This is so funny anyway.  But knowing Keith, it'ds even funnier.  His love
of the Lord sure shines through, no matter how long his hair is. Smile.

Vicki




----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: Blind as a bat


> I can't remember.  Did I tell this story here before?  Remember when I was
> in the hospital back in November with the flue and pneumonia?  Well, they
> put a sign up near my bed which said, This patient is visually impaired,
or
> something like that.  First, you would be amazed the number of health care
> people who came in my room and never read the sign.  But here is the funny
> part.  A friend of mine by the name of Keith, came up almost every night
to
> see me.  He builds houses for a living.  Keith is 48 years old and still
> things he is a hippie.  He is tall, super skinny, and has long hair.  He
> really loves the Lord and is probably the closest Christian brother I have
> in the Lord.  We have known each other for about 15 years.  I was his
pastor
> once, believe it or not, and we argue and debate on many Biblical issues.
> We disagree a lot, too, and we have had some knock down drag out debates
> over the years.  Keith was a druggy back in the seventies and it is a
> miracle he didn't end up in prison.  Many of his friends did and he used
to
> smuggle drugs to them.  He is skinny because of the speed he used to do.
> Anyhow, Keith has a good sense of humor and he absolutely, positively, 100
> percent hates anything that sounds politically correct.  So, one night, he
> said, do you care if I change your sign with my black marker.  I said, no,
> go ahead.  So he wrote.  This patient isn't visually impaired, he is blind
> as a bat.  Some of the hospital workers thought it was horribly funny and
it
> became a conversational piece the rest of the time I was there.  Sometimes
> one person would bring a friend to my opened door and I could hear them
> whispering and then they would laugh and walk away.  One nurse was
> commenting on how funny it was and I said, I hope that doesn't get
somebody
> in trouble and she said, Naw.  The whole floor is laughing about it.
> However, somebody higher up in the ranks didn't like it because someone
came
> in while I was asleep and changed it back to what it said originally.  I
> suppose they thought somebody in the hospital did it and I would sue them
> for it or some dumb thing like that.  It was funny, though.
>
> Phil.