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[rm]

Gluten-free croissants, pain au chocolat and raspberry biscuits have just been mail-ordered.

The funny part?

The bakery on the long list of things that are not allowed in the bakery for those with multiple food restrictions informs us that the croissants are free of lupine contamination.

Because wolves in my food is my biggest problem.

WTF?

Comments

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Lupines are a flower. I only know this because in the "Dennis Moore" Monty Python skit, Dennis Moore used to steal the lupines from the rich and give them to the poor.

[fuyukodachi.livejournal.com]

Soon every lupine in the land
will be in his mighty hand~!

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

He steals from the pooor
and gives to the riiiich
stupid git

[rm.livejournal.com]

It's funnier if it's wolves.

hey, re: your icon, do you know if they still need people to knit the sweaters for the little penguins? My mother, looking for something to do while recovering from her masectomy, somehow took to my offhand remark about the penguin sweaters.

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

http://www.tct.org.au/jumper.htm#Tasmanian
Alas, it looks like the project has concluded.

But your mom can knit herself a penguin or contribute to Project Linus if she feels so moved.

[fleur.livejournal.com]

Wonderful links!

In general, hospitals and shelters welcome donated hats, mittens or scarves as well. Each has their own policy but for the most part they prefer acrylic or washable wool content (easy care/washable). Check with a local charity/hospital of your choice for sure.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Now I want to know what offhanded remark that was.

I think the penguins are set -- I used this photo in a staff meeting several years ago as an example of how the masses could be motivated to do the most ridiculous philanthropic tasks. However, as has been pointed out, there is plenty of knitting to be done in the world right now. If your mother is not opposed to knitting for soldiers, that is always welcome.

[rm.livejournal.com]

I think knitting for soldiers might be too emotional for her right now. The unspoken thing has been that she got diagnosed right before the Jewish holiday wherein people hope to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the next year. There's a certain degree of superstitious not thinking about death going on, eventhough she really is going to be fine.

My mom had beeen saying with all this time at home maybe she should finally learn how to use the computer and asked if there were nice things on there she would like.

I told her that knitting was really big, and she could knit sweaters for penguins. This appealed to her sense of whimsy, etc.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Well, why not Blankets for Canadians?

[rm.livejournal.com]

Not as cute or funny as penguins, but weird enough to my mom to be viable. She likes weird.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Dude, hey, I'm sure there'll be another oil spill at some point. Why not protect the fairy penguins now?

[rm.livejournal.com]

I am so close to writing a monologue for a woman with breast cancer that centers around the penguin sweaters she's stockpiling in her house for the lack of anything more sensical to do.

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Shelters always welcome gifts of warm clothing for the poor. Hospitals often particularly need small soft things for preemie babies (for which there are patterns all over the Internet) and something she may either like or hate is the idea of knitting chemo caps for other cancer sufferers.

[nickelchief.livejournal.com]

The murdering blackguard! He's taken all our lupins!