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June 13, 2013

I May or May Not Be A Caribou

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It is suddenly clear to me.  I have caribou blood in me even though my 23 and Me profile did not indicate it.  You see—I click when I walk.  Just the left knee–not the right but there is a definite clicking sound when I walk.  I noticed it a couple years ago and I suspect it is just further notice of my continual and ever present aging.  If I walk straight legged it does not click but according to my husband it is not very attractive to see me walking in that manner.

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Our recent trip to the Minnesota Zoo got me thinking after I read this sign in the Caribou exhibit.  Perhaps I have some Caribou blood in me.  Perhaps I am adapting to the environment in Iowa and my clicking knee is to help Chris find me during blizzards.  Maybe it is not associated with age at all.  Maybe I am a caribou in disguise.

One thing is for sure.  My hopes and dreams of being a ninja are kaput.

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  1. dangledcarat
    June 13, 2013 at 07:18 am

    I think I am starting to get some of that blood in me too – I am clicking more than I used to!

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 07:21 am

      We can start our own herd!!!! 🙂

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  2. bocafrau
    June 13, 2013 at 07:24 am

    That’s too funny. Thanks for the morning chuckle!!! 🙂

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 07:25 am

      Mission accomplished!!! Have a great day!

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  3. TBM
    June 13, 2013 at 07:33 am

    Goodness me! My right knee clicks when I walk down stairs. Am I one?

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 07:34 am

      Come join the herd, TBM!!! i didn’t know there were that many of us!!!! We will click together. Heeeheeee.

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      1. TBM
        June 13, 2013 at 07:39 am

        What’s our herd name: The Clicksters?

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        1. Beth Ann
          June 13, 2013 at 07:40 am

          Sure!!!! Sounds good to me!

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  4. Minnesota Prairie Roots
    June 13, 2013 at 08:22 am

    You were right. I am laughing out loud. Right now. Excellent way to start my morning. This is hilarious.

    Here’s a little story about me and clicking. Five years ago, within a week of my scheduled hip replacement surgery, a study came out stating that people who got ceramic upon ceramic hip implants “clicked” when they walked. Oh, oh, That was exactly what my ortho surgeon was planning to use. Plan B was put in place. Now all I need to worry about is whether there will be a recall on my hip implant. There have been plenty. So far so good.

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 09:19 am

      There are so many who click out there–who would have thought??? Wow–you are lucky to not have had your implant recalled—I know J & J has had a lot of recalls on some of their stuff. You would think they would have stuff tested more thoroughly but I guess sometimes things can not be predicted.

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  5. McGuffy Ann
    June 13, 2013 at 09:08 am

    Well this explains everything! My knees clicked my entire life. I had them replaced four years ago and they still click. I must be a caribou!

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 09:17 am

      Join the herd!!! Clicksters unite!!!!

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      1. McGuffy Ann
        June 14, 2013 at 09:10 pm

        Charge!

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        1. Beth Ann
          June 14, 2013 at 09:47 pm

          🙂

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  6. Rorybore
    June 13, 2013 at 10:46 am

    Yep…got a bum knee myself. I’m a clicker too. And it’s really bad when the weather is bad too. although…I keep trying to lose my “herd”. LOL

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 11:04 am

      Wow–there are a lot of us out there ! We may have enough for two herds!!! Welcome!

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  7. CMSmith
    June 13, 2013 at 11:19 am

    Cute. Maybe you’re a princess in disguise. Did you ever see Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella? I always think of that when my ankle clicks, which it does only on occasion.

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 11:38 am

      I sincerely doubt I am a princess……but it is a nice thought. I have not see that Cinderella–do I need to check that one out????

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      1. CMSmith
        June 13, 2013 at 11:45 am

        Oh yes. Absolutely. It’s very old. I’m talking about the 1965 version starring Lesley Ann Warren. One of my favorites.

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    2. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 01:06 pm

      Okay—I will have to put that on my list to watch!!! Thanks!

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  8. 1smiles
    June 13, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    I’m a clicker too!

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 01:05 pm

      Oh my goodness–there are so many of us!!!! I had no idea when I wrote this that I was one of so many!!!! Clickers unite!!!!

      Reply
  9. Helen Brown
    June 13, 2013 at 02:50 pm

    I am not a clicker but my neck cracks sometimes.

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 13, 2013 at 07:52 pm

      I didn’t know that!!! Learn something new every day!!!

      Reply
  10. Maggie
    June 13, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    My knee clicks when I walk up stairs. That is interesting about caribou.

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  11. My Odd Family
    June 13, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    Could you be a cross between a Caribou and a Ninja…I feel sad when anyone has to give up a dream. Oh wait… clicking in a Ninja could be more deadly than unattractive. Oh well, It’s sweet to think of the clicking leading Chris to you in a blizzard.

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  12. pattisj
    June 13, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    I didn’t know that about Caribou. Hopefully your click will not change to something else!

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 14, 2013 at 09:52 pm

      I hope so, too!

      Reply
  13. poemsandponderings
    June 14, 2013 at 12:27 am

    If so, would your nieces as nephews call you “Aunt-Ler”?

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 14, 2013 at 09:52 pm

      That was realllllly bad, Jake!!!

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      1. poemsandponderings
        June 15, 2013 at 12:46 am

        In that case it should get a big cariBOOO.

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  14. Rachael
    June 14, 2013 at 01:00 am

    Nate’s ankle clicks… Maybe that’s so that I can find HIM in a blizzard??? I don’t really click usually so I guess I can’t be part of the herd… 🙁

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 14, 2013 at 09:51 pm

      Maybe so!!! You can be an honorary member!!!

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  15. kzemek
    June 14, 2013 at 06:00 am

    That is quite an interesting possibility. Thanks for sharing the caribou fact with us, didn’t know that.

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    1. Beth Ann
      June 14, 2013 at 09:51 pm

      Who knew, right??? I had no idea that they had that tendon thing going on! Animals are amazing thanks to their creator!

      Reply
  16. benzeknees
    June 26, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Hahahahahaha!

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