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[jackmanhugh]

I hate the word fat. It's nasty and it makes me think about people named Louie. When I was nine there was a Louie at my school who used to make me give him the money that I was allotted every week assuming I had done my chores and as an afterthought he would hit me in the nose with the heel of his palm and I'd spend all of recess in the bathroom

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[t_collette]

That's actually a really interesting story. Thank you for sharing it.

[jackmanhugh]

It's just a very strange mid-life crisis story. I want to hear one of yours. Not necessarily mid-life, because you're still young, but just a story. Have you many?

[t_collette]

I have many, many stories.

You're not much older than me, you know.

[jackmanhugh]

If I have ever learned anything from anyone, I paid very close attention when my mother said, Hugh, you always pretend a lady is eighteen, even if she's eighty. Therefore, you're still a baby to me.

Tell me one.

[t_collette]

Your mother is very wise.

When I was young and didn't want to go to classes, I would pick a scab and tell the teacher I had my period, so I could go home. Especially for gym class. I think I had my period for a term.

Also when I was younger, I wanted to know what it was like to have a bit of you taken out. So I pretended my appendix burst.

[jackmanhugh]

I find that most of them tend to be.

Haha, that's an awful story. I never minded that class, but I guess I wouldn't, because it always seems to be a bit different for the boys than it is for the girls. I remember all the girls in my class would huddle up and walk when we were supposed to be doing laps and they'd prattle on about what they heard about who doing what and when and I never really envied them.

You know. I've never had my appendix removed, but I suffered very bad tonsilitis and I remember having them cut out, which was probably a lot worse than the lasering they do now, and I can't even fathom someone cutting me open and doing that.