Overheard
January 24th, 2008 by Editor BI overheard Xy talking on the phone, commiserating with a co-worker about a frustrating staff meeting:
I felt like giving birth right there and telling her, “Eat my placenta, bitch!”
Ah, the joys of being a public school teacher.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Oh Placentophagy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placentophagy
January 24th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Wow, I wanted to say that at a meeting today too, I’m also a public school teacher. I was told that I was going to be working with a child who is very violent 1:1 for 4 hours a day despite the fact that it’s a health risk and I’m pregnant. Where was XY when I needed her?
January 24th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I don’t make comments on many blogs due to me being lazy but that quote was funny!
January 25th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Very funny.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:31 am
what a hoot-that wit will be invaluable as a parent!
January 25th, 2008 at 10:49 am
So, B, what’s your assessment? Is that the nature of her normal retort that’s being applied to her condition, or is it the result of additional hormonal changes and physical burden the pregnancy has placed on her?
That’s a damn great line, certainly on par with the “So dark…” comment; I need to be around her more often to get more wit for my repertoire.
January 25th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Hammy: ‘Tis the nature of her normal retort. As a friend of mine remarked via e-mail, “That’s the Xy we know and love.” So very true.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
So funny! Only in New Orleans. I’ve never had a lively comment like that uttered here. I need to move back home I miss it.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
it is xy’s consistent display of apt and artful dialogues like this that led me to create my “who the f**k was particle butthead (and why was he such a bunghole)?” shirt. from an old, uncared-about undershirt of course…