Quoth crazylegs
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Pretty much everywhere has a policy of not going after thieves. Yes, stolen property makes the unstolen property more expensive. But stolen property has nothing on medical/funeral bills for expense and being a drain on society.
The mouth of any meat-eater is going to be teeming with bacteria that will cause infection. That's why cat bites can be pretty nasty.
As for diabetics, if they keep their sugar levels under control, their circulation is as good as the rest of us. Unfortunately, a lot of diabetics are either in denial or just don't have the willpower to manage their diabetes (I know one Type 1 who decided to go full denial and he was nearly fully blind and losing use of his legs at 24). It's usually the Type 2s that have the greater problem, since they tend to have irregular insulin production, so they have to test more regularly to keep their levels in check.
One of my coworkers is a Type 2 who doesn't really control his sugar levels, and he had a sore on his foot he didn't take care of. He got lucky and only had to have one toe amputated, but he was out of work for 2 months and has a week-long hospital visit and surgery to pay for.
Maggots are the best way to deal with necrotized flesh. They won't eat healthy flesh, so they can stop the decay from spreading. Even so, the idea does have an extremely high squick factor.
As for burns & aloe: my brother once dumped a pot pie straight out of the oven onto his arm. We aloe'd it up good (fresh leaf) and it didn't even scar. Much more recently, I dumped a quart of very hot egg drop soup in my lap. It splashed over one forearm, down part of my chest, over the right side of my abdomen, and a bit on my right hip. Man, I shimmied out of what I was wearing in a flash. It blistered up something distressing, but it wasn't quite 3rd degree, and aloe (mostly fresh leaf, augmented with a high aloe skin care product) made it heal pretty quickly, and leave almost no scar.
^-.-^Last edited by Andara Bledin; 03-04-2008, 03:16 AM.Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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True Story
My Mother was told this story when she started her first retail job.
Manager of store see's guy walk out with 6 pack of beer. Manager follows guy outside and THROWS HIMSELF ON THE HOOD OF THE THIEF'S TRUCK!!! Over a 6pack of beer! Unfortunatly the store was next to a highway.....
The thief drives onto the Highway, with the manager still on the hood. Manager falls off of hood onto Highway and dies. OVER A 6 PACK OF BEER!!! Ye Gods what a waste!Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Quoth Seshat View PostThere are tricks hospitals can do to attempt to remove gangrene before it spreads too far - but some of them are really ewww. One of the most effective involves maggots. Raised specifically for the purpose, but still - ewww.
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Quoth Jester View PostPerhaps not, but there are many aloe solutions, including creams, that are absolutely awesome for sunburns and skin irritations. We have an aloe store down here that sells magic, as far as I'm concerned. And trust me when I say that in the tropics, there are a lot of people that get burns......"Respect: to admit that something one may not enjoy or prefer might still have great value." ~L. Munoa
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I'm really not trying to be insensitive, but I just keep wondering how he is going to explain the injury. I can see the conversation going something like this...
"So, what happened to your leg?"
"Oh, I got bit by a drag queen."
Am I the only one who finds that totally hilarious?
In all fairness I did have an aunt go through almost the same thing (almost losing her leg from gangrene after a bite, because of her diabetes) except in her case she was bitten by a zebra.
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Quoth jacxnomore View PostI just keep wondering how he is going to explain the injury.
"Oh, I got bit by a drag queen."
In all fairness I did have an aunt go through almost the same thing (almost losing her leg from gangrene after a bite, because of her diabetes) except in her case she was bitten by a zebra.
2. How in the bleepity bleep did your aunt get herself bitten by a zebra?!?!?!
Quoth BeckySunshine View PostWhat if it was, say, Bad Frog Beer?
"The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is Still A Customer."
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Well Jester, I guess that she has a friend that has some kind of animal rescue reserve that is home to the zebra. So she got bitten by a zebra in the wilds of southern California. Not as exciting as being bitten by a zebra in the wilds of Zimbabwe or someplace really interesting, but if you are going to be bitten by something a zebra is pretty cool.
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Quoth Jester View PostCan't comment. Seeing as I have never tried Bad Frog Beer.Unseen but seeing
oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
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Quoth BeckySunshine View PostHmmmmmmmmmmm. I wonder if it's still available.The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
"Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
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Hey this story actualy helped me today! We keep getting hit by this gang of shoplifters and one of them is a transvestite. They came in the store and the trany grabed a bottle of hennesy and took off I was right after her/him and her/hims partner. Im so sick of it that I almost threw causion to the wind and took them down till I remebered this thread. It really did make me think twice. THANKS
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