# Son-of-a-wrek and the bad, bad, bad Saturday shopping trip **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929 "2021-12-12T05:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/21 "2021-12-12T20:55:13Z")
@nelliebly Identical twins share a single placenta. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/22 "2021-12-12T20:57:05Z")
Yes, I just asked her. She said the ultrasound tech said there was one placenta. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/23 "2021-12-12T21:50:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I should put it in the ghost room. That’s where all the taxidermy is hung. Nice one! (I eat meat. I have a hunting crew on my land right now, with my enthusiastic permission. I intend to eat some of the venison. But hanging the heads on the walls? Ewwww. – this has been a culturally influenced comment. I’m aware that there are plenty of people who see it as normal. If I’m in one of their houses and there are heads on the walls, I do not glare at or lecture them.) > [@aruvqan](#): > > I won’t cast stones about the camo comforter It occurs to me that they’re probably pretty good for not having cat puke stains show. > [@VOW](#): > > Identical twins share a single placenta. I didn’t know that! I’d assumed that when the zygote split that made the placenta split too. Ignorance fought. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/24 "2021-12-12T22:20:50Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > @nelliebly > > Identical twins share a single placenta. > > ~VOW Thank you! My ignorance has been fought! Plenty more where that came from, though. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I should put it in the ghost room. That’s where all the taxidermy is hung. My sister calls her son-in-law’s taxidermy room The Murder Room. She’s an omnivore; it just creeps her out. And yes, she’s the southern sister (Just south of Beck a ways.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/25 "2021-12-12T23:37:23Z")
Would this be the time and place to bring up Cecil’s colum about eating the placenta? No? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/26 "2021-12-12T23:37:32Z")
I suggest you bite the bullet and go buy an alternate comforter and wrap that up instead with SOAW’s name as the From. That doesn’t mean they can’t use the camo one, but it gives DIL a choice and makes SIL look less thoughtless. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/27 "2021-12-13T00:48:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > He left the bedding in my closet for us to wrap for him. Every woman on the place looks at it and just shakes their head. Is the receipt also in the package? Then you can do a favor for both him & DiL by exchanging them for a suitably solid color or bland pattern. Or many stores will accept them back without the receipt, no refund but an exchanged. You could placate him by keeping the camo pillow covers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/28 "2021-12-13T01:03:13Z")
Omg. Yukky. You’re a bad bad bad man, Mr. Fish. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/29 "2021-12-13T01:07:32Z")
Me and daughters have decided the Camo bedding will go back. I think the bedroom carpeting is blue. We’ll find something. BTW. That comforter cost $199.00. It’s not down or anything. Just plain old polyester filling. I can definitely do better than that. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/30 "2021-12-13T01:12:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > BTW. That comforter cost $199.00. > It’s not down or anything. Just plain old polyester filling. > > I can definitely do better than that. Atta girl! We knew you had it in you. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/31 "2021-12-13T02:07:39Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > I believe that @ThelmaLou has a camo quilt or bedspread or something, and has stated that how a potential romantic partner reacts to it will determine their future. > > I do have such an item. It’s a regulation Army poncho liner. I’ve stopped using it because, being nylon, it’s like sleeping under a plastic bag. > > Don’t know where you got the rest of what you said. I see no romantic partners in my future. Motivated by the subtle snark in the “don’t know where you got [that]” crack, I set out on a dedicated research project to establish my innocence and the quality of my memory, feeble though it might be. Aha!!! **[October 17, 2020, 8:05 AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-pictures/920105/131)**, quoth @ThelmaLou: 😉 > BTW, the nylon, quilted(ish), Army poncho liner in timeless camo green is the BEST, warmest, most lightweight addition to the collection of bed covers that this Princess (me) needs to regulate her comfort during warm or cool nights. If I ever have another date (which is unlikely) how the guy reacts when he sees that on my bed will tell me a lot about him… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/32 "2021-12-13T02:44:24Z")
Wolf got too much time on his paws… ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/33 "2021-12-13T02:45:35Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Identical twins share a single placenta. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > She said the ultrasound tech said there was one placenta. Easy way to predict (but not foolproof). If sex can be determined through ultrasound and the sex is the same in both babies, it is likely they are identical, especially if it is clear that there is only one placenta. If there is clearly only one amniotic sac with two babies in it, they are identical and will also be of the same sex. If clearly two differently sexed babies, they are by definition fraternal, not identical. None of this is absolute, it’s easy to misgender a fetus, it’s possible for two placentas to fuse together and look like only one. DNA analysis is the only gold standard~til that you’re dealing in likelihoods, averages. Just take the babies home and enjoy them and figure it out later! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/34 "2021-12-13T02:48:25Z")
Yeah, @BippityBoppityBoo, we don’t care. Just healthy and red headed. 🤭 kidding ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/35 "2021-12-13T02:57:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Motivated by the subtle snark in the “don’t know where you got [that]” crack, I set out on a dedicated research project to establish my innocence and the quality of my memory, feeble though it might be. > > Aha!!! I promise ✋🏼 that I did not intend any snark, subtle or otherwise. I had a feeling you would research this, and I humbly stand corrected. Wow, speaking of feeble memories, I sure don’t remember saying that or even thinking it. Except the part about never having another date. Sigh. A mind is a terrible thing to lose. I’m going to expect you to keep me on the straight and narrow from now on. I mean that sincerely, no snark intended. If anyone reading this is familiar with the Kindle keyboard weirdness I described elsewhere, in the previous paragraph, “part” originally came out “pussy,” and “another” originally came out “shit.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/36 "2021-12-13T04:05:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > A mind is a terrible thing to lose. I’m going to expect you to keep me on the straight and narrow from now on. Trust me, you don’t want me to be in charge of reminding you of things. Recent story: I was supposed to drive my son to a party, but he emailed me that the timing had changed and I should pick him up at 8:00 instead of 5:00. I replied, OK, see you at 8:00 tomorrow. He was rather put out the next day when I showed up promptly at 5:00, and even more miffed when I accused him of changing plans without notifying me. I was astounded when I checked my email and found that he not only had sent the notification, but that I had replied to it – of which I had absolutely zero recollection! My own experience is that one of the characteristics of senility is that for some reason one remembers all kinds of useless stuff, which then displaces the important stuff from an increasingly feeble brain such as mine has become. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/37 "2021-12-13T04:33:30Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just healthy and red headed. A pair of identical twin boys, redheads, in your family? Better call them Fred and George, and be ready for shenanigans. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/38 "2021-12-13T05:21:59Z")
I don’t think we can afford Hogwarts tuition. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/39 "2021-12-13T13:04:48Z")
She could go old school and call them Castor and Pollux. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-wrek-and-the-bad-bad-bad-saturday-shopping-trip/955929/40 "2021-12-13T13:10:49Z")
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