# Alright, who's gonna baby me?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959 "2003-10-12T03:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sandalfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sandalfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/1 "2003-10-12T03:53:10Z")
_sniff_ I have a cold. I skinned my leg rock-climbing. I can’t sleep. I’m not used to being sick and not living at home. Can someone make me some soup? Rub my back? Sing me a song? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/2 "2003-10-12T18:33:12Z")
Chop, chop, chop. Simmer. Stir. Knead. Rub. Pat. 3 verses of “Stairway to Heaven.” Feel better? I don’t, I’m tired after being a good samaritan. Hope you fell better soon. Maybe you can catch a couple of reruns of “Leave it to Beaver”.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/3 "2003-10-12T18:40:11Z")
\ la la la la Now Eat! ---
**Author:** ![bojon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bojon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bojon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/4 "2003-10-12T18:52:09Z")
{{{{{{{{{C’mon lets give her a hug}}}}}}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/5 "2003-10-12T19:22:19Z")
What’s in it for me? ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/6 "2003-10-12T20:23:46Z")
\ There, I’ve done all I know how to do aside from administer enough vicoden to make you not care if your ass is on fire. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/7 "2003-10-12T20:25:24Z")
-Satisfaction for a job well done? -Helping out a fellow human being in time of need? -Loose change from the top of the dresser, and a coupla’ Haagen-Daz from the freezer? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/8 "2003-10-12T21:21:04Z")
> [@](#): > > a coupla’ Haagen-Daz from the freezer? I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/9 "2003-10-12T22:45:34Z")
Okay, first, we’re gonna change you from sandalfeet to fuzzybunnyslipperfeet, cos that’s what people get from me when they have a cold. That, chicken soup, and coloring books. And hey, if you ask nice, sure, a backrub too. Good enough? ---
**Author:** ![sandalfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sandalfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/10 "2003-10-12T22:50:50Z")
Yay! thanks guys! but now my tum-tum hurts from so much soup. But my feet are nice and warm, thanks ArrMatey! Can someone get me some tissues? my bed is nice and warm, and I dont wanna get up. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/11 "2003-10-12T23:22:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sandalfeet \* > _ **sniff** _ Don’t do that. Use a damned kleenex. > [@](#): > > **I have a cold.** So take some drugs and get some rest. > [@](#): > > **I skinned my leg rock-climbing.** Clean and dress the wound. It will heal. > [@](#): > > **I can’t sleep.** Stay awake. Eventually, you will. > [@](#): > > \*\*I’m not used to being sick and not living at home. Can someone make me some soup? Rub my back? Sing me a song? \*\* Suck it up and deal with it. Soup is not that difficult to make. ---
**Author:** ![sandalfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sandalfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/12 "2003-10-12T23:25:08Z")
Jeeze, Fuji, someone’s in a bad mood. do you need to be babyed too? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/13 "2003-10-13T03:07:38Z")
Scooch on over, let me lay down there and read Emily Dickinson to you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sandalfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@sandalfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandalfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/14 "2003-10-13T20:48:26Z")
oh yay! cuddles! I’ll try not to sneeze on you! ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-whos-gonna-baby-me/206959/15 "2003-10-13T21:00:51Z")
Can we skip Emily’s “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died”? Way too depressing, and perhaps prophetic, for this situation.