Wooden legs

bap · Post by **bap** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:53 pm

I appear to have gone against the grain - sorry that was a bit limp. There, that should satisfy the 'wooden' and the 'leg' references!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:57 pm

And the thread lumbers on.....

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:59 pm

Julian will TWIG something is up in this thread soon...

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:07 pm

Oooh, it's a laurel laffs here...

bap · Post by **bap** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:16 pm

I'm surprised there have been no COPSE references....

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:20 pm

No, we're all too thicket for that.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:22 pm

Do you like the way we're managing to spinney this out, though?

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:37 am

You two are just trying to BAMBOOzle me !

Post by **jtaylor** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:20 am

I'm just checking out the lay of the land as I see it....

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:24 am

J.R. wrote:You two are just trying to BAMBOOzle me !

Redwood seem to be your favourite colour today, J.R.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:26 am

jtaylor wrote:I'm just checking out the lay of the land as I see it....

You can't palm that one off on us, Julian. Like Nelson, you're missing an 'i'.....

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:51 pm

This is getting so silly, I can't CEDAR wood for the TREES !

Post by **jtaylor** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 6:27 pm

Perhaps we need someone else at the elm?

J

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:50 pm

bap wrote:I'm surprised there have been no COPSE references....

Well, JR was in the copse I think - but it's a real jungle out there now

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:04 am

englishangel wrote:I think nowadays it is sometimes difficult to tell if someone has a lower limb prosthesis. There is even a paratrooper with two. Lady McCartney has one, well several for different occasions I understand.

As a nurse, when you prepare someone for an operation you have to remove all prostheses, "false teeth, glass eyes, wooden legs" just about covers it.

I have been surprised several times by legs being handed to me.

Very few false teeth nowadays, the odd bridge from rugby players.

Glass eyes are my nightmare. I have only fainted once, when a glass eye was plopped into my hand after asking a patient if he had any "false teeth, glass eyes......etc". Most embarrassing.

Mary LOL!!!! While i was nursing i had 2 main chores that no one else wanted..

shaving men's faces
and inserting or removing contact lenses!

RR I did once use a cut blade, but it was usually done with the patients own stuff, although I can't say I didn't enjoy the fluffing up of the lather to put on their faces.... refused to do any other places. and these days - not even contact lenses!