Life Story Laffs
My mother was a walking Loo!
by Cheryl Baumgartner Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
Cheryl Baumgartner 
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My mom God rest her soul had a very special nickname within the family, Animal Toilet. I have never seen one woman end up with more animals using her for a toilet in my life. It was nothing to go out for a walk with her and laugh all the way home because a bird flying high overhead hit the target, again.
But the time that really sticks out in my mind is a trip we took to the Bronx Zoo when I was 10 years old. It was a family outing, my sister was home on leave from the Air Force with my nephew who was not quite two at the time. So we all hopped on the subway and headed to the Zoo. My mother for entire life had a love of the big cats. And we had to go to the big cat enclosure at feeding time.
As stood there admiring the beauty of this gorgeous Siberian Tiger, I suddenly noticed people all around me backing up. One guy had his camera and tripod set up suddenly grabbed it and backed up. I did not know what was going on, but I figured if all of the adults were backing up I should too.
Mom was so engrossed with watching the cat she just stood there holding my nephew's hand. That's when I realized why everyone was backing up. I learned that tigers, like dog's lift their leg when they have to go. Dog's normally aim for fire hydrants. The tiger aimed for Mom, great aim this tiger had since he got her right between the eyes.
Boy was she p*ssed, off and on! It was the funniest thing anyone in the family had ever seen.
Dec 16th 2007 16:05
Medical...My mom God rest her soul had a very special nickname within the family, Animal Toilet. I have never seen one woman end up with more animals using her for a toilet in my life. It was nothing to go out for a walk with her and laugh all the way home because a bird flying high overhead hit the target, again.
But the time that really sticks out in my mind is a trip we took to the Bronx Zoo when I was 10 years old. It was a family outing, my sister was home on leave from the Air Force with my nephew who was not quite two at the time. So we all hopped on the subway and headed to the Zoo. My mother for entire life had a love of the big cats. And we had to go to the big cat enclosure at feeding time.
As stood there admiring the beauty of this gorgeous Siberian Tiger, I suddenly noticed people all around me backing up. One guy had his camera and tripod set up suddenly grabbed it and backed up. I did not know what was going on, but I figured if all of the adults were backing up I should too.
Mom was so engrossed with watching the cat she just stood there holding my nephew's hand. That's when I realized why everyone was backing up. I learned that tigers, like dog's lift their leg when they have to go. Dog's normally aim for fire hydrants. The tiger aimed for Mom, great aim this tiger had since he got her right between the eyes.
Boy was she p*ssed, off and on! It was the funniest thing anyone in the family had ever seen.
Dec 16th 2007 16:05
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Cheryl Baumgartner
Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceOf course I didn't add the part about her guaranteed baptisms by all the baby boys in the family at diaper changing time! Dec 19th 2007 15:55 |
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Lisa G.
 Health Wellness & Wealth ConsultantI hear this is good luck..lol. If it is, I'll take a rain check. The same thing happended to us, at the Santa Barbara Zoo, years ago. It's like a cannon lining up for it's target..lol. We were fortunate to figure it out, and we all ducked. The people behind us were sprayed with the so called good luck. They took it all in stride...lol Dec 27th 2007 14:41 |
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Cheryl Baumgartner
Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceMy mom used to claim that too. I think the "Baptized" ones made it up to live down the embarrassment! Dec 27th 2007 14:50 |
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Lisa G.
Health Wellness & Wealth ConsultantLoL..that could be. I know my grandmother got hit by a pigeon, in the rain. We were standing in a crowd for our local parade. The more she wiped, the more _ _ it smeered..lol. I felt so bad, but she laughed and laughed, until we were all laughing. Dec 27th 2007 20:51 |
Even female Tigers have the ability to aim their pee with incredible accuracy, Cheryl...
I'll never forget when the "Ugly Duckling" or our Jr. High 7th grade class, got sprayed from head to toe... The teasing from the other kids was unmerciful, but she got them all back by growing up to be beautiful and rich! :)
I was smart enough not to tease her, and we are still good friends today. We crack up about that "Firehose " if a Tiger these days! :) Must have been lucky for her! :)
Dec 19th 2007 12:11