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What is the funniest thing someone has said to you? And how did you react?

The funniest thing said to me... goodness there are so many....
There was one that comes to mind....

This woman... It was spring night, and we got an surprise admit from the ER, a street person with advanced labor, unsuspected pregnancy, no prenatal, possible 35-38 wk gestation G2 P0. she was a colorful character and a bit tipsy "cause the pain was getting bad" before she decided to come to the hospital and find out she was having a baby! She was showered and put into bed on a monitor of course, Iv started, and within an hour she was 10 cms and pushing... and tired. I was giving her ice chips and watching the monitor, making notes on the strip and encouraging her, rubbing her back between contranctions, supporting her... after an especially big push she flopped back on the bed and let out a sigh and then remarked to me, " it sure was a hell of a lot easier getting this baby in here than getting it out!!"

It struck us all as pretty funny at the time. Brought a smile to her face... The baby was girl, tested at 36 wks apgars were good and the baby did well to the best of recollection... it has been a long while since that night.

There was a nother couple who named their child Kegga.. middle name Cole. I thought that was interesting as I have a love of words and names and origins of them, in my defense it was a pretty busy night.

I will not give you the name of the couple, confidentiality and all, but the light dawned when I asked the mom if the name was gaelic she said" No," it just went with _______--(their last name)." Fill in the blank with any Irish beer, and you have the reason the doc asked for a psych referral on the mom and dad. While creative... the doctor felt it might be wise to investigate anyone who would name their child Kegga Cole_______.

LOLOL I loved the fun stuff in nursing..

that is hilarious....Kylee told me that one...Hey even though you are little...your face looks like an adult.  Don't worry about it Sarah

The funniest thing that has ever happened to me is that when we went to Sea World with our kids....we thought we could slide our youngest child in for the kid price....when the lady asked how old our children were, we said 7 and 4.....our youngest was really 5....she looked at me and said loudly,  "Mama, I'M NOT 4, I'M 5".   OOOOPS.....better not tell anymore white lies!  We are Catholic, so those don't count!

 I grew up the only girl with 3 brothers, a couple that thought passing gas was an art form.  Course, they got their "art form" from our parents who would send my younger brother searching for frogs in the middle of December underneath my parents recliners.  So I have developed a phobia about farting.  So, it seems like I get to be around the special people of the world who can rip them and not even notice.  Doesn't God have an awesome sense of humor?

So.. one night I admitted a dehydrated 85 year old woman.  She was this tiny petite thing with beautiful white hair and perfect hearing.  She was a retired librarian.  Due to the difficulty of getting an IV inserted, I had my shift supervisor come in to see if she could get one in.  Barb came in chattering away, bent over to look for a vein.  When she bent over, she tooted but never even acknowledged it.  The patient looked at me and smiled.  Barb released the tourniquet and bent over the IV tray to select a needle and tooted again.  Again, I get this smile from the patient but with a raised eyebrow.  Barb bent over to apply the tourniquet and ripped one so loud that we later wondered if fabric had been torn.  But Barb just continued chatting and prepping the site.  When she bent over again to insert the IV, she ripped one again.  Bless that patients heart, she just turned to me smiling broadly with tears in her eyes and didn't budge.  Once the IV was in, Barb told her it was going to be alright and not to cry, then apologized for hurting her.  The patient said she was fine and thanked her for getting it in.  As Barb walked out of the room she tooted a couple more times.  When the door closed, the patient busted out laughing and said she wasn't about to move because she was afraid Barb's pants wouldn't have anymore seams left if she bent over one more time.  She kept giggling and said she was surprised that she still had full coverage over her hiney.  

I had a patient asking for a stool softner.I gave her colace,She said"Can't you give me the one that makes me poop out snakes!":)

one Christmas we went to San Antonio to visit my cousin and his family.....we waited till the end of the evening before my Dad went out to ge the x-mas gifts(at this point the kiddos should have been asleep).  My father has white hair and has a white beard....apparently Cierra must have been up and seen my Dad bringing the gifts in the house and laying them under the tree, because I heard a creek on the stairs, I went upstairs to say good-bye to the girls....Cierra grabs my hand and says, you must be soooo lucky! I said why is that?  She said because Santa is your Daddy....she gave me a kiss and ran off to bed. 

I was preparing an 84 year old gentlemen for discharge to home after brief hospital stay.  He was very nice, and kinda reminded me of "Uncle Junior" from the Sopranos.  Anyway, as I was putting a new depends on him, I asked him what he would do when he got home.  He replied "I am writing a book".  I asked him what the title would be.  He said "it's an autobiography; Diapers to Diapers in 84 years"!!!!!  One of the funniest things:)