Ronn Blankenship schreef:
> At 08:33 AM 4/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
> >
> > > > Julia
> > > >
> > > > wearer of leather, but not fur
> > >
> > > Do they make furry thongs and whips and stuff?
> >
> >I've never seen a furry whip, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. :)
> >
> >One problem I have with fur is allergies. I'm rather allergic to rabbit,
> >and the only real animal fur we have here is a rabbit pelt my husband
> >acquired when he was young. He gets to keep it boxed up and way away from
> >me. :) (I've told him that if he really wanted to actually display it,
> >he could seal it in plastic and do so. I just don't want to breathe
> >anywhere near it.)
> >
> >The rabbit allergy wreaks havoc on me if I need to go to a pet store near
> >Easter. I've given up on going to the small local independent chain
> >because the stores tend to have allergy-provoking animals near the cash
> >register on a regular basis; the last time I went to one of them, there
> >were rabbits not 5 feet (1.6 meters or so) from the counter, and I was
> >miserable for the next hour. In principle, I'd like to go to the small,
> >local, independent stores, but if it's going to hurt me in practice, I'll
> >go to the national chain instead.
> >
> (2) I used to be so allergic to cats that I could hardly go into a house
> where cats lived, even if the cat was outside at the time. If I handled a
> cat, my nose, etc., would fill up with mucus to the point where I could not
> breathe except through my mouth, my eyes would turn red and pour tears, and
> my face and neck would turn red and swell. I would have to immediately
> take my medicine, then a long hot bath and put on all clean clothes
> (letting my mother handle the old ones until she washed them). Eventually,
> however, I grew out of it, and for most of the past several years have had
> two cats living in the house with me. Perhaps you will get lucky, too.
Well Julia you'll have a hard time keeping your kid away from all those little
nice furry animals. Especially if the local tamtam has made it known that at a
certain store there are such cute furry little animals. As I understood from my
mom, you and I should start preparing to visit a lot of litlle cute cuddly
animals in the future. I'm afraid that no child in the 'wanne touch cute
animal' age is going to take pitty on you just because you feel bad near
something furry. :o)
Sonja
