The first thing I see on this site is the giant fat pig in the top left corner. It's a picture of a huge pig with "LapBandTalk.com" inside it. Does anyone else see it? The artist did a little Picasso-type thing so it looks like a pig while really not looking like a pig, but all-in-all it's a big, fat pig as far as I'm concerned. Seriously, it's a big and roundy kind of oval with two pointy pig ears. Then that little white right-arrow on the bottom is one of its piggy toes. Did someone really mean do it on purpose? I feel like it's a subliminal message making fun of me. Kinda like the movie Carrie where she thought they were her friends but they were really laughing at here. I just can't believe that the pig-shape came out that way by accident or coincidence - it looks too planned. I've met nothing but great, loving people here, but who came up with the idea of a pig for a logo? Please love me past my analytical insanity.

Now Delarla... If we looked at the clouds all day we could all possibly see a million disturbing images... such as this morning I could swear that I see a HUGE peice of layer cake on a plate next to the skinniest girl I have ever seen in my life... she's not even eating it for heaven's sake! While I do see that a person could find a pig in the logo... I choose to see a round... Lapband like shape... tell me dahlink... do yu see dis as vell????

P.S. I have always loved those that tilt towards insanity... I vonder vye?????

Darcy

Ya know, i see your name and then the title of your post and i'm screaming at my computer to open your message faster cuz i'm sooo curious about what the heck you'll come up with next and you didn't disappoint!:cool: You're great and i bet you come up with a ton of wacky ideas a week...Love u!

Chantal

Great... Now that's all that I'm going to see when I look at that logo!!!

Am I an advertiser's dream, or what? So susceptable to the power of suggestion... lol :cool:

Could someone suggest to me that I'm a big lotto winner? Surely my mind could do all the rest... :cool:

DeLarla, dahlink, I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but your avatar looks like a pink pig. OMG!! I'm seeing them everywhere now!! ARRRRRRGH!!

Now now, I'm supposed to be tense and nervous today (tomorrow I fly to Mexico) but once again you people have me crying from laughing so hard. I'll have to stay away from here post-surgery or my pretty new band might pop off and snap my liver open from laughter. My avatar looks like a pink pig? OH NOOOOO... I thought it was a girl in a tiny pink bikini. Hold me. Please, somebody, hold me! Actually, I chose the pig as my "before" avatar hoping that one day I'll put an "after" Avatar of the svelt Pink Panther with that long, glorious tail, which I'll use to smacking people around (the endless enablers in my life that use wicked evil tactics to get me to eat with them.) And thank the Good Lord that it's a clear day or I'd be driving to work, staring into the sky, reading the clouds for subliminal messages. Plenty of time on the plane tomorrow for that though. You people truly rock my world. My angels. All of you.

DeLarla -

Best wishes to you for tomorrow! Tell Dr. Lopez I said "Hi."

My anesthesiologist was a wonderful man - can't remember his name. He came in to interview me before my surgery, and he asked me "How far can you walk?" and I asked him, "How long do I have?"

That tickled him so bad, we were both crying, we were laughing so hard. I told him to try not to laugh TOO hard while he was breathing for me.

Tell us all about it when you get back!!!

Good Luck tomorrow DeLarla... we'll all be right there with you... of course... I am scared sh**less to fly so I'll be the pale one with grips of steel on the armrests and a pile o stinky poo in my pants. :eek

Oh... I hope this helps... I thought your avatar was a skillet with to eggs over easy and a pancake with two slices of bacon on top... damned if I can see a pink pig????

Have a wonderful trip and we promise to be dull and dry when you return as not to uproot your liver.:cool:

Darcy!!!!

You are SO right! I SEE it!! Bacon, pancake, eggs, skillet... What's that smell?!?!?!

I hear Homer Simpson's voice in its trance-like state... "Ummmm.... Bacon....."

:cool:

DeLarla!

Best wishes for you tomorrow! You have a great attitude and you will do just awesome (awesomely??), I'm sure! And thanks, just like Donali I will see that pig everytime now! Look at it this way ... he's walkin' away, he's leavin', he's outta here!!

Has anyone noticed the little man pooping on the Northern toilet paper? Talk about subliminal!!

Ha! Have a great day all! Post as soon as you are able, DeLarla!

Hmmm... Debra... all I can see is brown pup poised to rid himself of some Scooby Snacks...hehehhehe. Oh Dear... however did I make it through my psych eval.:cry

Good Luck today DeLarla

Darcy

DeLarla.....Good luck. I will keep you in my prayers and thoughts tomorrow. Soon you will home and on you band adventure.

Carolyn

Okay, new rule. Newly banded people should not come here because I'm gonna bust a stitch laughing. And I still see the flippin' pig! I had 2 days of absolute awfulness, but a lot had to do with my impeccably timed upper-respiratory infection that hit full blown the day of my surgery. So they used a tube down my throat for anesthesia instead of the gas, and I woke up crying and barely breathing. The wonderful anesthesiologist held my hand, and the staff made me feel loved and important. I barely slept that night because my throat kept closing and choking me, so they tried knocking me out with sleeping fairy dust and a fat pain killer shot, but I still didn't sleep. Then they finally added something my IV for my chest infection, and I eventually slept for a couple hours here & there. Dr. Lopez did my surgery, but I was his only patient. But Dr. Ortiz had 5 patients, so the 6 of us are like family now. I had the wonderful benefit of both surgeons. Dr. Lopez lights up the room with his huge smile and sweet personality, while Dr. Ortiz is just as brilliant and quite the hottie! Girls all drooling over him. So even though Lopez operated on me, Ortiz checked on me twice just for sport. I have no idea if this band will work for me, but I'll tell you guys this, even though I felt like total hell in my belly and chest, my Tijuana experience was better than any hospital treatment I've ever received in the states. I could talk for days, but I'm hitting the hay... my very own hay! Gonna crawl in bed with the old man and my pooches and hopefully, finally get a wonderful night sleep. Thanks for being here when I got back. I gotta turn off my usual humor for a spell cuz it really hurts to laugh. You guys all know how sore the belly was after your surgery? Imagine having your worst cough & cold, plus sneezing. Ouch. Peace, babies! Oh, P.S. On the way back to the airport a guy was walking down the main highway in Tijuana without his pants on. Buck naked from waste down. TJ rules!

Welcome back DeLarla!!!!!! You'll start feeling better now that you are home and away from the hottie doctor and the naked jay walkers! We missed ya!

Darcy

Glad to see you back!! I think I would have died seeing a naked jaywalker.....Can't wait till you can laugh again...I have been missing you.......

Whoo hooo!!! You're back!!

Catch up on your healing so we can start laughing again... :cool:

Congrats on your surgery keep your chin up and get some rest. Ginny