LOL...You make me laugh.



"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> I'm thinking an omelet with ham and mushroom. I spent 5 hours at a
> hospital with my son's girlfriend, sitting in a hard chair and not a scrap
> of food since 7 am until 3pm. Interesting to hear the conversations from
> the different cubicles. It seems you don't ask anyone if they have voided
> or used their bowels anymore. Its "can you wee in this container for me?"
> or "have you done a poo today?" I heard more poo, wee stories today than I
> have since my kids were babies. The old dear in the next cubicle obviously
> had dementia. About every 3 minutes she would call out "yoohoo! nurse! I
> need to wee, dear". The nurse would go in and say you have a catheter in
> and it is working nicely... The fun began when the nurse went on lunch
> break and two other women who didn't even look like nurses took over. The
> little voice called out "nurse! I need a pan dear!" One nurse decided she
> couldn't get the pan under her (while my son's GF and myself were
> wondering when she would realise the woman was catheterised..) so she
> calls for help and they drag in a commode chair. Then came the moment of
> enlightenment I think the old lady had a lucid moment at one point
> because after calling out to the nurse because she needed to wee (and not
> getting an immediate answer) she called out that she needed to vomit
> Three nurses and a little old lady chuckle later.... Oh, and out of one
> cubicle I heard a nurse say to the guy in there, "can you tell me why you
> are breathing so fast?". I thought ok, isn't that the medical staff's job
> to find that out? He had swollen feet, chest pains and a funny cough. I
> suppose self diagnosis was always on the cards. So, that's why I don't
> want to cook tonight.... Actually a can of baked beans is looking good.
> I arrived home at 3 just as one son was heading out the door to work and I
> found 5 empty tuna cans on the bench so I'm guessing I am not having tuna.
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I LOVE French onion soup. I used to make it but nobody in the house
>> likes it and it's too much work for one bowl. I also haven't seen it
>> listed at any of the restaurants we dine at. So I was happy to find some
>> at Safeway in the frozen section. Two servings per box. It comes formed
>> in a shape that is meant for a proper baked soup bowl which I do not
>> have. So I put it in a big coffee mug. I heated it in the microwave but
>> it said if you do this the cheese would all melt into the soup. Not a
>> problem because the way I used to make mine was like this. I didn't heat
>> it in the oven. It did say you could put some more cheese on top which I
>> did. I used Asiago because I had no Gruyere. It's very good! Very
>> rich.
>>
>> Also picked up a little package of steamed baby beets. I cut them up and
>> mixed them with Feta, walnuts and black pepper. Nobody else in the house
>> like beets either!
>>
>> Also had a few bites of leftover baked beans. Yum!
>>
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