I just bought a new tee-shirt...

[greygoose]

It's to do with saving badgers, and after an interview with my bank manager this afternoon, that's the mood I'm in! But I think it could well be adapted to suit thyroid : When ignorance becomes dogma, resistance becomes duty. Or : self-treating becomes survival. Or something like that. Any suggestions?

[Hillwoman]

Your own suggestions are good. If you started producing t-shirts with your slogans on them, I'd buy one each!

[greygoose in reply to Hillwoman]

lol Thank you, but no, I'm not going to do that. Just thought it would be fun to toss it around a bit. I need distraction!

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

The shirts i would make, would not be allowed to be seen in public.

[greygoose in reply to faith63]

?

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

They would be full of anger directed at political goings on and doctors and lots of foul language.

[greygoose in reply to faith63]

Oh, I see. Well, I Don't see why that would mean they would not be allowed in public. There's so much gratuitous bad language and violence these days it make a change to see anger that has a point.

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

A shirt with a picture of an Endocrinologist with a knife through his Thyroid..

[greygoose in reply to faith63]

Or with a patient stabbing him in the thyroid?

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

That is better.

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

I posted too articles on the fibro website and they were removed. I have asked admin. why.

[greygoose in reply to faith63]

Let me know what the answer is! lol How rediculous! Whatever happened to freedom of speech?!?

[faith63 in reply to greygoose]

Clutter told me to stop..saying i may end up not being allowed to post on any forum.

[greygoose in reply to faith63]

Ah. How sad is that! New tee shirt!

When truth becomes a dirty word,

.........

Sorry, only just got up. Brain not working yet...

[Marz]

Oh dear - having grown up on a Dairy Farm - I did hear stories of badgers suckling cows - cows were hand milked in those days - and so TB passed into the milk. It could have been an Old Wives Tale or just the influence of a glass of sherry as the grown-ups chatted whilst playing cards.....

I like your application of the slogan Time for another career GG

[greygoose in reply to Marz]

Ha! No thank you! Had too many of those already. lol

I think it has now been scientifically proved that badgers Don't pass TB to cows. How true it is that the suckle cows, I really Don't know, but why would the cows stand for that? I wouldn't! lol

[Marz in reply to greygoose]

...they didn't they were probably lying down at the time - sleeping

[greygoose in reply to Marz]

Ha ha! Hadn't thought of that. I had this vision of badgers standing on tiptoe to reach...

In that case, sounds like it might be possible, then. But not the TB bit.

[Clutter]

GG, Save a thyroid patient. Shoot an endo! or Help a thyroid patient. Burn the protocols.

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

lol Like the first one best. Nice idea...

[Clutter in reply to greygoose]

GG, not very original, it's a play on the old 'Save a child, kill a social worker' badges.

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

Oh, I Don't know that. Must have been after my time. Just as true, though!

[doriThy]

May be it's something that Thyroid UK/TPAUK should consider, making T shirts with a slogan on "to plight our cause" and sell them especially at their conferences, I would definitely buy one and more for friends. Or perhaps we could flood the NHS and tempt the GP's and Endo's with a free T shirt for a prescription of NDT.

[greygoose in reply to doriThy]

Play them at their own game! Bribery and corruption! Like it!

[serenfach]

As the logo for the thyroid is a butterfly, how about "crushing a butterfly on the wheel of ignorance"?

Oh, and badgers do give TB to cattle, it has been proved many times. Badgers excrete TB spores in their urine in pasture. The cows eat the pasture, and get TB. Cows are tested often and those that show any reaction are shot. The farmer has no say in this, it is run by a Government department. TB is a growing problem, lets hope there is not a forum for people with TB in the near future.

[greygoose in reply to serenfach]

Crushing a butterfly on a Wheel of ignorance??? Who are you? Vlad the Impaler??? lol Sounds awfully gory.

Well, all I know about badgers and TB is that the latest research says they Don't give it to cows. But I'm not a scientist so I'm not going to argue the point. It just seems a shame to wipe out a whole species when there are more effective ways of dealing with things. And I shall wear my teeshirt with pride!

[doriThy in reply to serenfach]

I thought that is what they are already doing, our little butterflies are being killed off slowly but surely. We should be looking towards a save our butterflies campaign, National Destruction of Thyroids (NDT)

[greygoose in reply to doriThy]

Well, yes, but a picture of a butterfly being crushed is a bit much, Don't you think? You can take symbolism too far, I think.

But a 'save our butterflies' campaign is a very good idea. Now we just want someone to organise it!

[serenfach]

It is a quote from Alexander Pope. There are many scientific papers that show Badgers pass on TB as they are "super excreters" and I have never met a farmer who wants to eradicate all badgers, just sick ones.

[greygoose in reply to serenfach]

Afraid I Don't know my Alexander Pope, but I agree with him there!

[humanbean]

The references to badgers triggered some random neurons. This popped out :

youtube.com/watch?v=cKkqU6_...(Not working as expected?)

(Apologies for wasting everyone's time by posting this.)

[Clutter in reply to humanbean]

HB, I think I might get more out of the clip if I have some hallucinogenics before watching it again

[humanbean in reply to Clutter]

Ooh, interesting idea! The weird thing about this particular clip is that somebody with too much time on his/her hands has created a 10 hour version of it. I blame the government, the banks and Big Pharma, personally.

[Clutter in reply to humanbean]

HB, 10 Hours! Global warming must have something to do with it too

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

Nah, it's the fluoride in the water, soy flour in the bread, and possible GMOs in everything!

[Clutter in reply to greygoose]

GG, if they're responsible for 10 hours of bouncing badgers, mushrooms and slithering snake they should be banned NOW!

[greygoose in reply to Clutter]

Totally agree! Even if they aren't responsible.

[greygoose in reply to humanbean]

Well, it's my thread, and I Don't consider it a waste of time. Thank you for posting, HB.

[humanbean in reply to greygoose]

You're welcome, greygoose!

[ChooseLife]

Grey goose, thanks for brightening my day!! Have had a pretty miserable Easter, watching groups of families and friends walking past my window and having a lovely time, while I am stuck inside feeling like death (as usual). Reading your post has really cheered me up and I love your sense of humour .

And, while I am at it, thanks to everyone who posts on here....... It is a real lifeline xx

[greygoose in reply to ChooseLife]

Oh, CL, I'm so sorry you had a bad Easter. I do know what it's like to be stuck Inside like that, feeling ill. I'm glad this post helped cheer you up.

[ChooseLife]

Thanks, greygoose......... and sorry to moan. But the badger t shirt cheered me up so much!

Am back to feeling a bit more resilient today

Thanks for understanding xx

[greygoose in reply to ChooseLife]

Glad to hear it! Lots of hugs. xxx

[ChooseLife]

Thanks, GG - you too xxx