Death and Birth

[andrewducker]

Ny father is a paediatrician, which basically translates as "baby doctor". Despite the various strictures in place about doctors treating their own famillies, he was there at my birth, generally getting in the way and doing his best to sabotage things.

So, I was born straight into his hands, a lovely shade of blue and not actually breathing. His first thought wasn't "Ooh, my years of training have taught me how to deal with this situation." but "Hmm, looks like there's a problem. Maybe I should do something. Or maybe I'm overreacting because it's my kid. Yeah, that's it, I'm bound to be overreacting."

Luckily someone not overcome by genetic linkage snaffled me and gave me the spaniking I needed to get me going (I've always been lazy).

Parent's eh. Can't live without them....

Comments

[sneaks.livejournal.com]

That is madness. Heh.
That the truth?
Well atleast your here now, and it just proves lazyness is a way of life :D

[cleodhna.livejournal.com]

Are you the first in the litter then? Terrible condition, that. My mother (another fisrtborn) used to say that the first pancake never came out right.

[andrewducker]

Yup, two younger brothers.

Both of whom seem to have followed me into the computer business.

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

On a technicality, when did you get your first full-time, long-term-contract computing job?

[andrewducker]

January of 1997.

You?

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

August 1997. What was your job then?

[andrewducker]

Developer. Was working on various horrible database systems for a company called IRW in Pollockshields near Glasgow.

Oh, I notice that Anco's latest gets 15% in this month's PCZone. It's almost enough to make you feel sorry for them.

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

Which game was that? Player Manager 03/04 or whatever?
It got quite high marks in another mag, probably bought for £20 by Anil.

[andrewducker]

It's called Player Manager something or other - it's named after one of the big team managers.

You still in touch with anyone there?

Muahaha

[ekatarina.livejournal.com]

I was born very early in the morning. My doctor held me up and showed me to my father. As he did so, what did he say?

A) Congratulations, it's a girl!
B) Would you like to hold your new daughter.
C) Nurse Betty, hand him a scalpel, he's going to cut the cord.
D) It's moments like that that make my job worthwhile.
or
E) Rick, she's got big feet.

Guess, oh just guess.

Ekatarina, who wears a mens 12 or 13US shoe today. (40UK?)

[aberbotimue.livejournal.com]

blue??

cool...

your a smurf? and i never noticed?

musdt be the hair