Re: HUMOR: Show & Tell
From: Gerald P. Rodríguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com)
Tue Aug 19 12:02:53 2003
Great story, Joanne! Started my day off right...
Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
Santa Fe
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
--James Thurber
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From: "Joanne Bulley, MD" <islesannie@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:05 PM
Subject: HUMOR: Show & Tell
> How would you like to be this teacher?
>
> I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself,
> but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade
> classroom a few years back.
>
> When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few
> sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and
> experience a little public speaking. And it gives me a break and some
> guaranteed entertainment.
>
> Usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model
> airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never,
> ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug
> it to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
>
> Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid,
> takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a pillow
> stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant.
>
> "This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his
> birthday."
>
> "First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put
> a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine
> months through an umbrella cord."
>
> She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to
> laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her
> in amazement.
>
> "Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, oh,
> oh!'" Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans.
>
> "She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'"
>
> Now the kid's doing this hysterical duck walk, holding her back and
> groaning.
>
> "My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't
> have a sign on the car like the Domino's man."
>
> "They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this."
>
> Erica lies down with her back against the wall.
>
> "And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case
> he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like
> psshhheew!"
>
> This kid has her legs spread and with her little hands are miming water
> flowing away. It was too much!
>
> "Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push, and breathe,
> breathe.'"
>
> "They started counting, but never even got past ten."
>
> "Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky
> stuff they all said was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot
> of stuff inside there."
>
> Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.
> I'm sure I applauded the loudest.
>
> Ever since then, if it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just
> in case another Erica comes along.
>
> Life is meant to be lived . . . enjoy!
>
> --
> Joanne Bulley, MD
> Keene, NH, USA
>
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> Work to create peace everywhere you go and with everything you do.
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> Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.
> -George Sand
>
