Emergency

"Payne"*

*While working as a Navy nurse in a military
hospital's emergency room, I was required
to introduce myself by my rank and full name.

I usually refer to myself as Ensign Mike Payne,
but one busy day I rushed into a patient's room
and blurted, "Hi, I'm Ensign Payne."

"Hi," the patient responded. "I'm in some pain too."

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"Emergency"*

*During court one day, the judge quietly passed
the clerk a note reading: "Blind on right side,
may be falling. Please call someone."

Understandably alarmed, the clerk called for help
before whispering to the judge that paramedics
were on their way.

Puzzled, the judge pointed to a sagging Venetian
blind on the right side of the room and explained,
"I was thinking maybe someone from maintenance!"
Received on Tue Jan 18 09:12:42 2011