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by Anonymous on August 10th, 2009

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What's an excuse one might say to avoid donating blood?

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  • by Wynper on August 10th, 2009

    Wynper

    I'd rather not. My reasons are personal.

    An adult should respect your feelings and not push the issue. If they do you can politely let them know you don't care to discuss it further.

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  • by Bottled Violence on August 10th, 2009

    Bottled Violence

    It's mostly diluted to alcohol.

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  • by Tamilze on August 10th, 2009

    Tamilze

    g2g AIDS

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  • by R U Sirius on August 10th, 2009

    R U Sirius

    I don't like needles that resembles the size of a pipe.

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  • by qwerty on August 10th, 2009

    qwerty

    i have an STD

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  • by Emmi331 on August 10th, 2009

    Emmi331

    I hate the sight of blood - especially my own.

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  • by Dodgy Dog in a Sable COAT on August 10th, 2009

    Dodgy Dog in a Sable COAT

    I faint when I see a needle.

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  • by Route 66Truckerman on August 10th, 2009

    Route 66Truckerman

    I gave at the office!!

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  • by sillysammie on August 10th, 2009

    sillysammie

    i have aids

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  • by philosopher-saint on August 22nd, 2009

    philosopher-saint

    Bad liver?
    ;-)

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  • by spooner on August 22nd, 2009

    spooner

    Pregnancy or been out of the country lately.

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  • by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on August 11th, 2009

    bagicide stayed 10 months too long

    I wish I could. I have an excuse and I don't want it. I went faithfully for a long time, but I have really bad veins. I'm not just saying that. They are small, twisted, hard to hit, they roll when you hit them and then they spasm and don't let blood flow through them. I tried for a long time, enduring multiple sticks and often not even getting a full pint. They finally told me not to come back, I was wasting their time. I hate it. Its the easiest way to save someone's life and really impact the well-being of your fellow man. I want to do it, and I can't.

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  • by Kayleigh on August 11th, 2009

    Kayleigh

    I am a vampire? (This will actually not scare them away, but if you continue to say it they might think you are not 100% okay in the brain and probably will leave you because they do not know where you have been when you were playing a vampire:P)

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  • by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on August 11th, 2009

    Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger

    I gave blood less than a month ago.
    I have poison ivy.
    I'm on antibiotics for an infection.

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  • by Mastodon on August 10th, 2009

    Mastodon

    -you're on your period

    -you have a bloode-borne illness (AIDS, malaria, schistomiasis, etc.)

    -you recently got a tattoo or piercing

    -you engage in anal sex

    -you are drug abuser

    -you've been outside the country recently (just about every where has disease that is possible pandemic, UK has Creuzfeldt-Jacob syndrome aka mad cow disease, Mexico has swine flu, Asia has bird flu, Africa has too many to list)

    -you're a prostitute

    -youre anemic

    -you've been to prison

    -you've recently received a blood transfusion

    -you've recently had surgery

    -you share needles

    -you're a hemophiliac

    -60 days hasn't past since your last doantion

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  • by om-nom on August 10th, 2009

    om-nom

    i hate the sight of blood

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  • by Lucky on August 10th, 2009

    Lucky

    I'm set up with a donation program at my church.

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  • by VandalEyes on August 10th, 2009

    VandalEyes

    I don't care if some shmuck bleeds to death.

    or

    I just dropped some acid. I thought this was a festival

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  • by Jane on August 10th, 2009

    Jane

    I'm a former intravenous drug user.

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  • by Kornflapper on August 10th, 2009

    Kornflapper

    No, my iron count is too low.

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  • by Terance McKenna on August 10th, 2009

    Terance McKenna

    I gave at the office

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  • by racheleastman on August 10th, 2009

    racheleastman

    I am anemic... (not me personally)

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  • by Spirit of the Nomad on August 10th, 2009

    Spirit of the Nomad

    I lived in Europe for a year and when filling out the form to donate blood I accidentally marked that I had lived in England (Just a simple mistake) and as a result am permanently black listed because I might be a carrier of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.

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  • by FaceNthaBackground on August 10th, 2009

    FaceNthaBackground

    I just got a fresh tattoo.

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  • by CHeeZie MC on August 10th, 2009

    CHeeZie MC

    I can potentially swing when you try to put the needle in me XD

    no, wait, it true.

    I did that to a dentist. she was about to give me a shot and i pushed the needle out of my face. She refuses to work on me now XD

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  • by -Icy- on August 22nd, 2009

    -Icy-

    my dr says i cannot due to my low iron and b12 +5

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  • by twonetis on August 23rd, 2009

    twonetis

    "I'm on Bram Stoker's 13 step program and I'm fresh out, cold turkey, so to speak"

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  • by Shemarq the Wamama on August 22nd, 2009

    Shemarq the Wamama

    I'm anemic (low blood iron).

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  • by Woodshill on October 29th, 2009

    Woodshill

    Too low a heart rate

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  • by pedal junky on August 10th, 2009

    pedal junky

    they won't/can't touch you if you have tattoos

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  • by Lady Lavender on August 10th, 2009

    Lady Lavender

    One reason might be they can never find my veins.

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  • by Spirit of the Nomad on October 29th, 2009

    Spirit of the Nomad

    Tell them you lived in England for an extended period and they won't let you donate.

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  • by Buck Swazy on August 22nd, 2009

    Buck Swazy

    I have aids or I just was on a month long crack bender

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  • by jibberjabbers on August 22nd, 2009

    jibberjabbers

    Why should I "donate" blood for "free" when the Red Cross sells it to the hospital for $80,000. And the Hospital sells it for over $150,000?

    And all I get is juice and the feeling I did something good? LOL. Give me 40k.

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  • by Forbidden Snowflake on October 29th, 2009

    Forbidden Snowflake

    Medication in the bloodstream.

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  • by Anonymous on October 29th, 2009

    Anonymous

    That they were in England at the time of the Mad Cow scare.
    +5

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  • by ET phone home on October 29th, 2009

    ET phone home

    why do you need an excuse it's your blood dude. if you can't or don't wish to you don't have too.

    there plenty of things you could do to help the world blood donattion is not for every one. you do have a special gift find out what it is then share it with every one and then you will truelly save people

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  • by DaddysGLB on October 30th, 2009

    DaddysGLB

    I don't have enough for myself...why would I give you some?

    or...

    I suffer from a very very rare disease...
    don't-wanna-give-you-any-itis

    ;)

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  • by Symbeline on October 29th, 2009

    Symbeline

    It's made of hatred.

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  • by Don Quixote el Manchego on October 29th, 2009

    Don Quixote el Manchego

    i don't want to.
    just plain, "no" works too, though (one of my favourites).

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  • by DukeG on August 10th, 2009

    DukeG

    I have a slight touch of the Flu.

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  • by strange1 still in pb on October 29th, 2009

    strange1 still in pb

    i got my bronze medal after 6 years(thats all you get here,no money) and i stopped after i found out the nhs were selling it to private hospitals and making a profit

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  • by RC loves ice cream on October 29th, 2009

    RC loves ice cream

    "I have swine flu. Is that ok?"

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