records

[bertine]

today i smashed my previous record of 7 mins 22 secs at giving a pint of blood. it now stands at 6 mins 14 secs.

i wonder if there is a way to train myself to go under 5 mins.

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Wow! I didn't realize you were such a sanguine person.

Perhaps you should run around the block a couple times before donating.

Or think about Brad Pitt or something...

[bertine.livejournal.com]

dork!

nah, i think it all has to do with drinking lots and lots of water the day before.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Drinking water might help, but to keep up your haemoglobin, perhaps you should pump iron?

Ba dum, bum!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

:p

i aake a multi-vitamin. that is good.

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

she's actually more choleric. you should see it when she donates bile. goddamn.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

:P

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Choleric?

I always get cholera, cholic, and choleric mixed up. Good thing they never come up in conversation.

Until TODAY!!!

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Bertine? Isn't that a Flemish name?

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

i think i'm probably the only human who often discusses the four humours, actually. hmm.

'bertine' comes from the sanskrit word 'bahteen', meaning 'squeaky'.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

SHUT UP!

[f-o-n-y.livejournal.com]

(...she yells in a very squeaky voice)

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Norwegian

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

My joke was lost. In retrospect, I should have spelled that Phlemish.

I had a massive crush on a Norweigian exchange student in High School. Her name was Ingunn. Le sigh!