Today was supposed to be surgery day---not for me but for Elletu. I was ready to drive her to the hospital, be in the waiting room, sit with her in recovery, drive her home to my house and care for her needs. She asked, "Are you up to all that?" And like a good friend, I not only agreed to the above by told her I would have no problem holding the kidney-shaped spit-up bowl for her post-surgery should all that anesthetic make her sick to her stomach. As we sat together at a recent BVG event (there have been two since I last blogged, lunch out for Elletu's birthday and a dinner at my house), the synonyms for the word 'vomit' came up (no pun intended there). This led to an Internet search for phrases used to denote the 'evacuation of one's stomach contents,' and that led to what I call Barf Subway Art. Subway art is all the rage right now, and I love working on it, but I just don't think anyone else would be perverse enough to do what I am doing for Elletu. Hopefully this will keep her encouraged as she recovers from the surgery rescheduled for two weeks from now. This Barf Subway Art will be printed on premium matte paper and will be beautifully framed to be hung above her toilet. Funny thing, she's not planning to take it down once she is well. This is a true friend!
Barf PUKE Spit up
retch upchuck eject URP
laugh and the world laughs with you, barf and you barf alone
toss one's cookies RALPH disgorge
Throw Up HURL lose your
lunch
bow down before
the porcelain god VOMIT
GAG her barf is worse than
her bite
disgorge SPEW throw up EXPEL un-swallow
gastro geyser sick to your stomach evacuate
baking powder or baking soda: that is the question
Nauseate
regurgitate dry heaves
round-trip meal ticket CALL EARL
HEAVE projectile EXPECTORATE
friends don't let friends
barf alone
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