Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Words

Mrs. Semantics is a nice lady with carpal tunnel syndrome. She's trying to avoid surgery, so is wearing a pair of wrist braces.

Unfortunately, she doesn't call them braces, or splints, or supports.

She calls them cuffs.

Which leads to some entertaining quotes.


"You get odd looks wearing cuffs in public."

"I feel better when I wake up in cuffs."

"My husband put me in the cuffs last night."

8 comments:

Moose said...

When I spent a few years in and out of the hospital, I used to refer to it as "being incarcerated."

"They're putting me back inside again." "I've been incarcerated for this stupid infection."

Also, I have a mobility scooter. It's made on a heavy duty aluminum frame. I call it the Dune Buggy.

Unknown said...

Well, at least this patient is adhering to what you recommend to manage her problem - and not asking for more pain meds or demanding an immediate medical or surgical cure!
Wonder what one of your psychiatrist colleagues might say regarding her word choice?

or maybe she is hinting at a market need that is waiting to be filled....maybe a lucrative sideline to help with college costs....

clairesmum

Ms. Donna said...

Or Mrs. S has a sense of humor and a sly way with word play.

Anonymous said...

When I was 12 I had a paper route that included a local nursing home. One day, and I will never forget this, an elderly lady stopped me because she wanted to start receiving the paper. She informed me that, starting the next week, should would be an inmate of the nursing home...

Anonymous said...

"I work at an investment bank. I'm in bondage."

Anonymous said...

Or, as it used to say on tee-shirts of aspiring pharmacy students ... dealing ... .

Javahead said...

Our older daughter is a pharmacist. All through school she used to cheerfully tell people who asked about her major "I'm studying to be a drug dealer!"

Though after a few years of seeing people trying scams to get more of the "fun" drugs, she doesn't think it's quite so funny . . . and depressingly accurate.

Anonymous said...

I can see where she is coming from. I refer being forced to wear my leg braces as being bound to someone. They get it.

You gotta have a sense of humor about it or you'll go nuts...

 
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