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barbaray's journal
Out of the Mouths of Babes
- By barbaray · Posted June 10, 2009
- 4 replies
- As we all know, children are amazing. Take, for example: "A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even ...
Brighten Your Weekend With These
- By barbaray · Posted February 21, 2009
- 11 replies
- First: If you haven't seen it, the moving video about a lion named Christian is not to be missed. It also has accompanying interesting info. Just Google "Christian the Lion" and enjoy the site. Don't ...
More "Disorder in the American Courts"
- By barbaray · Posted February 17, 2009
- 6 replies
- (These are published word for word, taken down by court reporters who had to show no expression when these exchanges occurred:) ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death. ATTORNEY ...
Disorder in the Courtroom (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted February 17, 2009
- 8 replies
- ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example ...
Daily Multivitamin
- By barbaray · Posted February 17, 2009
- 12 replies
- Info for what it's worth: My son went to the ER with overwhelming pain. The first question the docs asked him was, "Are you taking a daily multivitamin?" He was, he said. Apparently taking a vitamin every ...
E-Mail Address
- By barbaray · Posted January 6, 2009
- 2 replies
- Q: How do I send my e-mail address to a friend I have met on this site? Thanks! B ...
Good WASHINGTON POST article today--
- By barbaray · Posted December 16, 2008
- 2 replies
- The Health section of the Dec. 16 POST has a most welcome article on the discrimination in every aspect of lung cancer treatment. It cites the Lung Cancer Alliance! Hooray! And it pretty well covers all ...
Try This--Takes Two Seconds
- By barbaray · Posted November 29, 2008
- 6 replies
- Lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. While doing this, use your right hand to draw the number 6 in the air. Your foot will change direction. (Bet you try it more than once, too ...
What is "calcified," referring to lung nodule?
- By barbaray · Posted November 18, 2008
- 7 replies
- Hello all, I'm trying to learn about lung masses. Is calcification "good" or "bad?" Occasionally on this board I see references to the "margins" of a nodule--what would be "good" margins and what would ...
More for your eccentricity project--(joke)
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- 0 replies
- Here are a few more for your list: Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, which is Rock Bottom. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I won!! I won!!" When leaving after a day ...
If You Want to be Known as an Eccentric (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- 0 replies
- Here are some ways: At the drive-through window, specify that your order is "to go." At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. In the "memo" field ...
V.A.T.S. Inquiry
- By barbaray · Posted November 16, 2008
- 4 replies
- Hello, everyone-- I will be seeing the surgeon this coming Wednesday, so I'm trying to learn all I can. Would like to know about V.A.T.S.--?? What do the initials stand for, and what does the procedure ...
Keeping People in Their Homes
- By barbaray · Posted November 12, 2008
- 0 replies
- To Frank and others struggling with mortgage problems, etc., today's WASHINGTON POST business section has extensive information which may help. "The Foreclosure Fight Gets Streamlined" is the title of ...
The Power of the Written Word
- By barbaray · Posted November 8, 2008
- 14 replies
- I posted something to this effect elsewhere on this site, but maybe you'll bear with me--I think the subject bears repeating. When I had OB/gyn surgery in June, I sent a note afterward to the surgeon ...
The Pills (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted October 18, 2008
- 9 replies
- A young man asked his elderly Grandmother if she had seen his pills--the ones labelled "LSD." "Never mind your pills," she said, "What do you think about the size of that dragon in the kitchen ...
Vision (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted October 9, 2008
- 5 replies
- (Don't anybody get offended, 'cause I'm 77 years old myself) Patient: Doctor, I think I need glasses. Teller: You certainly do--this is a bank ...
Golfing Montana (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted September 29, 2008
- 0 replies
- The Montana Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is advising golfers to take extra precautions and be on the alert for bears while playing on the Gallatin and Helena Natl. Forests golf courses. They advise persons ...
Fun With a Telemarketer (joke)
- By barbaray · Posted September 25, 2008
- 9 replies
- A man was sitting down to supper when the phone rang. He answered and a voice said, "Is this William Wagenhoss?" The annoyed man whose supper was cooling said, "No-o-o---who's calling?" Here's the rest ...
The Frog
- By barbaray · Posted September 24, 2008
- 2 replies
- A man takes the day off from work to go golfing. He's on the second hole when he notices a frog sitting nearby. He's about to shoot when he hears, "Ribbit 9 iron." The man looks around and doesn't see ...