LOL, Phil! I needed that laugh right now! Helen Earlier, Phil Scovell wrote: >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.