FORKNI-L
Digest - 23 Jun 2007 to 24 Jun 2007 (#2007-83)
Sun, 24 Jun 2007
There are 4 messages totalling 136 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Episode Discussion: Dead Issue (3)
2. Today's Birthday: June 24
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:35:49 -0700
From: Megan Hull <mistrydder@y.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Dead Issue
When you work with this stuff on a daily basis, it loses it's 'eww' factor,
LOL. I worked in a hospital for years, and we often used (clean, disposable)
bedpans to hold popcorn, or (same) urine measuring cylinders as water jugs. I
imagine Natalie and Grace were pretty inured to the whole idea.
-Megan
Roxana Elizondo <roxeliz@h.......> wrote:
This really cracks me up how Natalie has complete disregard for the eww
factor in others.
"Eternal nights too short,
How quickly melt away,
With all the love we shared once,
Forever in a Day."
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:33:35 -0400
From: Deborah Hymon <debh@e.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Dead Issue
I agree with Megan, and didn't find it that unusual for Natalie and Grace to
use medical instruments for eating. Anyone who works in a morgue has seen it
all, and becomes very immune to what would make the general public
squeamish. Trust me, you just don't think about the environment being yucky.
I managed an O.R./Central Supply for a military hospital. The stories I
could tell you! Emesis basins make excellent salad and soup bowls. Forceps
are great for eating spaghetti and noodles. We actually used large speculums
(female exam instrument) to serve pasta salad at a hospital pot luck.
Remember, the autoclaves (the hot steam machines used to sterilize the
instruments) are more powerful than regular dishwashers. I had rather eat
from autoclaved medical equipment than dishes washed at a restaurant.
My husband who is a physician and I cracked up when we originally saw the FK
episode with this scene because it was sooooo true to real life. Most people
who work in the medical/dental profession get very immune to the ewww
factor; weak stomachs need not apply. <LOL> A little off-note, working at a
military hospital in the late 70's was so "MASH" like. That TV show wasn't
that far off beat!
Deborah
DeborahAHymon.com
on 6/23/07 10:35 PM, Megan Hull at mistrydder@y....... wrote:
> When you work with this stuff on a daily basis, it loses it's 'eww' factor,
> LOL. > Roxana Elizondo <roxeliz@h.......> wrote:
> This really cracks me up how Natalie has complete disregard for the eww
> factor in others.
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:57:57 -0500
From: eowyn23@j.......
Subject: Today's Birthday: June 24
Hi Y'all!
Today is Museum Comes To Life Day and the Birthday of: Micki
mickilyn@i.......
You may send birthday greetings to Micki at the above email address.
Please NOT to the list!
Others who share this birthday:
Mick Fleetwood, Rock & Roll Singer
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Eleuthere I. du Pont, Manufacturer
Chief Dan George, Movie Actor
Michele Lee, Actress
Significant events on this date:
451, A.D., 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1509, Henry VIII is crowned king of England.
1901, The first exhibition by the 19-year-old Pablo Picasso opened in
Paris to high critical acclaim.
1963, The first demonstration of home video recorder at BBC Studios in
London.
I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, Micki!
If you would like to be added to the birthday announcements, please send
your name, birthdate (no year needed) and email address to me,
eowyn23@j......., privately, and I'll be glad to add you.
Terri
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:19:28 -0700
From: cindy clark <badwolf15895@s.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Dead Issue
As a Lab tech, I agree with Megan and Debbie. A variety of medical instruments
can serve double duty at a pot-luck or lunch between co-workers, and what we
consider normal meal time conversation will make most people leave their meals
and walk away. Sometimes, when we go out as a group, we have to make an effort
to remember where we're at.
At one practice where I worked, we got a new administrator over the lab, who
was completely clueless about the operation of the lab. She looked at everything
from an admistrative point of view, which doesn't always work well in a lab
environment. So, we invited her to a lab pot-luck, and gave her the royal "ick"
treatment. When she left early, our supervisor accused us of being cruel, and
of course we just gave her the innocent childrebn look and continued our meal.
I can very easily see Nat and Grace applying the same methods to a similar
sittuation.
Most people have minds like concrete: mixed up or permanently set.
----- Original Message ----
From: Deborah Hymon <debh@e.......>
To: FORKNI-L@l.......
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 11:33:35 PM
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Dead Issue
I agree with Megan, and didn't find it that unusual for Natalie and Grace to
use medical instruments for eating. Anyone who works in a morgue has seen it
all, and becomes very immune to what would make the general public
squeamish. Trust me, you just don't think about the environment being yucky.
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End of FORKNI-L Digest - 23 Jun 2007 to 24 Jun 2007 (#2007-83)
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