I'm kind of sick of this hemophilia on DU.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I couldn't help it.

Flog me, delete me, make me do mean things to my dog with a fork.

[htuttle]

1. If it bleeds, it leads, man

[mwb970]

2. Bloody hell. (n/t)

[CindyDale]

3. Hey, we're not bleeding heart libruls, are we?

[Cooley Hurd]

4. As Tsar of Russia, I take offense...

Lucky for me, my wife found this really neat cleric who can cure it:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

6. Aaahhhh. The first incarnation of Karl Rove!

[AZCat]

5. You know, this one time...

I was playing in a softball game - I was the runner on second. The ball was hit between second and third, and I plowed into the third baseman while he was fielding the ball.

he was a hemophiliac, and I hit his head so hard he started bleeding all over. They had to take him to the hospital.

I felt pretty bad.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. It's a serious disease. And a sad one.

[AZCat]

9. Yup.

After I found out why he had to go to the hospital (I was a bit out of it myself for a while) I really admired him for getting out and playing the game. It was pretty risky, considering that there are lots of jackasses like me running around head-butting people.

He was doing his best to live a normal life despite his disease, and that is commendable IMHO.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. Glad he's okay and I can only imagine how you felt after the initial

incident.

[AZCat]

11. They threw me out of the game

Quite rightly so, according to the rules, but I don't think it mattered - I was out of commission for about a half an hour.

He didn't make it back for that game, but I think he played later on in the tournament (it was double-elimination). I always think of him when I'm tempted to wuss out of working out.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. Wow, that is so strange.

I've known two hemophiliacs in my life and they both died from injuries while playing baseball.

[AZCat]

14. What are the odds?

Maybe baseball/softball are far bloodier games than I realized. I just thought this was an outlier.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

15. both were caused by internal bleeding

One of the boys was hit in the temple, I'm not certain where the other boy was hit. But they were both just in their teens.

[uppityperson]

7. nevermind

on reading my response, I realized it made no sense, even to me. Was supposed to be a take on blood and locking but I dunno, think I'll go away sorry sorry sorry I'm an idiot today yup

[Cooley Hurd]

12. It was originally a copycat thread in GD, moved here by the mods

So, out of context, might've seemed like a legitimate thread...:)