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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 09:12 AM
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Does anyone else remember their own birth?
I do.

I distinctly remember being swabbed down by a male nurse who had a name badge on which I now recognize as the name "Frank".

I also remember all the nurses making jokes about Dwight Eisenhower.
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 12:38 PM
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1. I was born on Thanksgiving Day and
...I was a big baby. The nurses joked that my Mom had delivered a big turkey.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 12:55 PM
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2. Yes! There was a lot of kerfluffle going on.
Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e81ljLYkMIw#t=2m53s

But I was a cute baby!
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 01:01 PM
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3. I kept a diary of my birth
Day One: Bright lights and a lot of shouting. Went to sleep early
Day Two: Still tired from the move
Day Three: These people talk to me like I'm an idiot
Day Four: Hooray for boobies



I cannot remember from whom I've ripped this joke off.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 01:36 PM
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4. All I remember is that I'd just forgotten everything from the past life.
That I'd really been trying to remember except that I was supposed to get some milk at the store.

And then some asshole whacked me on my naked ass...naked? How did that happen? And what was that all over me...ewww!!?? This all pissed me off so much that I cried.
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 01:41 PM
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5. I remember yours. I was there.
Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 01:41 PM by rcrush
I was there for the conception to! (snaredrum effect)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 01:41 PM
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6. No, I actually had other plans and missed the event, because I just wasn't
able to get there on time. It was sort of embarrassing, but of course I apologized profusely, and everyone was very understanding
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 01:59 PM
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7. til the age of four when I went under anesthesia. that wiped out a lot
of my conscious memories.
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1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 03:46 PM
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8. i didn't until i saw the end of "the shawshank redemption." andy dufresne brought it all back...
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 04:06 PM
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9. I don't even remember waking up this morning
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 04:10 PM
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10. I thought that was impossible.
Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 04:10 PM by Odin2005
The brain, so I have read, does not really lay down coherent episodic memories until around 2 or 3, though emotional memories of traumatic events in those early years do get stored in the Amygdala.

I don't remember anything before I was 3.
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AlienGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 05:12 PM
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13. It's still debated. FWIW I remember events from age 14 months (confirmed by my mom).
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 04:11 PM
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11. Sure.
The skies opened up and choir of angels sang. :)
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XRubicon Donating Member (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 04:23 PM
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12. Was Frank in a bunny suit?
Edited on Sun Nov-15-09 04:24 PM by XRubicon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G18ozQWIQXo
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 05:30 PM
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14. That's really strange...
considering you were born in 1893.
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