I thought threads here could get odd... [Archive]

Mike Taylor

08-08-2007, 08:39 PM

I come from a medical family. My father is a retired X-ray tech and my mother is a registered nurse. I can call on a combined total of sixty years worth of crazy stories from just the two of them. What you're seeing is par for the course for every single emergency department in every hospital in North America. It's even worse for publically funded nonprofit hospitals like John H Stroeger Jr (aka Cook County) in Chicago.

Big Otis Landfish

08-08-2007, 08:54 PM

O jeez... there's 33 pages of that... and then it goes to a new thread... :d8o:

Wayne

08-08-2007, 09:36 PM

It's nice to see the kinds of minds that will be handling our future medical needs.

Remind me to never get sick.

Crazeyal

08-08-2007, 10:07 PM

Okay.. I've stopped being jealous of doctors.. HAPPY??!?

garfalk

08-08-2007, 11:15 PM

hehe. those were funny.

Leffy

08-09-2007, 12:13 AM

i can't stop reading.

Big Otis Landfish

08-09-2007, 12:42 AM

Of everything on there, the biggest :eek::repuke::cry: was the erm.... entrepreneurial colostomy patient stuff.

Man.... humans is weird. REALLY weird.

Farler

08-09-2007, 01:02 AM

"#5: Stay away from people named "Some Guy" or "This One Dude", because they for whatever reason, just punch someone in the face or hit them with a crowbar and run off. If I see them on the street, I cross the street to get away from them." Best fucking advice Ive ever heard.

Had my own share of problems with some guy and this one dude.

Ecchi_Kitty

08-09-2007, 01:15 PM

Mom is an RN. Aunt is an RN. Other Aunt is an LPN. Brother a.... a.... he's not an EMT, but is pretty similar to that.... and will be an EMT by New Years...

So yeah, have heard a fair number of tales myself.

My favorate just now is my brother acting as medical director for a boy Scout camp.

...okay, that's kinda of a story unto itself, but the better part was when had a kid and his Scout Master come in, the kid complaining he wasn't feeling well. After an examination, brother nods sagely and tells the Scout Master and the kid

"Sounds like a case of mild hypocondria brought about by acute parental seperation anxiety. Just a minute and I'll get a placebo."

Apparently the look on the Scout Master's face was priceless.

Plunder Down-Under

08-09-2007, 01:54 PM

Suprisingly I know exactly what the words the dr said mean... yey vocabulary!

MASH taught me the word plaebo, is there anything comedy cant teach us?

Mike Taylor

08-09-2007, 06:43 PM

"Sounds like a case of mild hypocondria brought about by acute parental seperation anxiety. Just a minute and I'll get a placebo."

That line becomes even funnier if you imagine it being said by "Hawkeye" Pierce.

Ecchi_Kitty

08-09-2007, 08:32 PM

Heh, sorta does. But no, brother is a blonde ex-boxer with numerous tattoos. Just about the last guy I'd have expected to make a career out of helping little kids who are injured. But, seems he does a really good job of it...

Farler

08-09-2007, 11:27 PM

MASH was awesome, I like the series better then the movies though. Plus hot lips is hotter in the series, although by now she's either old and ugly... or dead.

Crazeyal

08-09-2007, 11:36 PM

MASH was awesome, I like the series better then the movies though. Plus hot lips is hotter in the series, although by now she's either old and ugly... or dead.
Uh..

You need either some growth hormone or a swift kickin the ass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Swit

Farler

08-10-2007, 02:30 AM

Uh..

You need either some growth hormone or a swift kickin the ass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Swit

Now I haven't seen a picture of her now but at the age of 70, I think it's safe to assume that she isn't as physically attractive as before. Now if that offends you in some way then... seriously why the hell should I care Im 20 Im allowed to be shallow. Its damn well expected of me. Braking the mold hurts people's heads. It's very considerate of me to be stereotypical means people don't have to think as much, Im fighting brain aneurisms.

