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It Is NOT Bright Red, It Is NOT Spurting, and YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE!

It Is NOT Bright Red, It Is NOT Spurting, and YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE! WARNING: Do not read this story if you are squeamish about blood! Copyright (c) 2009, Timothy A. Johns Be careful what you tell your kids. Not because they might hold it against you later, or they aren't ready for it yet, or you might warp them for life somehow, or all of the other obvious reasons to be careful what you tell your kids. Be careful what you tell your kids because they might remember it with the emphasis on the wrong details... First, a confession of sorts, and I'll just put it right out there (and some of you won't believe me): I faint at the sight of blood. Actually, that's not right. I faint at the sight of MY blood. Actually that's not right either. I faint at the THOUGHT of the sight of MY blood. (and as I write this I quite seriously don't feel so good all the sudden...) I first discovered this little 'issue' at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, when my company First Sergeant d