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Overheard in the ER…

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Lab Tech: “So you think that’s tough? My math professor in college was a concentration camp survivor. The Nazis had cut out his tongue, and you could barely understand him when he lectured.”

Ditzy ER Clerk: Oh, that’s so sad! Was he a German?”

Lab Tech: “Maybe. But he was Jewish.”

Ditzy ER Clerk: “Yeah, that’s what I meant.”

AD (to black ER Doc): “Um, that’s kinda like having one of your ancestors lynched and having someone ask if they were black.”

Black ER Doc: “Yeah, but he was from Alabama. That’s what they meant.”

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Posted by on January 19, 2008 • Filed under: Uncategorized
  • MacMedic892

    This doesn’t sound like an introduction to <>Star of Life<>. Just sayin’, AD. Just sayin’.

  • MacMedic892

    This doesn’t sound like an introduction to <>Star of Life<>. Just sayin’, AD. Just sayin’.

  • MacMedic892

    . Just sayin’, AD. Just sayin’.

  • MacMedic892

    . Just sayin’, AD. Just sayin’.

  • #1 Dinosaur

    <>“Yeah, but he was from Alabama. That’s what they meant.”<>WTF?

  • #1 Dinosaur

    <>“Yeah, but he was from Alabama. That’s what they meant.”<>WTF?

  • #1 Dinosaur

    WTF?

  • #1 Dinosaur

    WTF?

  • John Stephens

    The Nazis weren’t just down on Jews, you know. They also hated gays, communists, and (for some reason) gypsys.

  • John Stephens

    The Nazis weren’t just down on Jews, you know. They also hated gays, communists, and (for some reason) gypsys.

  • John Stephens

    The Nazis weren’t just down on Jews, you know. They also hated gays, communists, and (for some reason) gypsys.

  • John Stephens

    The Nazis weren’t just down on Jews, you know. They also hated gays, communists, and (for some reason) gypsys.

  • Joeymom

    Oh, and the disabled. Nazis put them in the camps, too. And most folks they thought would be in their way. Not just Jews died in the camps.

  • Joeymom

    Oh, and the disabled. Nazis put them in the camps, too. And most folks they thought would be in their way. Not just Jews died in the camps.

  • Joeymom

    Oh, and the disabled. Nazis put them in the camps, too. And most folks they thought would be in their way. Not just Jews died in the camps.

  • Joeymom

    Oh, and the disabled. Nazis put them in the camps, too. And most folks they thought would be in their way. Not just Jews died in the camps.

  • Holly

    that’s laugh out loud funny.

  • Holly

    that’s laugh out loud funny.

  • Holly

    that’s laugh out loud funny.

  • Holly

    that’s laugh out loud funny.

  • Alison Cummins

    Gays too. And intellectuals. While Ditzy may simply have been unclear about what the Nazis were (a democratically elected political party) and what their association was with Germany and Jews… her question was spot-on.

  • Alison Cummins

    Gays too. And intellectuals. While Ditzy may simply have been unclear about what the Nazis were (a democratically elected political party) and what their association was with Germany and Jews… her question was spot-on.

  • Alison Cummins

    Gays too. And intellectuals. While Ditzy may simply have been unclear about what the Nazis were (a democratically elected political party) and what their association was with Germany and Jews… her question was spot-on.

  • Alison Cummins

    Gays too. And intellectuals. While Ditzy may simply have been unclear about what the Nazis were (a democratically elected political party) and what their association was with Germany and Jews… her question was spot-on.

  • OA

    Joeymom said… Not just Jews died in the camps.January 19, 2008 11:11 PMIndeed. 5 million other “undesirables” were done away with. Don’t hear much about them, though.

  • OA

    Joeymom said… Not just Jews died in the camps.January 19, 2008 11:11 PMIndeed. 5 million other “undesirables” were done away with. Don’t hear much about them, though.

