Witty Wednesday

Happy hump day everyone!  Here is a lighthearted post to help propel you through the rest of your week!  Thank you to Katelyn Reist from Western University for the laughs!  What a clever analogy!

'COVID: School was closed, businesses were shut down, and band members couldn't play in the games! All everyone did was stay indoors with their family who drove them crazy and whom some wanted to murder after the quarantine! Some went out with their gang of friends; most wore a mask, but those who didn't could easily get a fever! How many species of animals were mentioned?

If it was rewritten, it would read like this:

COVID: Fish were closed, ferrets were shut down, and gorilla members couldn't play in swans! All everyone did was stay indoors with their otters who pigs them crazy and whom some wanted to crow after the quarantine! Some went out with their buffalo of friends; most wore a mask, but those who didn't could easily get a stingray!'

Winner (part 2), Foot in Mouth Disease
Brittni East, Texas A&M

The culpritThe story I am about to divulge is the story of how a dog can look cute one second, and destroy a date and cost you your dignity in all of about half a second. The story begins like this: I decided to invite this guy over that I had liked for a long time for dinner, he thought my dog was cute so of course when I told him Moose would be there he was in. We had just finished dinner, when Moose ruined my life (Okay that might be a little drastic but it was close). David* and I had just finished dinner and were chatting aimlessly about school and projects etc, when Moose suddenly walks out of the bathroom and straight to David. This is when I notice that there is a string hanging from his mouth. Yes, it is exactly what you are hoping it’s not. David, being the unaware and completely oblivious male that he is, had absolutely NO idea what this string could POSSIBLY be attached to because he held his hands out to Moose’s mouth and said, “Hey Moosey, whatcha got there?” I’m sure you can see where this is going. Moose then drops the USED feminine product he so graciously retrieved from the trash can into my dates hands. The next five seconds happened in slow motion – David, after experiencing the most horrifying moment of his life has thrown the tampon onto the floor and ran outside dry heaving into my grass. Since David had thrown the tampon so quickly, Moose now thinks this is some kind of fun game and grabs it and starts running around the house like a mad-man with me chasing him and screaming, and him with a tampon string hanging out of his mouth looking like the happiest dog in the whole world. Needless to say I never got that second date and my dignity has never made a full recovery.  

**Names have been changed to protect the identiy as well as dignity of the person involved in this series of embarrassing events. I didn’t change Moose’s name, he deserves all the credit for this. Don't let that cute face fool you.

I just couldn't figure out who could have possibly eaten my roommates resume the night before her big interview

Winner, Foot in Mouth Disease
Brittni East, Texas A&M

Sense of Humerus

Honorable Mention, Foot in Mouth
Charlie Cosimini, University of Minnesota

A drawing by Charlie Cosimini. The bones are, from left to right; dog, horse, bear, tiger

Winner, Experiences
Michelle Sanborn, writing as FARM Club Publicity Commissioner, UC Davis

In California, not many veterinary students are interested in a career in food animal medicine. Most students have very little food animal experience; many have never been to an actual farm or handled a large animal. The Food Animal and Reproduction Medicine (FARM) Club at UC Davis is the club that encompasses students with bovine, small ruminant, and swine interests. UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has about 130 students in each class. Each of the students must pick a species interest, which allows the student to focus their education in their 3^rd and 4^th year. There is an average of 3 students per year that track solely food animal medicine, though there are others who choose mixed animal. Even with the small number of students tracking food animal medicine each year, our club has many student members who are interested in learning more about food animals. We have a tight network with UC Davis students, California, agricultural organizations, food animal veterinary organizations, and local media and community that have led us to a huge victory for our small club. We would love to share our story with other veterinary students.

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