On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Esther Yoder Strahan wrote:
>
> I was rather saddened to see such a blatant example of repressed and denied
> womb envy coming from such an otherwise self-aware individual. Stephen, I
> can assure you, fetal movement is a lovely thing to experience, and I
> understand the depths of your despair at your inability to bear a child. I
> also understand why this anxiety is so threatening and cannot be directly
> experienced.
>
> sotto voce:
> [I wonder whether your recent focus on Pooh bear has some symbolic
> significance.... Bear with his head stuck in a hunny pot, brown bear, bear
> a child, bare body, bare your soul...]
Ah, Esther, such insight into my psyche. You're right: my
biological clock's ticking, and I want babies now! Being male is
an impediment, of course, but the famous statement of the late
Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, gives me hope. He said about
financing the 1976 Olympic Games, "The Olympics can no more have
a deficit than a man can have a baby." As the Montreal Games ran
a 1.5 billion dollar defict, it seems a man can have a baby after
all. I'm getting in touch with my local genetic engineer right
away.
-Stephen
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