  • OA

    Joeymom said… Not just Jews died in the camps.January 19, 2008 11:11 PMIndeed. 5 million other “undesirables” were done away with. Don’t hear much about them, though.

  • OA

    Joeymom said… Not just Jews died in the camps.January 19, 2008 11:11 PMIndeed. 5 million other “undesirables” were done away with. Don’t hear much about them, though.

  • Ambulance Driver

    Everyone: I’m well aware of the Nazi’s persecution of gays, intellectuals, gypsies, disabled people, communists. etc. before and during WWII.Ditzy ER clerk was being just that: ditzy. I told a Boudreaux and Clotilde joke an hour later that had the ER Doc and the nurse <>rolling<>.Ditzy ER clerk was uncharacteristically quiet, only to break out in guffaws <>an hour later.<> It took her THAT LONG to get the joke.I’ll give you three guesses as to her hair color.(And no, I won’t entertain indignant responses from people who think I unfairly stereotype blondes. It’s just humor, people!)

  • Ambulance Driver

    Everyone: I’m well aware of the Nazi’s persecution of gays, intellectuals, gypsies, disabled people, communists. etc. before and during WWII.Ditzy ER clerk was being just that: ditzy. I told a Boudreaux and Clotilde joke an hour later that had the ER Doc and the nurse <>rolling<>.Ditzy ER clerk was uncharacteristically quiet, only to break out in guffaws <>an hour later.<> It took her THAT LONG to get the joke.I’ll give you three guesses as to her hair color.(And no, I won’t entertain indignant responses from people who think I unfairly stereotype blondes. It’s just humor, people!)

  • Ambulance Driver

    It took her THAT LONG to get the joke.I’ll give you three guesses as to her hair color.(And no, I won’t entertain indignant responses from people who think I unfairly stereotype blondes. It’s just humor, people!)

  • Ambulance Driver

    It took her THAT LONG to get the joke.I’ll give you three guesses as to her hair color.(And no, I won’t entertain indignant responses from people who think I unfairly stereotype blondes. It’s just humor, people!)

  • Don Gwinn

    That’s a great, funny story. Here are my top three reasons why it’s historically inaccurate and nobody should laugh at it . . . . :)

  • Don Gwinn

    That’s a great, funny story. Here are my top three reasons why it’s historically inaccurate and nobody should laugh at it . . . . :)

  • Don Gwinn

    That’s a great, funny story. Here are my top three reasons why it’s historically inaccurate and nobody should laugh at it . . . .:)

  • Don Gwinn

    That’s a great, funny story. Here are my top three reasons why it’s historically inaccurate and nobody should laugh at it . . . .:)

  • Joeymom

    Don’t worry, AD. I’m blonde, too. ;)

  • Joeymom

    Don’t worry, AD. I’m blonde, too. ;)

  • Joeymom

    Don’t worry, AD. I’m blonde, too. ;)

  • Joeymom

    Don’t worry, AD. I’m blonde, too. ;)

  • Mrs. Who

    I’m from Alabama <>*checks skin color to be sure*<>Hmmm, now I don’t know whether or not I’m from Alabama…

  • Mrs. Who

    I’m from Alabama <>*checks skin color to be sure*<>Hmmm, now I don’t know whether or not I’m from Alabama…

  • Mrs. Who

    Hmmm, now I don’t know whether or not I’m from Alabama…

  • Mrs. Who

    Hmmm, now I don’t know whether or not I’m from Alabama…

  • Scott

    Did you post on Star of Life yet? Did I miss the link? I am sleepy. I need to go to bed.

  • Scott

    Did you post on Star of Life yet? Did I miss the link? I am sleepy. I need to go to bed.

  • Scott

    Did you post on Star of Life yet? Did I miss the link? I am sleepy. I need to go to bed.

  • Scott

    Did you post on Star of Life yet? Did I miss the link? I am sleepy. I need to go to bed.

  • Wyatt Earp

    <>“Here’s your sign.”<>

  • Wyatt Earp

    <>“Here’s your sign.”<>

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