Panicking when her two-year-old swallowed a tiny magnet, my friend Phyllis rushed him to the emergency room. "He'll be fine," the doctor promised her. "The magnet should pass through his system in a day or two."

"How will I be sure?" she pressed.

"Well," the doctor suggested, "you could stick him on the refrigerator. When he falls off, you'll know."

-- Marie Thibodeau, Nashua, N.H.

One day after a heavy snowfall, this announcement appeared on the bulletin board in the nurses lounge of my local hospital: "Student nurses will please refrain from ever again using this institution's sterile bedpans for makeshift snow sleds."

-- Jill Marie Bonnier

As an obstetrician, I sometimes see unusual tattoos when working in labor and delivery. One patient had some type of fish tattoo on her abdomen.

"That sure is a pretty whale," I commented.

With a smile she replied, "It used to be a dolphin." -- Ron Norris



Visiting the psych ward, a man asked how doctors decide to institutionalize a patient.

"Well," the director said, "We fill a bathtub, then offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient, and ask him to empty the tub."

"I get it," the visitor said. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's the biggest."

"No," the director said. "A normal person would pull the plug." -- Josh Roberts



My wife's doctor wanted to wean her off antidepressants. "What would happen if you stopped taking them?" he asked.

"To me? Nothing," she said.

"But all of a sudden, my husband becomes a real jerk." -- D. D., St George, Utah



Yep, that's all the time I have for now! It’s back to work for me! Have a great day, bloggers~!

I make no apologies for this post. It will stand through the day. History has a way of repeating itself, and I would hope this doesn't repeat itself on my blogsite.

I truly feel sorry for you Belle......that you have to seek pleasure in doing things that are hurtful but so cunningly done that you come out looking like a rose. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about and you can claim you don't know all you want but there are several of us that are very aware of how really pathetic your life must be.
Are you working on yourself because at some point in your life, you will have to....I would hate to make the amends that you may be looking at. Celtic Mist

by Celtic Mist (PM , CC ) on Saturday March 8, 2008 @ 8:24 PM (del)

Hurtful People Come In the Most Popular Packages
Everytime I return here, hoping beyond hope that things will have changed. Those that are responsible know who they are and ya' know........probably half of you would be VERY surprised to learn that these snakes hide behind such "cutesy" posts. Everyone has to make amends to those they hurt while on this level of existence. I, for one, am very glad that my side of the street is clean. I do feel sorry.....not necessarily for these people but for what they will have to experience to understand that being hurtful or slighting people doesn't get anyone anywhere.....at least not where you would want to be. Hopefully, those of you that I am addressing (and oh yes you do know who you are) will learn the lessons this time around. I certainly would NOT want to be in your shoes when the time to answer comes around. CM
Posted by Celtic Mist at 8:35 PM

You know, C.M., YOUR life must be pretty pathetic if you have nothing to do but come over and leave such a comment!

that is, if it is meant for me, and not Belle (with an "e" on the end?) if meant for "Belle" perhaps you should deliver it to her?

did I overlook you on the link list or something? You didn't ask to be added, and as I recall, you so politely reminded me that my links were outdated last week! Well, in between having a real life and a real job, blogging is something I enjoy but do neglect on occasion.

My apologies to the masses, if they are outdated. If you'd like to be added, all you have to do is say so!

by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday March 8, 2008 @ 8:47 PM (del)

Hi Bella,
I wanted to publicly apologize for my comment on your post the other night. I could try to rationalize it to you or minimize it becaue I'd had a bad day but we all have bad days and I am truly sorry that you happened to be the person that got picked to receive the brunt of my frustration. I didn't even know it was your birthday. I just wanted you to know that I am sorry.

CM
by Celtic Mist (PM , CC ) on Monday March 10, 2008 @ 8:24 AM



CM, I am returning your lame apology, which I believe to be a fakeish act on your part, and also have deleted it from my blogsite, as I’m sure you will probably delete this. Check the times, CM, you come over here, and then you go home and post this hurtful people post and then not allow comments on it? What was up with that? And now, you come Monday morning and apologize? For what? For being yourself?

Frankly, I do not have time for people such as yourself in my real life or for your shenanigans on my blogsite. A bad day you say? Hmmm, isn’t that a nice cop out for someone who I believe knew exactly what she was doing, and obviously will continue her deception/manipulation or whatever your game may be. I refuse to be a pawn in your game any longer.

And in the words of Queen Blogship, “take it to Oprah” and while you’re at it, get some psychological help for your issues and frustrations!

Please be advised that this is the last time I expect to address anything further from you.

and her last reply to me is as follows ...

Comment: Bella,

The apology was about as real as it gets, as I did recognize that I was the one who initiated the comments or even as some would say "took the bait". However, you are wrong if you think I will delete this from my site. I have nothing to hide. You can choose to delete whatever you desire on your own blog. When there is a comment posted publically here, it stands as is. It matters not to me, what you think of my apology. What matters to me is that I know in my heart that it was a sincere effort to make amends for a wrongdoing that I had done. As far as making my post so it could not accept comments, I did that again for an entirely different reason that you believed of me. I didn't want anyone else involved in something that was between you and me and I don't like PM's....so I shut off the comment button so that bloggers that are my friends would not come and feel uncomfortable on how to comment or feel that they were caught in a crossfire.......there was no other reason than that but that is up to you what to believe. I can't help you with that. I wish no ill will to you and these comments between us today should be the last of the situation, as we have both spoken our peace. CM

Yes we have, and that folks, is a rap! Moving on now.

Hey, no fair, I lost an hour somewhere! Spring forward, which means we will get an extra hour of daylight! YAY! I woke up and it said 8:30 but in actuality it was 9:30, so being my lazy not wanting to get out of bed self on a Sunday, I am currently starting my third hour of work! two down, two to go!



Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

Have a good day, and enjoy the cartoon!