Shadowgirls

Okay, I know I had my turn, but I had one last night that's just…

Well, long story short, I borrowed-without-asking a wooden walking stick that was an heirloom of Vegeta (from Dragon Ball Z) and I'm walking around some promenade or something and when I get it back where it belongs, the stick has become one of those paper cutout things. I try using alchemic transmutation (a la Edward Elric from FullMetal Alchemist) to change it back, because Vegeta found out and is PIIIIISSED, but I only succeed in turning it into a grey colored version of my work shirt.

So, yeah. Try figuring THAT one out!

NEXT!

Tain said:

My dream last night was that I was visiting some South American doctor for health reasons.  The bill was HUGE!  I have no idea what it was about.  I guess someone was watching tv too loud this morning or something.

NEXT!  Make it more interesting then that!

Yeah, well last night I dreamed I was a South American doctor, and I wanted to buy a new zepplin so I gouged some stupid gringo for the purchase price.

Are you actually using a ShadowGirls background as your background on any device at present?

That depends. If you mean the screen, I've only got two rows of icons and bar at the bottom. If you mean the top of my actual desk…yeah, that's pretty cluttered. Novelty Christmas (holiday, not character) plushes, stationary, pay stubs, misc. paper scraps, Aspercreme…Heck, I forgot how it looked before I got my new computer…but it was still cluttered.

Continue…

No, no we didn't. All we have to go on is the thread of some of us laying claim to one of them.

In keeping with the "Health Care" pages of the book, when was the last time you were at a hospital/doctor's office/clinic? I went to a walk-in clinic a few weeks ago because of some strange pulsing pains in my skull that felt very different from normal headaches. They referred me to local emergency room, at another facility, because the where I walked into wasn't sure what to do with me (not in a bad way, they just weren't the kind of place that handled whatever could've been wrong with me…). So I go there, spend a few hours trying to explain to each of three or four people what was up, got a C-T scan, only to be told that I had a headache (…really?). They told me to schedule an appointment with another doctor, who I guess would be my PCP, but I never got around to it. Other things on my mind, and if it's just a headache, no worries.

NEXT.

So this isn't recent, but the question shifted to Humorous right?

My father is not a small man, we'll be generous and say over four hunded pounds, and he's got a host of unrelated issues on top of it. I kid you not, I considered Pharamsist as an occupation once, figuring that between my Chemistry background, and his medicine cabinet, I knew as much as most entry level Assistants. But on topic, this is why my father hates 'breaking in' new doctors.

So when he finally had to go in to see the PCP to get a prescription refill, he went in the day before to get the paperwork. He spent almost two hours filling it out, making copies to make more room, a full 12 page kind of deal. He showed up over an hour ahead of his appointment time to give the doctor time to read it. So he gets back into the room, receives the industry standard 5 minute quickie from the MD, who then says "Well Roger*, I um, don't know how to tell you this, but, um, are you aware you might be a little large?"

My father looks down at himself (remember, close to 400lbs) and deadpans "Oh MY GOD! When did that happen? I wasn't like this when I went to bed last night. It's a good thing I had these oversized clothes just laying around, or I would have had to come in here buck naked. Yes doc, I know I'm fat, what do you think I should do about it?"

pause for laughter

and there then follows several minutes of "well have you considered [drug]?" / "Yes, but if you'd read my chart you'd know I'm on [drug] and that's counter indicated." that I won't go into be A) they're not as funny, and B) if I changed his name, you really think I'm going to give you his Medical History?

Now fortunately my father is down over a hundred pounds now, but he's still a VERY big man. All of his family is. One of my great uncles refered to himself as 6'14″ because he thought 7' made him sound like a freek. Another once walked in carrying a 3 month old calf over his shoulders. Grandma was over 6' tall and the smallest of 6 kids…

Did I mention my wife is convinced Big Fish is based on my father?

How about you guys, any funny family larger than life tales?

Tink said:

He brought it home for his kids and nursed it back to health, which might not have been the BEST idea, but ended up being quite agreeable for all involved. 

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Asside, because I know Tink would enjoy this:

Study of the Molecular Basis of Tame and Aggressive Behavior in the Silver Fox Model