tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post4771433005078392712..comments2023-10-24T01:47:32.025-07:00Comments on Professor B. Worm: The Hospital DiariesCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-39366216350855786652009-09-27T14:37:51.689-07:002009-09-27T14:37:51.689-07:00TIFFIN: The Dylan Thomas CD is on order—I should h...<b>TIFFIN:</b> The Dylan Thomas CD is on order—I should have it by Tuesday!<br /><br /><b>KARA:</b> I have to hand it to you—you're an excellent giver of crap. Wanna play toss the crap sometime when we're in our old clothes?<br /><br /><b>KOONSMOM:</b> You <i>always</i> have to give your agent and coach some of the credit. I bowled 177 back in 1978, BTW.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-54271309213762457812009-09-27T09:07:04.373-07:002009-09-27T09:07:04.373-07:00Shoot. Now if I bowl a 300 I'll have to give ...Shoot. Now if I bowl a 300 I'll have to give you some of the credit for it.Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-65106723271239296132009-09-26T21:48:40.758-07:002009-09-26T21:48:40.758-07:00i was just giving you crap. i'm not even welsh...i was just giving you crap. i'm not even welsh.karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-25805428036783720432009-09-23T12:18:57.239-07:002009-09-23T12:18:57.239-07:00Charlie, get a cd from somewhere, anywhere, of Dyl...Charlie, get a cd from somewhere, anywhere, of Dylan Thomas reading his own "A Child's Christmas in Wales". It's easily in the top ten of the most magical things I've ever read but to hear him reading it - ahhhh - incomparable.Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-82509000580521948362009-09-23T11:50:42.253-07:002009-09-23T11:50:42.253-07:00KOONSMOTHER: I apologize for skipping over your co...<b>KOONSMOTHER:</b> I apologize for skipping over your comment—it was an accident, just like the time I put a perfectly good book down in a puddle.<br /><br />You are a gift to me, and the "by grace" really touched me. May you bowl a 300 game next week and your life will be <b>really</b> good.<br /><br /><b>KARA & TIFFIN:</b> I confess, Kara, that I don't quite understand your comment. And Tiffin, I've never read Thomas, so I'm at a loss there too.<br /><br />When I wrote the quote about Scottish and Irish humor I was referring to just my email friend and me. There is <i>no way</i> I would <b>ever</b> preclude anyone or any nationality from having the gift of humor.<br /><br /><b>MEG:</b> The lights and siren weren't used because I was stable and it was 3 a.m.—nevertheless, I bitched about it anyway.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-69217101226237299472009-09-23T06:26:37.350-07:002009-09-23T06:26:37.350-07:00kara, I think Dylan Thomas alone would refute that...kara, I think Dylan Thomas alone would refute that.Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-50232094841587458182009-09-23T03:59:05.193-07:002009-09-23T03:59:05.193-07:00No flashing lights even? I thought that was mandat...No flashing lights even? I thought that was mandatory or something. Silly ambulance drivers.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975473150053998560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-27541540711752147792009-09-22T20:16:45.617-07:002009-09-22T20:16:45.617-07:00She and I claim it is our ancestral Celtic blood—h...<i>She and I claim it is our ancestral Celtic blood—hers is Scottish, mine is Irish—that bestowed us with humor. </i><br /><br />So what...the Welsh are stodgy humorless souls living joyless lives in a joyless land, stealing joy away from its ancestors? harsh.karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-67417832162858741112009-09-22T18:18:32.188-07:002009-09-22T18:18:32.188-07:00KIM: . . . I know the feeling.
