# No, I'm not a baby making machine...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 8, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138 "2004-10-08T02:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/1 "2004-10-08T02:02:11Z")

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So stop badgering me about it.

K?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/2 "2004-10-08T02:10:03Z")

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Do you make change?

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**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/3 "2004-10-08T02:11:35Z")

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> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> Do you make change?

Well, I’m betting she doesn’t want to change babies, either…

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/4 "2004-10-08T02:17:22Z")

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No. _Men_ are baby making machines. Women are baby _having_ machines. Or not.

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**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/5 "2004-10-08T02:19:25Z")

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> No, I’m not a baby making machine…

That’s the last straw, I’m never buying from Ronco again! 😃

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**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/6 "2004-10-08T02:21:39Z")

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:mad: SILENCE WOMAN! And get back into the kitchen! I’m hungry!  
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😃

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/7 "2004-10-08T03:07:43Z")

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I’m not badgering, I just want to know if I’ll ever have grandchildren.

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/8 "2004-10-08T03:08:55Z")

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> [@Odinoneeye](#):
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> That’s the last straw, I’m never buying from Ronco again! 😃

Wait, this isn’t the Pocket Fisherman I ordered. It’s the Pocket Seaman.

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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/9 "2004-10-08T03:14:03Z")

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> [@WomanofScorn](#):
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> So stop badgering me about it.
> 
> K?
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> Thanks.

So that makes this warranty I got…worthless? :eek:

…wait, do you process recalls? How about aftermarket parts? 😕

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/10 "2004-10-08T03:14:23Z")

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> [@WomanofScorn](#):
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> So stop badgering me about it.
> 
> K?
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> Thanks.

Now, now you just haven’t found the right penis yet. Keep looking!

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**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/11 "2004-10-08T03:15:02Z")

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Something’s in the air. I’m getting hit from all sides.

“when are you going to have a baby?”

That phrase haunts me day and night. Mostly at night by the husband, ahem.

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**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/12 "2004-10-08T03:20:44Z")

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> [@WomanofScorn](#):
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> Something’s in the air. I’m getting hit from all sides.

Bukkake!

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/13 "2004-10-08T10:44:55Z")

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But you know, dear, you’re not getting any younger. Oh, and by the way, if you get artificially inseminated, it’s not like you’re cheating on your future husband or anything like that\*.

\*Yes, I was really told this by my aunt. It’s been nearly a year, and I’m still dumbfounded that she actually said that.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/14 "2004-10-08T10:49:39Z")

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> [@WomanofScorn](#):
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> Something’s in the air. I’m getting hit from all sides.
> 
> “when are you going to have a baby?”
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> That phrase haunts me day and night. Mostly at night by the husband, ahem.

Next time, say this:

“When they go on sale at Wal-Mart”

Might be fun to watch the reactions.

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**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/15 "2004-10-08T11:44:57Z")

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I wish that my dude would make _me_ into his personal baby-making machine!

🙂

Wooohoooo!

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/16 "2004-10-08T11:57:46Z")

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I _think_ she means that she wants to give birth to [Badgers](http://www.workingforwildlife.org.uk/photos/badgers/wallpaper/playing.jpg).  
How would _that_ work?  
😕😕😕  
And is this a new aspect to Furry Fandom?

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**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/17 "2004-10-08T11:59:54Z")

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> [@WomanofScorn](#):
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> Something’s in the air. I’m getting hit from all sides.
> 
> “when are you going to have a baby?”
> 
> That phrase haunts me day and night. Mostly at night by the husband, ahem.

Tell him it depends on when the UPS guy gets back from vacation.

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**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/18 "2004-10-08T12:27:56Z")

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What a coincidence. At this moment, I am.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/19 "2004-10-08T12:33:09Z")

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> [@asterion](#):
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> Wait, this isn’t the Pocket Fisherman I ordered. It’s the Pocket Seaman.

\<smithers\>  
I think that women and seamen don’t mix.  
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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-im-not-a-baby-making-machine/268138/20 "2004-10-08T12:45:35Z")

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> [@Jonathan Chance](#):
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> \<smithers\>  
> I think that women and seamen don’t mix.  
> \</smithers\>

We know what you think.

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