Thread Drift

[Duck on Wheels]

Oh, I thought it was something I was missing out on...

Oh yeah! Catching up on the thread drift thread can be a big and entertaining job, even after just a few hours!
Example:

The latest on daughter's Roy, as of a couple days ago: He has an Elizabethan collar,

Having missed all previous mention of "Roy", at this point I imagined that we were learning the latest on DD's introduction of a new BF to the family, and that BF had some strange tastes or hobbies or ... something, since he'd turned up wearing a stiff ruffled collar ...

only it's put on upside down,

Upside down? Hmmm... At this point I was having trouble remembering what Elizabethan collars looked like and how you would know one was upside down.

so it's like a cone that goes from under his jaw to just above his feet.

OK. Now I got it. We're talking about a pet. And a bit later I worked out that this pet was a bird. But you can imagine the entertainment value of keeping the image of a boyfriend in mind as well, just for comparison.

He can no longer chew his leg, which is now looking better and growing pinfeathers back. He has stopped losing weight. He has to have his stump soaked four times a day, and has to be bathed twice a day. When I heard him on the phone, he sounded chipper. He has to walk in tiny baby steps. So- crisis averted for the moment. The big question is, will he ever stop having the urge to chew his leg off, so he can get the collar off?