Mike Taylor

08-10-2007, 03:49 AM

MASH was awesome, I like the series better then the movies though. Plus hot lips is hotter in the series, although by now she's either old and ugly... or dead.

There was only ever one movie and that was the one starring Donald Sutherland. The movie was great, but I like the series better because it gave plenty of time for the characters to grow and develop. It was hysterically funny, but it also didn't pull any punches when it got serious. I can remember sitting down at home and watching the very last episode back in 1983. That summer, Fox took the props from the show on a nationwide museum tour. I got to see "The Swamp" up close as well as one of the helicopters and various other set pieces.

As to Loretta Swit, even today she's a good looking woman.

Ecchi_Kitty

08-10-2007, 01:37 PM

Movie was amuseing, but aye, series was far better. Very funny at times, other times enough to make you cry. Occasionally, both at once.

Kittish

08-10-2007, 02:23 PM

Watching M*A*S*H* as an adult, it amazes me how much of it I didn't get as a kid. And it's even funnier and more thought provoking now that I DO get a lot of the stuff I missed then.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who remembers and appreciates the show.

And Rapscallion.... ARRGH!! Do you have ANY idea how long it took to read thru those threads???? Or how hard it was to STOP reading them????

However, next time I have to visit an emergency room, I'll have to try to remember to have pizza or chinese delivered for the staff. Those people work incredibly hard and put up with some serious s..tuff.

Rapscallion

08-10-2007, 02:34 PM

I had to stop on the fourth. I've bookmarked that for later.

Rapscallion

Sehson

08-10-2007, 03:58 PM

I forwarded it wo my wife. Whom used to work for a company that handled emergency room billing... Shee forwarded it on to several others that work in the medical field.

Farler

08-10-2007, 06:11 PM

Watching M*A*S*H* as an adult, it amazes me how much of it I didn't get as a kid. And it's even funnier and more thought provoking now that I DO get a lot of the stuff I missed then.
That happens with nearly everything you watched as a kid. Actually after only a few years I get jokes in family guy that I didn't before.

Crazeyal

08-10-2007, 07:24 PM

The opposite is true, unfortunately. Things you thought ROCKED when you were a kid.. really sucked. Sometimes ABYSMALLY...

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 12:58 AM

Fairly Odd Parents and Angry Beavers will ALWAYS rock!

Mike Taylor

08-11-2007, 01:34 AM

Fairly Odd Parents and Angry Beavers will ALWAYS rock!

Just I like thought Thundercats, G.I. Joe, and the old Transformers cartoons would always rock. Let about a decade get between you and when you watched those shows. Some things stand the test of time, like most of the old Warner Brothers cartoons, others just become an exercise in torture unless you're loaded up on booze.

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 01:36 AM

Yeah... but they are actually made with adults AND kids in mind. There was a period of about 20- 25 friggen years where all cartoons (not all animation) just suhuuuuucked. All of the 70's cartoons were half animated, the 80's teetered between suck and blow, and then there are the abominations on Cartoon Network!!!

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 01:38 AM

Nah.. GI Joe was okay.. but it varied on how many toys they were selling. If the numbers went off, the show went straight to vehicle display and DON'T get me started on the &#$#ing movies...

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 01:38 AM

Funny thing about Thundercats is that it actually got BETTER towards the end!

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 01:55 AM

Invader Zim is also great

Big Otis Landfish

08-11-2007, 02:40 AM

Plunder, ya gotta remember that when the Simpsons came out, adults wouldn't watch it because it was a cartoon (and I knew kids that weren't allowed to watch it because it was a 'bad influence').

Age-nonspecific cartoons are a newfangled concept, with a few exceptions, so lots of the new stuff will hold up much better over time.

