his lectures and course readings about air crash investigations— and then ask questions about the for extra credit on exams.

@bluebears: I used to regularly meet up with surgery residents at bars at 2 am in my college town, and they'd mention having to be in the OR at 6 am the next morning...no way they were sober by then, much less not hungover.

@Penny: It's been my experience that I more easily get upgrades when the flight (or at least coach) is full, because then the elites or frequent fliers get bumped up to Business, and the business passengers get bumped up to First (which is usually quite empty for United, because their First class sucks and is at best…