tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6810399478634195150..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Your Odds Were LongMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60341300319112097762019-01-29T17:19:24.030-08:002019-01-29T17:19:24.030-08:00You won the human race, as it were.You won the human race, as it were.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555986440645575041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68804872899688242382019-01-28T20:40:44.671-08:002019-01-28T20:40:44.671-08:00Shoot, another hand goes up. My parents were both ...Shoot, another hand goes up. My parents were both 42 when I was born. I had three adult siblings who I spent very little time with and barely knew. I never knew I'd won any kind of race before, glad to hear it. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133236228952504852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22656478816098343542019-01-28T17:08:29.064-08:002019-01-28T17:08:29.064-08:00It's even possible our mothers were not specif...It's even possible our mothers were not specifically consulted.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555986440645575041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44566576601740465292019-01-28T14:06:59.799-08:002019-01-28T14:06:59.799-08:00I myself am the product of a 38 year old egg. My m...I myself am the product of a 38 year old egg. My mom wasn't much thinking about that either.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08302884689188196191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67455279024905761102019-01-27T20:52:11.221-08:002019-01-27T20:52:11.221-08:00Pick away! I stand happily corrected.Pick away! I stand happily corrected.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76916227139049749742019-01-27T20:50:35.117-08:002019-01-27T20:50:35.117-08:00Hmm. My next-door-neighbor had a mom even older. I...Hmm. My next-door-neighbor had a mom even older. I think my first years I just thought that's the way moms were supposed to look.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60219278716990102442019-01-26T20:55:10.523-08:002019-01-26T20:55:10.523-08:00just to be picky, eggs don't make it all the w...just to be picky, eggs don't make it all the way to the uterus then sit around waiting for the fastest swimming tadpole. The two of them meet up somewhere in a fallopian tube and travel to the uterus together, expanding as they go. This is why there are sometimes "ectopic" pregnancies, when the rapidly expanding egg doesn't make it to the uterus in time and becomes lodged in theRiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36255116457921472962019-01-26T16:09:53.772-08:002019-01-26T16:09:53.772-08:00You sound like my situation. My mom was 40 when I ...You sound like my situation. My mom was 40 when I was born and I was quite aware that she looked a lot older than the other moms. Even as a first grader.whimsy2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05297905288843331074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58279929918046308352019-01-26T14:14:52.711-08:002019-01-26T14:14:52.711-08:00That spot is currently taken by a large old photo ...That spot is currently taken by a large old photo of Tour de France competitors smoking cigarettes.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26310713407665963782019-01-26T14:13:54.842-08:002019-01-26T14:13:54.842-08:00Wow! That's a lot of surgery just to avoid tak...Wow! That's a lot of surgery just to avoid taking birth control.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88184087327847104962019-01-26T14:12:38.555-08:002019-01-26T14:12:38.555-08:00If you HAVE had a world leader hidden in your loin...If you HAVE had a world leader hidden in your loins, I'd say you could have some pretty good kompromat.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6614355912155033042019-01-26T14:11:05.043-08:002019-01-26T14:11:05.043-08:00Man! We're convening the Old Mommy club here!Man! We're convening the Old Mommy club here!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6497512458051378042019-01-26T14:10:33.422-08:002019-01-26T14:10:33.422-08:00I have to say I've thought "if God doesn&...I have to say I've thought "if God doesn't care, why should I?" was a good enough reason to...well, never mind.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79702167512577996932019-01-26T14:09:51.319-08:002019-01-26T14:09:51.319-08:00Things could've turned out waaaaaay different....Things could've turned out waaaaaay different.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44024608238659968872019-01-26T14:09:17.343-08:002019-01-26T14:09:17.343-08:00Adverbs don't scare me none.Adverbs don't scare me none.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18584091318397903282019-01-26T14:08:27.908-08:002019-01-26T14:08:27.908-08:00I love that photo. She was very loving. And I was ...I love that photo. She was very loving. And I was a happy baby.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89110580528920957262019-01-26T14:07:51.605-08:002019-01-26T14:07:51.605-08:00I never thought of her as old (she was 40, Dad was...I never thought of her as old (she was 40, Dad was 45). She worried that I would, but I just thought everyone else's mom was too skinny and inexperienced-looking.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29025443126351384492019-01-26T14:06:45.504-08:002019-01-26T14:06:45.504-08:00Dave thinks I'm a princess because I can feel ...Dave thinks I'm a princess because I can feel a gnat's eyelash if it's in my underwear.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-76869581737230424042019-01-26T14:00:35.333-08:002019-01-26T14:00:35.333-08:00This one had me in stitches until I got to that pi...This one had me in stitches until I got to that picture. If ever there was a photo that deserved to hanging above the toilet, this is it. That way, you, Dave, and everydamnbody who comes to your house gets to see it time and time again.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89269266212267157952019-01-26T12:32:22.365-08:002019-01-26T12:32:22.365-08:00Mom had me when she was 39, and there was another ...Mom had me when she was 39, and there was another one in the pipeline two years later. She had kids in 1947, 48, 52, 56, 63, and 65. She gained 80 pounds with me, and after my little sister, the doc "suggested" a hysterectomy, probably to save her sanity. Since the Catholic Church isn't big on holding off on reproduction, the suggestion gave her an adequate excuse.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91185083350568775222019-01-26T12:17:22.026-08:002019-01-26T12:17:22.026-08:00It's a good thing I was a biology major in col...It's a good thing I was a biology major in college or all I would be doing now is craving omelettes. I successfully did my best not to contaminate anoyone's eggs with my sperm, but I sometimes wonder what kind of world leader was hidden in my loins.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48268519469409855212019-01-26T10:53:54.329-08:002019-01-26T10:53:54.329-08:00My mama was older too. 42. And who knew that I ha...My mama was older too. 42. And who knew that I had ever claimed the right to wear a tiara? Once, and only once.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-86803127147428191242019-01-26T10:02:06.037-08:002019-01-26T10:02:06.037-08:00I actually had to put my head down on the desk bec...I actually had to put my head down on the desk because I was laughing so hard..."Don't tell the Pope."Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21255088503585431062019-01-26T07:38:16.866-08:002019-01-26T07:38:16.866-08:00I have sometimes wondered how many versions of ea...I have sometimes wondered how many versions of each of my children I had hidden away.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91192056827216190562019-01-26T06:17:54.811-08:002019-01-26T06:17:54.811-08:00Worth remembering: we are all unique, just like ev...Worth remembering: we are all unique, just like everyone else. And Murr -- you are especially, wonderfully, delightfully unique. So there. Take some adverbs. Deal with it. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853238256715757283noreply@blogger.com