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doxieone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:40 PM
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BREAKING: Laura Bush to have surgery tomorrow (9/8)
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 05:13 PM by doxieone
Source: CNN/WH Web page

Surgery is for her pinched nerve.

EDIT: WH Web page

Statement by Press Secretary Sally McDonough




Mrs. Laura Bush will undergo elective, outpatient surgery on Saturday, September 8, 2007, to relieve the pressure on the pinched nerves in her neck. The doctor will perform a posterior cervical foraminotomy, using a minimally invasive procedure.



Read more: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070907-8.html
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:41 PM
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1. Must be pretty bad.
Good luck, Laura.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:45 PM
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5. It is if they're doing surgery
Best wishes for a speedy recovery to her.
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Kagemusha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:57 PM
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7. Guess that's why she missed the trip to Australia.
Simple reason in the end...
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 09:23 PM
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39. No it's not that bad
It's elective:

5. open to choice; optional; not required: an elective subject in college; elective surgery.

In other words its something she wants not something she needs, I guess they're looking for the sympathy vote and it seems that it's working!!!!!!
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 11:27 AM
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51. I don't think elective means frivolous
It very likely means that it has caused pain and that physical therapy has not helped sufficiently.
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Posteritatis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-09-07 11:25 AM
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58. I'm recovering from a bad nerve pinch
I can definitely sympathise with someone who'd want elective surgery to get something done with it if it's actually the case.

(Then again, mine was very high on the leg and fucked up about a fifth of my body for two months. Losing most of your sensation in a body area that size is really unnerving, if you'll pardon the pun.)
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:43 PM
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2. Mr gumby, my brain hurts!!!
Mr. Gumby: I'm afraid it will have to come out!!!!
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:44 PM
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3. Without hubby? Oh, he's no help anyway.

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Buttercup McToots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:45 PM
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4. Did she get it
slapping the auld bubbleheaded beerbreath fake prtend cowboy
off the earhole?
Wack:spray:
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doxieone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 04:57 PM
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6. I see on another site she has been getting physical therapy
for a neck injury from "hiking".

Wouldn't that be from falling??
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SeattleVet Donating Member (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:01 PM
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8. She's getting rid of a huge pain in the neck?
Buh-bye, Georgie!
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:12 PM
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10. The pain he causes is a little lower on the anatomy.
I wish her well, though. NO surgery is without its risks.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:04 PM
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9. She should have deferred her husband's famous neck and shoulder massages
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 05:05 PM by no_hypocrisy
like Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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doxieone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:14 PM
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11. Link
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070907-8.html
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:14 PM
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12. WHY NOW
when bush is away. Maybe she doesn't want him around.
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olddad56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:15 PM
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13. If I were married to George, I'd have a pain in my neck also.
He sure has been a pain in the world's ass.
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olddad56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:17 PM
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14. maybe it is a cover, maybe she is depressed because of Condi.
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:20 PM
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15. Wishes for a speedy recovery.
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tomreedtoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:27 PM
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16. Ugly thought: who needs another 9/11...
...when some surgical accident might leave Bush a widower, giving him an excuse to be filmed crying real tears? And how can you turn down a grieving widower for anything, including incredible support?

If Bush and Company are as evil as people have suggested...would it be that impossible?
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:37 PM
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45. Remember how terrified she looked in the ME after she called
* a horse masturbater?

It was about a month or two later and she had people screaming in her face during her little 'tour".

I felt bad for her. Almost.

Hope the surgery goes well none the less.
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datadiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:31 PM
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17. Well sounds like its a real injury
I did have my doubts, but since I suffer from pinched nerves in the neck I know how painful it can be. I can't afford to have the surgery myself. I have trouble feeling sorry for her but I can understand the need for the surgery.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:51 PM
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22. We can't have mere citizens such as you (a.k.a. peasants)
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 06:14 PM by Benhurst
getting such medical care; but thank God it's there for our rulers.