TIFFIN: Rats!<b>KIM:</b> . . . I know the feeling.<br /><br /><b>TIFFIN:</b> Rats!Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-60803127048914037622009-09-22T18:00:17.148-07:002009-09-22T18:00:17.148-07:00I had to google that wedding bear snow globe to se...I had to google that wedding bear snow globe to see what came up. Well! Charlie, you JUST missed being able to get one on EBay:<br />http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390071153218Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-11531760153914962632009-09-22T15:58:29.192-07:002009-09-22T15:58:29.192-07:00I didn't feel worthy enough...I didn't feel worthy enough...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-68900386699826307912009-09-22T13:32:10.022-07:002009-09-22T13:32:10.022-07:00I know that woman of whom you speak. You and she ...I know that woman of whom you speak. You and she are both on the list of people I can't believe I've "met" totally by grace on this weird internet thingy. Life is good.Linda Koonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05614162024708881395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-56133881395132318142009-09-22T11:36:32.828-07:002009-09-22T11:36:32.828-07:00TIFFIN: Thank you. I see some pretty witty comment...<b>TIFFIN:</b> Thank you. I see some pretty witty comments from you too on LT. You must have some of that funny blood.<br /><br /><b>WC:</b> I suspect the lady who wrote that email will be happy when she reads your comment.<br /><br />"Stymied by simple things"—that's a good one.<br /><br /><b>MARY:</b> As you can see, I got your comments cleaned up for you. This new format is confusing at first—either that, or you were having a typical Mary day.<br /><br />I had a GREAT time with that chair—it was like being at the circus instead of the hospital. Sometimes you have to make your own fun—and you're one of those who can do it.<br /><br /><b>PAT:</b> If you don't mind, I think I'll leave the "Saint" to Jude.<br /><br />Both you and Mary mentioned grab handles—I think they should be in showers too because it's easy to slip.<br /><br />Victoria is my favorite nurse of all time—she just naturally made a person feel better.<br /><br /><b>BARBARA:</b> Yes, the code. It is twenty-eight digits long and requires one to be high to remember the sequence.<br /><br />And talk about someone who's young between the ears—take a gander at yourself in a mirror and you'll see it in your eyes.<br /><br /><b>KIM:</b> Hey, I'd LOVE to have that snowglobe! One man's junk is another man's treasure, you know.<br /><br />I bet you didn't mention the snowglobe in your "100 Things About Me," did you.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-21954782571203964922009-09-22T08:44:27.251-07:002009-09-22T08:44:27.251-07:00I wonder if she'd like the "Wedding Bears...I wonder if she'd like the "Wedding Bears" snowglobe my brother got us 14 years ago. It was BEE-UTE-A-FULL too, and I'd have been more than happy to wrap it up and give it away to someone with clearly more taste than me...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-6412457786706347482009-09-22T07:19:59.187-07:002009-09-22T07:19:59.187-07:00I fully expect to hear that the ambulance guys cam...I fully expect to hear that the ambulance guys came and took you for some more tours of the hospital, seeing as you appear to be the only person who can figure out the code.<br /><br />Always remain a teenager between the ears, my friend.Barbara Bruederlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476249934930666695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-86429036532414132882009-09-22T01:54:29.588-07:002009-09-22T01:54:29.588-07:00Grab handles should be obligatory everywhere and t...Grab handles should be obligatory everywhere and thank goodness for showers.<br />You must have the patience of saint; that effing chair would have sent me bananas and having your English corrected with such good humour - from now on you are Saint Charlie to me.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-45598452609810642592009-09-21T23:06:12.491-07:002009-09-21T23:06:12.491-07:00(I just managed to delete an entire comment. The w...(I just managed to delete an entire comment. The writer's equivalent of running into a chair.)<br /><br />I'd have tripped over that chair -- seriously. And I'll bet you had to warn Martha more than once, right? Do you think maybe a sympathetic nurse put it there, knowing what a kick you'd get watching everybody go ass-over-tit over it? No, me neither, but it's a nice thought, isn't it?<br /><br />Power to your pen -- and to your friend's pen as well. Grab handles in a bath sound like a pretty good idea to me; I'm youngish between the ears myself and humor is just about everything.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-56965457723631381602009-09-21T19:28:05.041-07:002009-09-21T19:28:05.041-07:00"But I'm young between my ears, as are yo..."But I'm young between my ears, as are you, so our disabilities are annoyances in our lives, they aren't the definition of who we are."<br /><br />How true, how true! I needed to hear this today, think.<br /><br />Great post! Most caregivers are well-intended but yes, they can be stymied by simple things once in a while.Wandering Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478039463695542535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38422444.post-85256754915717091682009-09-21T17:40:59.670-07:002009-09-21T17:40:59.670-07:00aw Charlie, that's BEE-UTE-A-FULL!aw Charlie, that's BEE-UTE-A-FULL!Tiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.com