Which reminds me... The best thing about giving your pet people names, is eventually somebody with that name will become a fixture in your life and then you get to refer to them as "Human Dave" and still call the pet Dave.

I do recall that my coworker's son got himself wedged between the stove and fridge, so #3 is plausible for Human-Jennifer.

Spell of toes curling

Friend mentioned that when a similar thing happened at his University, the frats just had "gatherings" instead of "parties" and that was ok with the administration.... (probably decades ago, so a slightly different environment)

I can't remember where the important thing is because I have a huge mental map of all the things that might come in handy one day...

I think she just made the classic rookie mistake of swallowing a whole rat before the press conference; tail was probably still in her throat.

I think she just made the classic rookie mistake of swallowing a whole rat before the press conference; tail was probably still in her throat.

Wife's friends always requested that she bring me along even though none of the other husbands/partners were coming. When she'd ask why they would just tell her "he's fun". I assume, "without being a tiresome asshole" was the unmentioned part.

I recall my friend's brother being proud that he carried his pregnant wife out of the house during the big Northridge earthquake here in Los Angeles, but he was Winnie the Poohing it with a #4, so immediately had his ego deflated.

...but, louder.

Ya, I'm kinda torn... All the things you mention, but then there's my ADHD which makes objects disappear from existence if I don't see them.

Yay. Spent a lot of time taming the barn cat kittens so they could get homes when I was a kid...