Things That Amuse You

**dan_pdx** · 11-23-2024, 01:12 PM

I had surgery on Wednesday and the anesthesiologist came in pre-surgery to talk about any risk factors that he needed to know about. E.g., do I have respiratory issues, etc.

He asked if I drank, I said yes, and he asked how much. I said "I had a couple beers on Friday" and he scoffed and said "that doesn't count."

Post-surgery, he found Mrs. PDX in the waiting room and told her that he had asked me to tell him a joke when he was starting to put me under. Apparently I said "51% of Americans voted for Donald Trump." Ha! I have no memory of this.

**plugboots** · 11-23-2024, 01:25 PM

They wheeled me into the surgery room and I was kind of expecting that weird saw and knife shed from Twister,

but it was pretty plain. They have me sit on the table and tell me to scoot my butt back and that is absolutely the last thing I remember till I woke up.

**Thaleia** · 11-23-2024, 02:05 PM

Thankfully no photo's exist but when I was discharged from the hospital after my appendix burst they had left a surgical staple concealed in my belly button. Took me a few days to notice it.

**old goat** · 11-23-2024, 04:44 PM

I was amused by a few bars of Copperhead Road in a promo for Michigan vs Ohio state. Seems appropriate, given that the buckeyes are a bunch of toothless meth smoking hillbillies.

**irul&ublo** · 11-23-2024, 07:24 PM

Did you go to that school up North?

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**old goat** · 11-23-2024, 11:47 PM

Michigan? You betcha. For med school. And while I was there the world famous chief of surgery from OSU came visiting, tried to show a chief resident how to do a stomach operation, tore the spleen and stormed out of the OR. Like I said, hillbillies.

**dan_pdx** · 11-25-2024, 03:43 PM

50-y/o female Portland fire captain is retiring to start working on her lengthy/awesome outdoor adventure bucket list

How did they fail to include her relationship status?!?

**MakersTeleMark** · 11-27-2024, 01:49 AM

For Foggy:

**plugboots** · 11-27-2024, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

Michigan? You betcha. For med school. And while I was there the world famous chief of surgery from OSU came visiting, tried to show a chief resident how to do a stomach operation, tore the spleen and stormed out of the OR. Like I said, hillbillies.

**Core Shot** · 11-29-2024, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

For Foggy:

Retro
Cool
Before my time.
Learned to ski on skinnies. I never mastered them in deep pow. Tried my best.
Kids today don’t know how hard it was.

PS. Ski trains. So cool. Most of New England was ski train. No cars long ago. Riding hours from bahston or new yawk and having a ski holiday.

**plugboots** · 12-01-2024, 01:52 PM

Watching Mikaela interview on NBC sports IG, reading the comments,

**Name Redacted** · 12-04-2024, 05:13 PM

Water main break in an apartment across the parking lot from a busy plumbing/HVAC supplier. Every plumber in the county must have had something to say about it. Pretty amusing