Had to go Google what the hell a drop-bear was. Very funny! Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s time to go snipe hunting.

If he does show up on some reality show, I might have to throw something large at the TV. I hope this does not happen. It is an expensive TV.

Wait, I had wrong information. It has nothing to do with Ireland specifically. It’s the same as the mad cow thing everyone else is talking about. I know a girl who can’t give blood because she was born in Ireland in a specific time frame. I don’t remember her mentioning mad cow, but that must be it.

Most restrictions are not life-long but the Red Cross (the NGO that handles much of the US’s blood supply) does restrict if you’ve gone to certain countries, are an (illegal) IV drug user or ... are a man who has sex with men (and some other restrictions). In a few cases, these restrictions are reasonable - as in it’s…

In the US you can be permanently deferred for: visiting Europe during a certain timeframe, being gay/bi, taking certain drugs, having certain diseases, sharing needles, or having certain medical procedures (dura mater transplant, etc.). You can also receive deferrals of varying lengths for a lot of other things, like…

Yes. Here in the US you also can’t donate if you’ve ever slept with a man who may have slept with other men, or (I think) if you’ve ever been to jail. I think.

Nope. From the Red Cross:

I don’t know about injecting drugs (probably, there were a few very famous cases in the 80's of people getting HIV from blood donated by injection drug users).

And we also have country bans too. Most of Central America and the Caribbean is on a 1-year ban, but some places, like Jamaica, are lifetime. The reason for…

It’s a little like that, yeah. Like if you were born in Ireland in some period in the 90's you can’t give blood.

There are similar things but most have time frames related to incubation periods for certain infections. We have the injection one but it’s if you’ve done in the past year or so. There is a specific time frame related to the mad cow out break for traveling and living in the UK. My FIL couldn’t donate blood but I can’t…

I run into that a lot with my pibble when we go out. It’s fun though, because about half the people back way up and then the other half are all “aaawwwwwwww cute little puppers I just want licks and snuggles!”

It’s similar, yes. It’s been a few months since I donated blood (I usually go to blood drives), so I can’t recall exactly what will get you deferred.

I think you’re confused. The only exclusion related to having “been to certain countries” is whether you’ve lived in the UK when they had mad cow disease.

You have more anger and rage towards these fuckbucket “artists” than your sweet pup has ever had in his life. All the love to you, the handsome Wilson, and the 7 others in the Madwoman’s home. You have a beautiful soul to have brought home so many loved ones. They are lucky to have found you and vice versa. 💜

I just got my first ever pup who’s a pit. She’s my heart and soul. This “art” enrages me and makes me so sad. Pitbulls are natural lovers and super friendly. Only an asshole would make them aggressive and fight.

Insofar as celebs reading audiobooks, Paul Giamatti reading A Scanner Darkly is seriously the best audiobook narration I’ve come across among both professional and non-professional audiobook narrators. And I can’t stand Neil Gaiman reading his own books, his sonorous voice puts me straight to sleep.

And didn’t Pluto own Goofy?

I find lots of movies do that, not just kid’s fare. I recently Netflixed Quadrophenia (with Sting!), about the Mod movement in England and it was one of those very popular angry young man type films where the protagonist is supposed to be heroically rebelling against the system.

Go back and watch the old Winnie the Pooh stuff. Tigger is a huge asshole. He physically assaults everybody and destroys private property. For instance, he destroys Rabbit’s entire garden. Then when Rabbit complained, Tigger laughed it off, did his Tigger song and dance, and then left.

tom & jerry...... jerrys a right arse