Tuesday, October 28, 2014

More blood

So finally the blood donating people woke up, and realized that I volunteered to donate three times a year instead of two, so tomorrow I'm off again.

Every time you have to answer an extensive form with questions (I'm surrounded by forms these days), but they are not personalized. Which I think would be very easy to do nowadays. Like the question if I was born outside of Europe, which I now have answered 22 times. I'm toying with the idea of ticking the yes box once to see what they say.

Or if I spent any time between 1980 and 1996 anywhere in the Great Britain (guess it has to do with mad cow). Or if I had growth hormones before 1986. 22 times people I have answered that.

But there is one question that always makes me laugh, and I believe it's my German that is not up to scratch. It asks if I've been in a risk situation with "Sexuelle Kontakte unter Männern seit 1977". To me it reads like have I been under a man since 1977? Yes I have I can reveal. But I'm pretty sure that's not what the question is about. Or is it :) ?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

quite possibly they don't keep the donor information on file for privacy reasons. or legally perhaps they have to ask again every time.

I think you have the meaning of the question right, it just can't apply to you!

B

Witchbitch said...

Was that an insult :) ?

Anonymous said...

huh? how?
Can't apply to you because you are not a man

B

Witchbitch said...

So does the question mean sex between men or what? I feel a bit thick, but I still don't get it.

Anonymous said...

oops, sorry, was being too cryptic. yep. 'unter' can also mean amongst, which is what it is in this case.

Witchbitch said...

Ah ok, so good to hear I didn't lie on the question.