I am seriously considering responding to them encouraging them to commit suicide in order to preserve themselves from any further indignity.
The 21st Century really is proving the most appalling disappointment. :-(
I am seriously considering responding to them encouraging them to commit suicide in order to preserve themselves from any further indignity.
The 21st Century really is proving the most appalling disappointment. :-(
Mainly in the sense that we've all become exactly the same kind of whinging old ****ers as our parents. Just with wider reach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I was having a blood test this morning and it struck me how medieval medicine still is. Needles and knives, hammers and drills, great bags full of blood andtubes being thrust up the winkle. Consider how in Star Trek, Bones had a scanner that went 'wooowoowoo' and told him what the problem was, which problem was then fixed by waving another woowooing device over it. That's what we were led to expect from the 21st century, not useless antibiotics and recycled cardboard vomit bowls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Good luck Charlie
ty s. I'm quite looking forward to a couple of weeks of bed rest to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
Yes. The trouble is we're still a big bag of blood and goo and wobbly bits at the end of the day. Dealing with that is always going to seem a bit medieval.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
What is the situation, then? Was this a cancer test?
No, just a pre-op check. Tomorrow they bore new holes up my hooter and I guess they'll peer at the lumps they remove through a microscope and decide whether v will be getting a rebate on the council tax.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Hmmm. And how are you feeling about all this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Sir C "...and decide whether v will be getting a rebate on the council tax."
Every cloud an' a' that
I'm hoping that 1/ I'm not facing a few days of dreadful pain and 2/ my growths prove to be benign. I'm not really feeling very much at present. A trifle trepidatious, I suppose? As the wise man once said, que sera, sera.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I hope she remarries, of course. Someone kind, rich and good-looking, naturally. With functioning genitals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Prat Vegas
The poor kid deserves to catch a break.
:-( I never seen one of those but I've seen a few 'Ninja' job titles :-( :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Lol Professional Ninja on your CV
Btw anyone rembemer that website some kid had about him and his mates pretending to be Ninjas?
This is going waaaay back...like gregmitchell days
I've also come across 'Fungineer' :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
There'll probably be a bit of pain, but I'm sure they'll give you some top quality painkillers for that, so that's all good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
On the second, as you say, it's in the lap of the gods, so in one sense no point fretting. However, their lack of urgency would suggest to me that they're not that worried. :shrug:
Anyway, all the very best with it.
ty b. My sister-in-law who is a nurse has recommended Tramadol as a good one they would be inclined to prescribe as long as I consistently claim to be experiencing 10 on the pain scale. She suggests Fentanyl if I fancy aiming high, but is less sure I'll get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
It's important to choose one's drugs carefully, don't you think?
Absolutely. If all else fails, could you not call your chum in Primrose Hill?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
That would kind of require a functioning bugle, b.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Stevie Nicks would disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Wasn't that Joanna Lumley? I'm not having bugle blown up my fundament, anyway. It's undignified.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Do they actually do this **** in america?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I don't think they do I think parts of this country have morphed into a incredibly worserer version of yanks
I shall stop off at the small church off Grafton Street tomorrow, light a candle and say a prayer for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
That's awfully kind of you sw. I'm a little choked up now.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
I think it's global. It's a sort of infantilism. I blame Star Wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
St Teresa's?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Being choked up could be the least of your worries tomorrow pal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
He's going to have his sinuses full of bloody gauze, so being choked up could be a very real worry. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
That's the one. I had to go in there before Xmas to buy a mass card.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I was asked which type I wanted and I said one for a dead person. That was not really the point of the question.
:-\
I hope they don't push a tube up my winkie. That's what I hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
I'm pretty sure I went there for either a requiem mass or for the marriage of some cousin or other. The former, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Mate, they're operating on your nose. Why would they catheterise you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
In case I píss myself? I don't know. Why do they catheterise anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
I've been operated on twice in my life. On neither occasion did they catheterise me (although a very camp nurse did shave off half my pubes once).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
They also have a canteen / restaurant thing which I happened upon when looking for the office.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Scones, soup, quiches - that sort of thing. I was thinking I may lunch there one day but then I thought what sort of person would lunch in a a church environment.
Very wise, sw. After all, someone might come up to you and start talking about religion. :-( And where would you get a drink?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
There's a cafe near me that keeps advertising lunch dishes that sound really nice. However, it has no licence, so there is zero chance of me ever eating there. It's harsh, but a man has to have principles. :shrug: