When I started giving blood in 1985, their questioning was pretty much limited to: 1) Do you have any blood? and 2) Can we have some?. Not too long after that they started the first of the AIDS questions, and it was really entertaining to watch these 112 year old volunteers blush as they tried to ask "Have you ever had sex with a man, even once, since 1978?" I'd always say "Haven't even tried" or "No, was I supposed to?" and watch them stammer. At the time I had both ears pierced and I overheard one of the old ladies whispering to another that the "right ear means he's gay," like it was the law or something.
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I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling kids!
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