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 02:44 AM

*glee*

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 02:50 AM

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 02:53 AM

Id say it is a new thing, then again Id say human flight is a new thing

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 02:54 AM

uh.. to you, EVERYTHING'S NEW!!! Yer FOUR!!!:lol:

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 02:57 AM

A clown looks upon everything for the first time.

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 03:04 AM

http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/baby-ronald.preview.jpg

Big Otis Landfish

08-11-2007, 04:15 AM

UH...

It's NOT a new thing. The origional Warner Brothers cartoons sported full orchestras. The Flinstones were a prime time show! It simply got profitable to market cartoons to children because of toy marketing and then prduction costs SOARED. Kids accept schlock a helluva lot easier than adults do (although that STILL doesn't explain G4tv!!)

Weeeeell.... aside from dating myself (yah, 80's kid, I got fully assaulted with the merchandising crap - nearly every cartoon I remember besides the classics was a straight merch pitch), I was kicking about whether to disclaimer the Flintstones or not, because when it was released it was pitched more towards adults than kids, and I'm not sure how the Jetsons compared. By the time I saw either, the shows were in reruns and had lost any former adult following, and the Simpsons really kicked off a renaissance in adult toons. My dad would never watch it, simply because it was animated (funny, because I would think it's right up his alley humour-wise).

Besides, those programs (FS etc) were before the days of multiple TVs, so if you wanted to get mass viewership, you had to appeal to the entire family - some of the Flintstones was over kid's heads, but there was nothing 'unsafe' that I recall. There are now plenty of toons now you wouldn't let your kids watch, and some that I'm not sure some adults should watch, either.

Full orchestras on the WB cartoons don't necessarily indicate that they were targeted at adults, although cartoons originated as theatrical shorts and likely had popularity with adults as well as children. I DO give WB immense respect for giving children of even my generation some of their earliest exposure to classical music. Bugs et al are timeless classics, true cultural treasures.

Mike Taylor

08-11-2007, 04:26 AM

RazorJAK

08-11-2007, 04:49 AM

Age-nonspecific cartoons are a newfangled concept, with a few exceptions, so lots of the new stuff will hold up much better over time.

*blinks*

Otis, do we REALLY have to give you a history lesson in cartoons?

The whole "We're making cartoons for *gasp* adults!" is hardly a new-fangled concept. If anything, we're going through a renaissance of sorts here in the west. Coming back to an age before cartoons were sanitized for your child's protection.

Unfortunately, that revival which has given us some great entertainment which doesn't make our brains seep from our skull has also brought us shit like 12 oz Mouse and Tom Goes to the Mayor. So we have to take the bad with the good.

RazorJAK

08-11-2007, 04:54 AM

There's a little-known Hanna-Barbera cartoon out on DVD now called Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home. If I'm not mistaken, it ran on prime time in the late sixties to early seventies. Cartoon Network used to run it late at night, before Adult Swim officially launched. It's a little bit dated in terms of animation, but it's quite good.

It airs on BOOMARANG ( Another CARTOON NETWORK concept which was great when it started but has quickly become IDIOTIC. I mean ... FUCK! Does anyone think of "A Pup Named Scooby-Doo" or "Dexter's Laboratory" as OLD cartoons? )

Leffy

08-11-2007, 05:08 AM

actually because of todays standards theres ALOT of classics, like flintstones, where they've edited it to hell and back. there was even a line of commercials featuring the flintstones during the show, that will never be aired to our children, where they advertised winston ciggarettes. the most frequently seen of this series is between barney and fred, but theres one between betty and wilma as well.

RazorJAK

08-11-2007, 05:15 AM

Don't get me started.

I wish I still had my copies of WB cartoons you'll NEVER see in the states ever again ...

ie Inky and the Minah bird cartoons, any of the Bugs Bunny cartoons which dealt with Africa or Australia, Hell, last I heard they've even stopped showing Heckle & Jeckle due to being Non-PC.

I'm scared of digitizing my copy of "Song of the South" I don't know if it can handle one more viewing without snapping.

