The late Mrs McGarvey refused to have her gangrenous big toe amputated.
“It’ll fix itself,” she said.
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The late Mrs McGarvey refused to have her gangrenous big toe amputated.
“It’ll fix itself,” she said.
Listen to the story being read HERE!
Weave a Web 
It sure will. Soon no pain at all!
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LOL!
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I guess that’s why she’s the “late” Mrs.
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!!
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Well, it sure fixed Mrs McGarvey! 🙂
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She was in a fix!
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I think I remember Mrs McGarvey from ward 5A.
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Is that the ward with the swimming pool that you dip your big toe in to feel the temperature?
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You’re thinking of ward 4D, Bruce. A common mistake. 5A has the communal sitz-bath.
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Not too far from the hospital morgue I hope.
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A communal sitz-bath! That reminds me of a joke about a two-storey outhouse….
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This post has taken a scatological stumble. Bruce runs with a bad crowd.
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Bruce is much more into eschatology than scatology, I would say.
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That is true!
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“It has a certain eschatological dimension” is what I always say when faced with having to make a comment about anything I know nothing about!
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I play along with what ever plebs turn up!
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You’re such a follower …
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Sitz-bath. This blogging caper is so jolly educational. It a
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The first time I—a hick from the sticks—encountered a sitz-bath was in my late twenties in a hotel in Paris. I couldn’t figure out what it was…a place to soak your feet after a long day of touring? I ended up keeping my little orchid corsage (I had been given as I took off from the NY airport to Europe) floating in that cold water to keep it fresh…I have photos of it, somewhere in my archives.
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A hick from the sticks encountering a sitz – no wonder you can write good poetry!
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Famous last words.
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It’s possibly been said many a time!
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I think the audio far outshines the text of this post. I’ve enjoyed listening to it, several times.
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Thank you. Some arias – no matter how short – are best sung!
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There’s such a thing as being too smart. 😀
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I can’t help it!
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Gangrenous! I listened to the audio and I’m still chuckling.
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I hope you’re not laughing at my inability to pronounce a complicated word!
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Superb economy
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Yes – the funeral was cheaper than the amputation!
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🙂
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Great short short 🙂
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But it was the BIG toe!
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So it did. No need to use such big words no one knows how to pronounce!
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Of course, it did fix her grave itself! And also, as has been a zillion times quoted, Till death do us part…
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It’s good, when it came to death, that she was able to TOE the line.
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Clean shot, this one!
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And so it did!
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Toe be or not toe be
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That’s toe funny Alex!
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