How many times have you given blood?

[BrilloPad]

#5 for me today....

Do I win a keyring or something?

They give EVERYONE a keyring with your blood type on!

[Pogle]

They give EVERYONE a kingring with your blood type on!

is that some kind of fancy sex toy??

[BrilloPad]

When I did my 25th donation, the 'donor carer' brought out a little box containing my silver award.
"Oooh", says I, "that looks like chocolates".
"Wait till you get home to open it", he said. "I don't want to see the disappointed look on your face".

I heard that at some point you get invited to Buckingham Palace if you get enough donations. Might form the basis of a protest. Whewre did I put my Batman outfit?

[BrilloPad]

is that some kind of fancy sex toy??

I edited. And I have no idea what my original was - im not going to google it from clientco.

[MaryPoppins]

I am ashamed to admit, I have never given blood

I am terrified of injections.

Same here. I was more worried about injections during labour than anything else. Had lots of blood taken and injections during that, so I think my fear is less now.

I'm no longer as horrified by needles, but still not sure I could voluntarily go and give blood - even though I know I should, I really should.

CM, it's probably one of those things that is worse in your mind than in reality (a bit like giving birth*)

*Scrap that, that was effing horrible.

[mudskipper]

CM, it's probably one of those things that is worse in your mind than in reality (a bit like giving birth*)

Giving blood isn't as bad as giving birth. Most of us stop giving birth after 2 or 3 goes at it!

[MaryPoppins]

Giving blood isn't as bad as giving birth. Most of us stop giving birth after 2 or 3 goes at it!

Or, like me, after the first time!

[EternalOptimist]

6 times altogether.

6 pints of the purest O pos


my dad was rare, AB-ve, he was always getting calls in the middle of the night, because they reckoned they could give his blood to anyone


Pale fellow, my dad was

[mudskipper]

6 times altogether.

6 pints of the purest O pos


my dad was rare, AB-ve, he was always getting calls in the middle of the night, because they reckoned they could give his blood to anyone

Maybe shouldn't point this out on a public forum but....

An AB parent can't have an O child - O is the recessive gene.

So if you're A you can be AA or OA
If you're B you can be BB or OB
If you're AB you're AB
and if you're O you're OO

You inherit one gene from each parent. Unless you have the Bombay Phenotype...

I knew O level biology would come in handy one day!

[EternalOptimist]

Maybe shouldn't point this out on a public forum but....

An AB parent can't have an O child - O is the recessive gene.

So if you're A you can be AA or OA
If you're B you can be BB or OB
If you're AB you're AB
and if you're O you're OO

You inherit one gene from each parent. Unless you have the Bombay Phenotype...

I knew O level biology would come in handy one day!

correction - he called himself A Rhesus negative ?? (and he called me a right little B)