Re: Birth announcement--umbilical cord!!!?

[Chris Keil]

> I've never quite gotten the concept that something as conversely
> mundane/miraculous as birth should be repugnant to anyone.  Jeez, someone
> who is glued to the TV watching boxing/rugby/American football with blood
> and broken bones can't watch a NORMAL physiological function? Is it
because
> it involves trauma to genitalia instead of face? That seems to be a big
> issue with males...
>

I think it was actually the suggestion of dining on the placenta that was
off-putting.  Birth isn't really the repungnat issue here, but the
afterbirth snacking just might be.  I'd eat it.  A human one anyway.  The
gerbils can have theirs.  It's only fair.

Hmmm.

After Birthrritos?