edited :spank: for late afternoon sloppiness.
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fed-up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:17 PM
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25. I guess she hasn't learned that chronic pain builds CHARACTER-something lacking in the WH
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 06:18 PM by fed-up
edited to add that I have pinched/herniated discs and this was directed at L not previous poster
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StarryNite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:37 PM
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18. I wish her a speedy recovery.
I'm not surprised * won't be around. He isn't very supportive of his family during medical procedures. Remember when Jenna underwent an emergency appendectomy? He wasn't there for her either.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:55 PM
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36. "Appendectomy"? Suuuuuurrrrre it was.
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kstewart33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:37 PM
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19. A very painful ailment. Hope it fixes her problem. eom
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:43 PM
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20. My first thought on this matter was
that it was for a new brain. Can't make much difference, though--she's surrounded by brainless idiots already, so one more might not be necessary. ;)
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:48 PM
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21. Face lift. eom
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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 05:52 PM
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23. And Tummy Tuck n/t
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:20 PM
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26. Think she had work done a few years ago,

went on a two-week camping trip with friends, location not revealed, looked better when we next saw her.
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:44 PM
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34. Probably time for another up date. n/t
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peaches2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 10:18 AM
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49. She DEFINETELY had a lot of work done
:spray: I also read on a blog that there are rumors about her alcoholism being another or the main reason she is not around much. Frankly I don't see how she could live with **** w/out drugs, booze, and nicotine.
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scarface2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:00 PM
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24. is she insured?
or will she use the emergency room like everybody else?
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 04:47 PM
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55. Beat me to it!
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sandyj999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:33 PM
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27. I thought she was geting that nasty tumor removed.
Guess George will be around a little longer.
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:42 PM
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28. Is that typical to have surgery on a Saturday? n/t
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:09 PM
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42. Not typical to my knowledge unless it is an emergency

Maybe she wants it done while her husband and his "date" are away.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:54 PM
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29. Are they going to kill her for the sympathy factor?
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:56 PM
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30. getting her condi removed
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Peregrine Took Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:06 PM
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31. Isn't it a tad odd that she's having surgery while her "better 1/16th" is over
seas? They are so weird!!
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:19 PM
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32. Tell it to the women in this country who can't afford mammograms.
Frankly, Laura my dear, I don't give a damn.
BHN
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:23 PM
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33. Easy, everyone.
No need to go overboard.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:52 PM
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35. How nice that she has access to the best medical care.
Think she'd be willing to share?
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 08:02 PM
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37. good, the stress is finally getting to her! let's hope hubby is suffering too
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 09:47 PM
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40. I hope she recovers quickly...
And I hope she can do something about the real pain in the neck.
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 09:57 PM
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41. I hope she recovers quick too.
Sounds like she was in a lot of pain with this.

Good luck, Laura.

Hope you feel better soon Miss Thang.
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Tulum_Moon Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:10 PM
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43. Where were all these messages when a Dem has
a medical procedure done? I did not
hear anything about health care then. I do remember that they have been in power also. And health care reforms have never been passed. All politicians have the same health care, and it is complete coverage. The average person does not. IMO none of them fight for us as much as they could.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:30 PM
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44. Getting rid of 180 pounds of ugly fat
More or less, depending on how vigorous his bike ride was.
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doxieone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 09:22 AM
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46. I can't help but wonder if this is whiplash from auto accident...
where her boyfriend was killed.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 10:48 AM
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50. Yes, using a human body as a speed bump can really mess with your body
My heart breaks for poor Laura. Maybe she can sue the dead boyfriend's family for damages? That's the Bush Crime Family way, you know.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 09:41 AM
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47. Too bad the surgeons can't perform a
procedure to get rid of the big pain in the ass she lives with. Surely that's more of a burden than the pinched nerve in her neck.




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cureautismnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 09:57 AM
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48. Condi's been playing with her Laura voodoo doll. n/t
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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 11:36 AM
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52. This is so plastic surgery
Pinched nerve my ass.

:rofl:
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 11:41 AM
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53. Donning flame suit...
to ask if her neck problem is related to an old injury from her car accident as a teen that killed her ex boyfriend.
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rsmith6621 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 02:08 PM
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54. Lynn Cheney To ASSume the Position...

......Of First Lady during surgery or at least Ill bet DICKO would like that to happen.
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ryanmuegge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 05:44 PM
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56. Tough it out like the rest of us have to.
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yasmina27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 06:11 PM
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57. I wish her all the best
she's not to blame for her asshole husband's stupidity.

The pinched nerve is probably stress related - who wouldn't be stressed being married to that butthead??
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