Overheard in the ER last night......

Ok, I'm thinking maybe doctors aren't that smart after all. This 17 year old girl was in the, uh, certain stall cubical-like thing next to me last night. This girl was screaming bloody murder (she either broke her hip or leg) and the doc walks in.
Ok, before I go any further lemme set the stage. It's Michigan, we are about 15 minutes from Boyne Mountain Ski Resort and the high temp today was about 11* F.
Anyway, the doc walks in calms her down and asks her what happened. She says "I was skiing this afternoon and I lost control. I hit a pole pretty hard." Then he says.....wait for it.......here it comes........"were you snow skiing?"
Here's yer sign.

"no doc,I know its freezing out, but there we were, the boat all gassed up, and I had this fancy new ski rope..."

good thing he went to school for 8 more years than me

What do you call the person who graduates last in their medical school class? "Doctor"

DrBoost wrote: next to me last night.

I'm thinking this is a case of giving the d00d a break. Who knows how long he's been working (and it sounds like a night shift), or what kind of work he had to do over his shift.

I'm just sayin'.

Or he's had to deal with humanity long enough that he's learned not to take anything for granted. She might have been getting towed by a snowmobile, and potentially even across open water. Winters are long in the north.

Keith wrote: Or he's had to deal with humanity long enough that he's learned not to take anything for granted. She might have been getting towed by a snowmobile, and potentially even across open water. Winters are long in the north.

This is true... very true. I used to snowboard behind a snowmobile. in speeds excess of 60mph

Snow skiing, assuming it means downhill skiing, as opposed to cross-country skiing.

My college buddies use to do something they'd call "skeetching". Basically it was water-skiing behind a car on frozen streets using your shoes instead of skis. I'd think you could hit a pole (or something equally force-resistant) that way, too, especially after many drinks.

I was either too chicken (or smart) to participate.

stroker wrote: My college buddies use to do something they'd call "skeetching". Basically it was water-skiing behind a car on frozen streets using your shoes instead of skis. I'd think you could hit a pole (or something equally force-resistant) that way, too, especially after many drinks. I was either too chicken (or smart) to participate.

Hahaha, and just HOPE to god you don't run out of ice and hit a dry piece of pavement.

mtn wrote: Snow skiing, assuming it means downhill skiing, as opposed to cross-country skiing.

She says "I was skiing this afternoon and I lost control. I hit a pole pretty hard."

if she did that cross-country skiing, color me impressed.

In reply to stroker:

Bumper shining was what we called it.

DrBoost wrote: ...we are about 15 minutes from Boyne Mountain Ski Resort

Ah, one of my favorite places in the world (the area, not so much the resort but the resort is okay.)
My grandmother was born in Boyne City; my grandfather born in East Jordan. I suspect that you were at the hospital in Petoskey.

Since no one has asked, why were you there and more importantly are you okay?

Streetwiseguy wrote: In reply to stroker: Bumper shining was what we called it.

We called it shagging

zomby woof wrote:

Streetwiseguy wrote: In reply to stroker: Bumper shining was what we called it.

We called it shagging

We called it "pogeying". Best done behind the school bus with it's massive bumper to hold on to and relatively slow speed around the neighborhood...

I think ER doctors run crazy shifts. Like 24 hour ones at times. I'm guessing he was pretty zonked out. I would wager the state he was in is what causes doctors to occasionally cut the wrong appendage off.

On Long Island we called it skitching. Normally behind the school bus.

My friend and I towboarded behind an old 2 stroker. it smoked pretty well, and it kinda impeded vision. We built a really sweet 6 foot kicker one winter and had a ton of fun hitting it at about 30...

jrw1621 wrote: Since no one has asked, why were you there and more importantly are you okay?

Thanks for asking. My three year old son had a WICKED ear infection. We were there to get meds. Yeah, I know, not a genuine emergency but try telling that to a 3 year old who has an ear that hurts REAL BAD.
Everyone is ok now.

DrBoost wrote: ...not a genuine emergency but try telling that to a 3 year old who has an ear that hurts REAL BAD.

Quoted for supreme Trueth

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neon4891 wrote:

DrBoost wrote: ...not a genuine emergency but try telling that to a 3 year old who has an ear that hurts REAL BAD.

Quoted for supreme Trueth

Yeah, we took him so we could all get some sleep that night. We took him in at about 7 pm, the other option would be to wait 'till after 1 pm the next day. I was surprised though, in and out in no time.

pigeon wrote: We called it "pogeying". Best done behind the school bus with it's massive bumper to hold on to and relatively slow speed around the neighborhood...

When I was in school, VW Beetles were still commonplace, and had the best bumpers, with handles

We called it shagging too. Sit on the curb, wait for a car/truck to come by slow enough and run out and grab on. What fun!!
Today, many years later I still love to shag .....just a different kind of shagging