Leffy

08-11-2007, 05:19 AM

i MISS heckle and jeckle. until i was 12 years old i refused to sleep without my jeckle doll. that thing was ratty tattered and no matter how often my mother washed it smelled faintly of milk and sweet tea.

anyone finds anyone who has heckle and jeckle toons in any format let me know?

Mike Taylor

08-11-2007, 05:26 AM

Filmation had the rights to Heckle & Jeckle as well as Mighty Mouse during the 1980s. With everything from their vaults getting rereleased (He-man, Flash Gordon, The Archies, etc.) I wouldn't be surprised if those old toons popped up again.

Big Otis Landfish

08-11-2007, 05:41 AM

*blinks*

Otis, do we REALLY have to give you a history lesson in cartoons?

The whole "We're making cartoons for *gasp* adults!" is hardly a new-fangled concept. If anything, we're going through a renaissance of sorts here in the west. Coming back to an age before cartoons were sanitized for your child's protection.

See above. I think I even got the r-word in there. After prompting by CA. :D

Still, man... when the names being flung about as not holding up were all 80's era (which I was at the prime age for), and considering I was talking to young'uns who were rugrats when Rugrats came out, can you blame me for skipping the 1910's through the 1960's? Amazingly, if you count 70's reruns, I've been exposed to nearly half of animation history, though I've fallen off the wagon a bit lately (no cable. LOTS of Spongebob on DVD - we raid the kiddie section at the library).

Actually, I was doing a mental rundown of the mainstay Saturday Morning 'toons from when I was a kid, and trying to sort out what wasn't reruns, movie/live action spinoffs, or straight-merch. I'm drawing a blank. The majority were straigh-merch, and the three that I could think of that weren't are Beetlejuice, Real Ghostbusters, and Muppet Babies (spinoffs). I've got so many bloody jingles from that era lodged in my brain as well....

Crazeyal

08-11-2007, 05:58 AM

If ANYONE thinks that there haven't been cartoons for adults in the last few decades, all I have to do is say one word.

FREAKAZOID!

RazorJAK

08-11-2007, 06:00 AM

...

Scream

...

garfalk

08-11-2007, 06:09 AM

hooray for being raised by a talking parrot computer program. not tv.

reo01

08-11-2007, 09:19 AM

http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/baby-ronald.preview.jpg

Holy fricken hell man! Warn a chick before ya put somethin like that out there!!! :d8o:

Plunder Down-Under

08-11-2007, 12:31 PM

Whats wrong with it? Its a cute little clown baby... coming to devour you soul!

Rapscallion

08-11-2007, 01:33 PM

Holy fricken hell man! Warn a chick before ya put somethin like that in there!!! :d8o:

Improved the post for you.

Rapscallion

Leffy

08-11-2007, 03:00 PM

and the line from one of my favorite songs in the world flies through my head: "And you got clown make-up smeared
On your inner thighs!"

*lyrics provided by Twiztid feat. ICP-- Spin the Bottle

Big Otis Landfish

08-11-2007, 04:09 PM

Also reminds me of this....

http://www.kronkltd.net/images/mcdonaldsfeed.jpg

Leffy

08-11-2007, 04:19 PM

.... i know first hand that thrush can be transfered to mommy when breastfeeding.... but damn someone needs to learn how to take better care of themselves. thats more then excess yeast there.

Farler

08-11-2007, 08:23 PM

Please can we never mention 12oz mouse or tom goes to the mayor again?

Id prefer to think that those simply do not exist, they are so horrid. How does that shit stay on the air and things like clone high and undergrads get cancelled after 1 season. They weren't the best but they were certainly better then the rest.

Actually I know why clone high got canned, and frankly I think ghandi probably wouldn't have had a problem with it... but ghandi is dead and now you have to deal with his followers, just like jesus.

