I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

PattyS

Bren....glad your headache is gone. I know what you mean about the next day hangover. Glad you are feeling better.

Blue......sorry that you now have a headache. Hope it doesn't last too long.

Rosemary....your joke was cute! I can never remember jokes to pass them on. Not even the simple ones.

Bren-2007

Blue .. hope you are feeling okay today.  I'm glad you are able to rest.  Those tweaking appointments must be exhausting for you.

I just talked to my cousin with the pancreatic cancer.  It's a small tumor, but it is involves the liver and small colon.  She's got to have an endoscopy to see if it has spread to stomach, etc.  She then has to meet with a surgeon to see if he can remove the tumor.  The closest qualified surgeon is five hours away in Portland from where she lives. My heart just goes out to her .. we are so close.  I wish I wasn't so far away from her.  She said what's getting her through right now is denial and sleep.  Her son, who is about the same age as my son, is really struggling right now.  My family is the only family he has.  He's been taking her to all her appointments, so that's good.

Mr. Tim will be home soon .. yippee .. he's been gone a long time this trip.

Better get cleaned up.

hugs,

Bren

1Athena1

Bren, I am so sorry to hear about your cousin! A big hello from me to Mr. Tim. He should know that he has lots of fans here on BCO even though most of us have never met him.

BarbaraA

Sorry to Blue with Bren's headache. Bren I have two emergency Imitex that I am hoarding. I get cluster headaches and man oh man when I get them every 3-4 years, they are terrible. Literally 3-4 per day for three months then they taper off.

Rosemary, my DH tells me I have no sense of humor and I think he is right because I don't get it. Sigh, all I want for Christmas is a sense of humor.

BarbaraA

Bren we cross-posted. So sorry about your cousin. Sending healing vibes.

Bren-2007

Barbara .. those cluster headaches are a bear.  I'm sorry you have to get them, even infrequently.  Makes you want to chop your head clean off!

Athena .. I'll say 'hi' to Tim for you .. he'll get a kick out of it!

Bren

AnnNYC

Barbara -- oh, I feel for you with those cluster headaches -- my 27-year-old son gets them, less frequently now (knock on wood) than a few years ago, but they are obviously total torture and recur over so many days.  A great thing about the internet is how it brings together people who have "rare" conditions -- in the "old days" even 10 years ago, many doctors had never seen someone with cluster headaches.  We found a patient group online called OUCH -- Organization for Understanding Cluster Headaches -- that has been very helpful!

BarbaraA

I belong to that also. My stupid insurance company will only pay for 3 Imitrex a week and I need 3 a day for at least a month. So in the 3 omnths I have them I spend about 2K on the pills. OUCH is right.

kad2kar

Hi.....Girls stop with the headches! I used to get migraine and cluster headaches starting at age 16 after years of eye checkups,old-fashion dr telling me to analyze,hospital stays,shrinks, and headache clinics,diaries,etc. etc.,A new GP decided I had a chemical imbalance and was basically allergic to myself. He started me on Histamine shots,gradually upped the dose and then gradually lowered the dose. Of course, this took several years but after suffering from 1963 to about mid80's early 90's it was a VERY WELCOME RELIEF not to have them. Pounding my head against the wall,tying a scarf tightly around my head just above my eyes ,like a hippie headband, sometimes helped a little. Lilly pharmaceutical  used to make HISTAMINE not the ANTIHISAMINE. Imitrex never worked for me. I know most people will say put ice on your neck, put heat,do this do that,but to no avail. I could have several different headches at the same timeand be able to catagorize them.  I sincerely wish you all get relief from this headaches. Have a good day and rest easy.

crazy4carrots

My sister (who walks 5 miles a day) just sent this to me:

Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month. My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60. Now he's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell he is. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing... I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there. Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate. The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, she looks good doesn't she.' If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country. I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years,...... just getting over the hill. We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. AND Every time I start thinking too much about how I look, I just find a Happy Hour and by the time I leave, I look just fine.

