I had a science teacher who thought that getting the live pigeon he was holding very close to me was amusing

(was really really not). Seriously, I was not making fun of you, though. I was laughing at how you formulated the watching the video to double check on your fear.
hey, I just read your account of past life in the other topic

interesting isn't it, to see certain patterns? I guess I'm hijacking if I talk about it here, maybe I'll move onto the appropriate topic

see ya there.