RazorJAK

08-11-2007, 08:59 PM

Not only does Douchenozzle goes to the Fuckstick actually exist, the powers that be in Atlanta actually gave those asshats ANOTHER show.

Sometimes I think a good Dragon*Con event would be to storm the Adult Swim headquarters and beat the idiots in charge within an inch of their soulless lives.

reo01

08-12-2007, 12:31 PM

Methinks I don't wanna know what these crappy cartoons are you're describing...

Crazeyal

08-12-2007, 02:02 PM

It's not a cartoon. It's photography put through a lousy "find edges" filter and then made to look like chalk. It looks REALLY crappy, is written like a two year old had a bad day, diarrhea, and blunt force trauma while creating it!

garfalk

08-13-2007, 12:27 AM

Sometimes I think a good Dragon*Con event would be to storm the Adult Swim headquarters and beat the idiots in charge within an inch of their soulless lives.

ill help.

reo01

08-13-2007, 10:00 AM

Finally got round to reading the thread referred to in the title, Things I've learned from My Patients. What I'd like to know is- Who are these people, and what are they doing on my planet??? :skull:

RazorJAK

08-13-2007, 10:12 AM

I ask myself that every night at work.

Dear gods! You would not believe some of the stupid questions I get asked.

"How much are the free concerts at the bar?"

"Is this the entrance or exit?"

and ... not a question ... a statement made after I mentioned that if the guest should read the "Closed for Repair" sign that he tried to move in order to get to the door of an area we had closed.

"I came here to gamble, not read!"

... HOW THE FUCK DO THESE PEOPLE REMEMBER TO BREATHE? ...

... AND WHY THE FUCK DON'T THEY FORGET? ...

Sehson

08-13-2007, 01:25 PM

Just remember Jak, these people are not only still breathing but sadly enough the are also fucking like rabbits and breading as well.

Ecchi_Kitty

08-13-2007, 02:13 PM

If only we could either make stupidity painful, or make breeding a complex process. Or at least an involved process your couldn't accomplish without forethought... solve so many problems. Not only with stopping stupid people from breeding, but also cut way back on the number of unwanted children.

Leffy

08-13-2007, 04:07 PM

i STILL don't understand the whole "unwanted children" deal. ok yeah i can see if from the guys side, you did your duty biologically and technically all consequences have left your hands. its your choice whether to stay or go.
but from the mother's side, WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING FUCKING IF YOU DON'T WANT WHAT IT DOES? seriously! i don't personally condone abortion for myself, but fucking hell people if you don't want it they've got options! hospitals, fire stations, police stations ALL ACCEPT INFANTS NO QUESTIONS. you're ashamed you can't care for a child? then one of these routes cause frankly i'd rather just be known as a self admitted bad mother, then as a murderer.

Ruestir

08-13-2007, 06:49 PM

Also reminds me of this....

http://www.kronkltd.net/images/mcdonaldsfeed.jpg

You know, for the 10 seconds or so that it took my brain to realize that it was a sesame bun and not a boob with God knows what growing on it, I almost wretched.

Leffy

08-13-2007, 06:56 PM

again. i had the same moment. all i could think was that DAMN someone needs to learn how to treat thrush. badly.

Mike Taylor

08-13-2007, 07:24 PM

Just remember Jak, these people are not only still breathing but sadly enough the are also fucking like rabbits and breading as well.

Which means their babies look like this!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c61/anastasthetraveler/Bread1.jpg

reo01

08-17-2007, 11:35 AM

:blinks:
It's a bread orgy!

Death Dragon2

08-18-2007, 11:36 AM

You know, for the 10 seconds or so that it took my brain to realize that it was a sesame bun and not a boob with God knows what growing on it, I almost wretched.
Yes. Everytime I see it I'm like "WTF is wrong with that woman's tit?!"
Also, Mike Taylor's response was awesome. But this makes more sense-
http://www.timfishbreading.com/images/label_new_trans.gif
Looks better on a white BG.