  

1Athena1

LOL!!

($400 - wish my club were that cheap!)

kira1234

What a hoot. Love it.

rosemary-b

Barbara

Re my joke: Don't think cocktail bar

More bad jokes:

Why don't they send donkeys to college?

Because nobody likes a smart ass.

(For the easily offended, that refers to the donkey not a ...um...butt)

And one that had me scratching my head:

Why did the fox cross the road?

Because it was stapled to the chicken.

1Athena1

In the annals of bad jokes, this surely takes the prize (more so because I think I'm botching it spectacularly):

A mushroom walks into a bar. Someone tries to pick her up. She tells him to beat it. He says "Why? I'm a fun guy?"

(Mushroom - fun-gi)

crazy4carrots

This one is attributed to Al Pacino:

"A skeleton walks into a bar, orders a drink.......and a mop." 

rosemary-b

A piece of string walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says,"We don't sevre your kind here. The string walks outside, twists himself around and rubs himself against the wall until he has that rugged appearence women love. He goes back in and the bartender says "Aren't you that string I just kicked out?" and the string says, "No I'm a frayed knot."

bluedahlia

In a college writing class, the students were instructed to
write a short story in as few words as possible in which
they addressed Religion, Sexuality, and Mystery.

The most concise story which met all three requirements was
written by a girl who received an A+. She had written:

Good God, I'm pregnant, I wonder who did it

BarbaraA

Groan, those I got.

bluedahlia

A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "Sorry, sir, but you're only allowed one seat."

The man groaned but didn't budge. The usher became impatient.

"Sir, if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to call the manager."

Again, the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned and marched briskly back up the aisle in search of his manager. In a few moments, both the usher and the manager returned and stood over the man.

Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move him, but with no success. Finally, they summoned the police.

The cop surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy, what's our name?"

"Sam," the man moaned.

"Where ya from, Sam?"

With pain in his voice Sam replied "the balcony."

rosemary-b

Oh Blue, those are good.

bluedahlia

So were all the others I've read.  I have pages of them saved.

bluedahlia

OK last one for today.......

An 80 year old couple were having problems remembering things, so
they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure
nothing was wrong with them.
When they arrived at the doctor's, they explained to the doctor
about the problems they were having with their memory. After
checking the couple out, the doctor tells them that they were
physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make
notes to help them remember things.
The couple thanked the doctor and left.Later that night while
watching TV, the old man got up from his chair and his wife asks,
"Where are you going?"
He replies, "To the kitchen."She asks, "Will you get me a bowl of
ice cream?"
He replies, "Sure." She then asks him, "Don't you think you should
write it down so you can remember it?"
He says, "No, I can remember that." She then says, "Well I also
would like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down
cause I know you'll forget that."
He says, "I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with
strawberries." She replies, "Well I also would like whip cream on
top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down."
With irritation in his voice, he says, "I don't need to write that
down I can remember that." He then fumes into the kitchen. After
about 20 minutes he returns from the kitchen and hands her a plate
of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment and says,
"You forgot my toast."
 

1Athena1

Excellent!

BarbaraA

Loved those. Maybe hanging with Dh has helped me grow a bit of a sense of humor. I am the easiest person to play a practical joke on because I am really clueless.

I am smart about computers and software but clueless about people.

PattyS

Funny, loved the jokes. Wish I had one to tell. The only one I remember would probably get me reported if I posted it.

suzieq60

People at work will wonder why I'm laughing out loud to my computer

sewingnut

You guys are breath of fresh air after an extremely long day at work. Loved all the jokes!!

1Athena1

Having baked beans and coleslaw tonight - how Americana. With red wine.

Apparently the first line of this post is code for....something. I'd love to know myself.

Blue, I'm being chased by pink lobsters again!! 

sewingnut

Better put on your tin foil hat....

1Athena1

Done!