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Miracle my ass!

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Tue, 2007-11-06 00:11 - tina

Take one healthy child,
negotiate a price
scrub away the grime
call it something nice

When it starts to talk
make sure that it's polite
and when it calls you mother
be sure to say 'that's right'

Send it to a good school
the best that you can find
what a lucky bastard
to have a mum so kind

That God blessed little miracle
is a fucked up fairy tale
since when did any miracle
come with a bill of sale

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Comments

Tue, 2007-11-06 00:28 — Kerry

"The mommy-button"

I never liked my belly-button when I was little.  My older brother used to make fun of it.  His was an innie, mine was an out-ie.  He was kept by his natural mother; I was not.

When I birthed my own babies, I was fascinated by their belly-buttons.  How could I not be?  I had to clean the stumps every day!

Each one has a different one, yet each one knows they all came from me.  When they were little, I used to kiss their belly-buttons and tell them, "That's your mommy-button.  No matter where you are in this world, you know you always have my love with you."

My kids make fun of my belly button, mainly because my belly is a mess from having four kids (the last being huge twins).  I no longer care, because deep down, I love knowing each one making fun of my belly once lived inside of me.

Tue, 2007-11-06 01:08 — neophyte

Scar versus Sale's Tag

Who puts so much thought in a lint-collecting pot or place to be pierced?

It's just another spot to be owned and claimed as part of the whole package. If our belly-buttons are all different, maybe they're like some sort of biologic sales-skintag for us unwanted bastards of the universe!

 I always wanted to know if dogs and cats have belly-buttons.  I googled, and it appears people are as just sick as me with similar questions:

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/21930

Do dogs have belly buttons?

Yes they do, it's called an umbilical scar actually, the place where the umbilical cord was attached. All mammals , except the marsupials( animals with pouches like kangaroos) and the monotremes ( platypus that lay eggs[!]) have umbilical cords, it's one of the things that defines them as mammals. The umbilical cord connects the foetus to the placenta in the mother's womb and is what provides nutrients to the developing puppy. After birth the momma dog bites it in two and it dries and drops off, leaving the belly button. It's not as prominent as a human one but it is there, if you look real close on the dogs tummy you will find it, just a small "innie". (Give Pooch a good tummy rub while your looking they love that) The marsupials and monotremes and even birds have something similar but it is much smaller and doesn't leave much of a scar. Marsupials spend their fetal life in the pouch with their mouth attached to a milk nipple. A foetus that develops in an egg has a cord that leads to the yolk. The scar is easier to see on larger mammals but bulls are harder to roll over so I do not know if they have an innie or an outie, besides they wear their ring in their nose and not their belly button.