Snerffle is a go!

[smeddley]

I'm thinking a St. Patrick's Day start. But if you want to get bonus points before then, keep a lookout for opportunities in everyday posts (and, of course, you can suggest rounds and challenges, or just say something funny or interesting... lots of ways to get extra points!).

For example, this one:

I went and donated blood today, but almost couldn't. And the reason was one I'd not heard before. Why was I almost rejected as a blood donor?

Answer will be posted this evening tomorrow morning (can't be unfair to my Australian peeps).

Comments

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

You mean I have to be witty?! All the time?!

*wibbles*

You couldn't donate because you were abducted by aliens and they tried to experiment on you, but SG-1 broke in just in time and Jack O'Neill swept you up in his arms and brought you safely home. You had to wait for a clean bill of health from Dr. Fraiser (or whoever it is now ...) before you were allowed to donate blood.

[revoked-soul.livejournal.com]

Oh man, we have to be INTERESTING to get bonus points? I'm so screwed...

[mmmontserrat.livejournal.com]

I get rejected all the time! In fact, I've never successfully donated blood. I think I must be a high-risk person with all my sexual activity. Maybe if I go in there soon and say, "I've been celibate for 5 yrs, then they'll take me?"

Or I tell them I have fainting issues, VasoVagal syndrome. That also rules me out too. Oh I may pass out?

And when I was lighter, then I never passed the minimum weight requirements (that's been a while though).

[clare-dragonfly.livejournal.com]

Do you not weigh enough? That's why my excuse for not giving blood.

[lyonza.livejournal.com]

I got nothing.

I had something witty, and then it fled.

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

Borderline anemic?

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Did you go abroad just prior to the Mad Cow outbreaks?

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

You tried donating blood at the sperm bank?

[leaper.livejournal.com]

The rehab group just got out, and all the syringes were occupied?

The Bank was full?

They couldn't make change for a liter?

Hardened arteries wouldn't allow the needle through?

You didn't donate in the form of a question?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

You've been on antibiotics recently?

You've been drinking other people's blood and so mixing your blood type to potentially disastrous results for someone who receives a transfusion?

They were double booked? (On the second flight home, dad's seat was double booked! Luckily there was an empty seat further up the plane.)

They had just gotten rick-rolled and were too ashamed to see people?

[nakedblueninja.livejournal.com]

I am banned for life from donating blood because of my thyroid disease. It's considered an auto-immune disorder. Allergies are apparently considered with the same frame of mind.

You told them you were allergic to idiots, didn't you?