I think I've told you before that I keep a list of what we call probation diseases. There are all sorts of medical terms that our people don't quite get exactly right. We've had people who had "lollipops" in their colon or who were suffering from "amonia". One of my all time favorites is the grandmother who called in one day to say Johnny wouldn't be at community service because he was in the hospital. He'd just had a "peace treaty" put in his heart.
Sometimes they get phrases wrong as well.
Rose told me about a lady who came in to report this week. She is having a tough time dealing with her son. She's at her wits end. He has discovered the temper tantrum and likes to throw himself on the floor and "scream bloody mary".
Sometimes I scream "margarita!"
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Lol, we have people at work who say stuff wrong all the time, but after all they are MHMR. Maybe you should get some of your people tested.
I'll scream "Margarita" right along with you. Which reminds me, Ginger went out for Mexican food while she was in Birmingham and the mariachi band played "Sweet Home Alabama."
Peace,
Milton
If I drank I'd scream Margarita with you.
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Kind of reminds me of the time I was working in a sporting goods store and we had a grandmother calling about an athletic supporter for her grandson who was playing football, only she could not remember what it was called, and she embarrassed to be asking about it. She hemmed and hawed around about what she wanted and finally said, "you know, one of them things to protect his little vagina balls." I had to immediately put the poor woman on hold while I regained my composure. It was not easy after that....
I'm with you. I'd much rather scream margarita or even SALTY DOG!!!
or - GIIINNNN GIIIIMMLETTT!!!!!
hahhaaaaaa! thanks for the laff
I, too, would scream "margarita," though a Bloody Mary would be very nice right about now. Breakfast drinks like those are some of my faves.
Or perhaps I'll just scream "Vagina balls!" just to see what everyone around me in the sporting-goods section at Wal-Mart does.
Oh man, y'all are all funny! I'm thinking we'll have to put "vagina balls" on a t-shirt or an off-broadway play, or something. There has GOT to be a use for that one!
During my (very brief) career as a social worker, we used to love the ones who called in to say they were "under the doctor."
My counseling prof once said that during a session with a married couple, the husband made the comment, that when they were married, his wife's 'hyphen' was intact.
My prof said is was all he could do to not ask, 'did you check her semi-colon, too?'
I scream for ice cream!
laughing ...
Rach your blog is SO good for me!
Kind of reminds me of back in the day when people would ask if we "install" IUD's at our clinic, or if we do Pabst Schmears.
I also remember being told that a patient was suffering from "that one vulnerable disease that sounds like a flower"
I think she meant chlamydia. Either that or she had daisies growing in her lady bits.
hee hee
Heh!
Daisies in the lady bits!
he he he he.
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