P.S. Oh man, you're not going to believe this! I was typing out the "toofunny" smilie (easier than hunting it down in the "More" popup). Mistyped it, at first. "toorunny".
One time I was driving (by my apartment in Corunna, Mike. Do you remember that one?)
The road came to a dead end and the only way you could go was to the right. But there was a stop sign at the dead end. Unfortunately, I had gotten into the habit of just rolling thru the stop sign since it was kind of out in the country and not much traffic anyway.
So one day, I roll thru and oops, suddenly there are lights flashing behind me - blue and red cop lights
I pull over and the police officer comes to my car window. This is the conversation that went on:
Officer: Did you see that stop sign back there that you just rolled thru?
Me: Ya, I saw it (hanging my head in shame)
Officer: Did you see me behind you?
Me: If I had seen you behind me, I would have stopped at that stop sign.
Guess you know I talked myself right into a ticket with that remark! He even told me that he had planned to just give me a warning - until I said that. STUPID! STUPID! STUPID!
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And while we're confessing - since confession is good for the soul - let me tell me about my other stupid thing I said..........
I went to drive into my parents driveway one night when this car veered over into my rear bumper. We called the local police who came and took a report. In the course of this, the officer found that my driver's license had expired the month before. Oops. But he was good about it and just told me to go and get it renewed. That really was an oversight on my part.
So the very next week, I hadn't renewed my license yet and was driving down a busy main road about one town over from us. My car suddenly died on me. I coasted to a stop, but couldn't get the car off the road yet. And BAM! this car slams into the rear of me. Again the police come. This time, they site the other driver. But again this cop notices my expired license. So this time I have to go to court. RATS!!
So I get before the judge and what does he say to me? "So do you have anything to say in your defense before I render my verdict?"
I answer, "Actually, yes, I do." and I proceed to tell him that I was in an accident the week before and that that officer didn't give me a ticket even tho my license was expired at that point too.
DUMB!! DUMB! DUMB!! Busted!!
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Reminds me of a story. A lady was pulled over for driving in the car pool lane without a passenger. The officer then noticed that there was a baby in a car seat and apologized that he didn't see that. The lady was relieved, and said "Oh, thank goodness! I thought you got me for doing 65 in a 55 zone!"
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I walked into a hospital room once, I worked there, and asked a guy that I knew had just gotten bad news how he was doing. Yeah, as soon as I said it I felt really stupid. The guy just finds out he is dying and I am asking him how he is doing. Not my brightest moment.
After passing my LPN boards, I started a job at a nursing home. There was a lady there who, shortly after I started, decided to stop her dialysis treatments because they were no longer working. This decision would result in her death in about a week, and she was well aware of this.
We moved her to a private room so her daughters could stay with her, and she had a wonderful sense of humor.
I went into her room one evening and one of her daughters was there. I asked her how she was feeling and she says in this exasperated voice, "I'm dead!"
Sweetly and kindly I reply........
"You're not dead yet!"
Silence. It was so loud and lasted so long.
Now what do I say? Think, Joy, think.
"Do you know how I know?"
"Tell me."
"Because this ain't heaven, honey."
She laughed and said, "You got that right!"
Her daughter was laughing too, and I was off the hook.
I cannot believe I said that...LOL!
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After passing my LPN boards, I started a job at a nursing home. There was a lady there who, shortly after I started, decided to stop her dialysis treatments because they were no longer working. This decision would result in her death in about a week, and she was well aware of this.
We moved her to a private room so her daughters could stay with her, and she had a wonderful sense of humor.
I went into her room one evening and one of her daughters was there. I asked her how she was feeling and she says in this exasperated voice, "I'm dead!"
Sweetly and kindly I reply........
"You're not dead yet!"
Silence. It was so loud and lasted so long.
Now what do I say? Think, Joy, think.
"Do you know how I know?"
"Tell me."
"Because this ain't heaven, honey."
She laughed and said, "You got that right!"
Her daughter was laughing too, and I was off the hook.
I cannot believe I said that...LOL!
hey at least you got them laughing
better than making them cry.
way back before Walt and I were married, I worked in a nursing home. We had a patient who was in fairly decent health, except for being elderly.
One day the nurse and I were walking down the hall and I glanced in Evelyn's room. She didn't look right, so I asked, "What's wrong with Evelyn?". The nurse looked in and said to me, "I think she's sleeping, but she sure looks dead."
So I walked over to her, thinking maybe I'd wake her up enough to get her to crawl into bed and be comfortable. But as soon as I touched her, I knew it was too late. What could I say? "Umm, excuse me, but she IS dead".
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