Schadenfreude, Dark Humour and the Macabre...

[Quatermass]

Leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient is burying the hatchet. I've counted a few swabs and forceps in my day. And that was just from looking at post op xrays!

Got it in one. But then again, you are a medical professional.

[Sister Jennifer]

I've never actually heard anyone say that in a hospital. When I worked in emergency they had some good acronyms. I have a hard enough time understanding plain english on a good day.

I like your avatar picture.

[Quatermass]

Have you actually seen Prometheus? I'm not sure if you would have said that if that was the case.

[Sister Jennifer]

But, but... No haven't seen. The trailer looks so good! I suspect I like your avatar for different reasons than you.

[Quatermass]

:D But, but... No haven't seen. The trailer looks so good! I suspect I like your avatar for different reasons than you.

Let's just say that David (the android whom I have taken as an avatar) is...amoral, at best.

[raptornx01]

Why do i get the feeling Del's list has been cleaned up a bit? I could think of a few alternatives

[Will of Lancre]

On the subject of acronymns, here are some I found online (many of which I had heard before (revealing many medics' prejudices, it has to be said... ).

GOK: God only knows.
PRATFO: patient reassured and told to f*** off.
GPO: Good for Parts Only
NFN: Normal For Norfolk
GROLIES: Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt
TEETH: Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy
LOBNH: Lights On But Nobody Home
FLK: Funny Looking Kid
OAP: Over-Anxious Parent

and I particularly like this one (which may be a one-off, never heard it before):

DOB : Delusions of bunnies

[Quatermass]

I dunno whether it is because I associated it with Dragonball Z Abridged before I found the source, but I always found "Bored now" to be hilarious. Even in the source material, which is an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where a certain character says it just before using magic to skin someone alive.

[Tonyblack]

Slightly off the subject of medical acronyms. I know someone who worked in a care home for the elderly where the staff used to hold a weekly death pool, betting on which of the residents would die and on which day. Apparently it's a common pastime in such places.


Also, when I was in hospital once, I was looking at a sign that said "Psychotherapist" and realised with a bit of careful editing it could read 'Psycho the rapist'.

[raptornx01]

Dead pools for celebrities are real and have been around ages. Hence the Clint Eastwood film

[raisindot]

Also, when I was in hospital once, I was looking at a sign that said "Psychotherapist" and realised with a bit of careful editing it could read 'Psycho the rapist'.

I'd call that truth in advertising.

[Bouncy Castle]

From Twitter:

Terry Pratchett ‏@terryandrob

Don't know about you, but we've just started our day by talking to the Federation of Right-to-die-Societies in Zurich.

And for all of you asking ever so politely - yes - we've both got return tickets.

[Catch-up]

[Bouncy Castle]

Also from Twitter:

Jesus Christ ‏@jesus

Was going make my second trip down to the surface to get tech support for my iPhone, but now that Steve is here...

[Catch-up]

OMG. Again,