Close to Home by John McPherson for April 21, 2011

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    margueritem  almost 13 years ago

    Either way, you’re toast.

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    randayn  almost 13 years ago

    You could cut off the end of the short way and then push. Or would that be too easy?

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    cdward  almost 13 years ago

    Could you run through that one more time?

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    Elaine Rosco Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Ouch…..That’s an awfully big splinter…..

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    sallymessner  almost 13 years ago

    How did he get through the door?

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    Yukoneric  almost 13 years ago

    Cut off both ends and just let it scab over……………..

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    1Username  almost 13 years ago

    He needs to cut down on the fiber.

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    meibwab  almost 13 years ago

    Talk about a guy who REALLY needs a second opinion! Here are my ideas:

    Try to set up a consultation meeting with the Wichita Lineman. Wipe down the entire pole with a lot of K-Y jelly. Meanwhile bed down the patient in room 32L. ( L for LONG). Call the Zoo and see if we can borrow some beavers. Strip off all the electrical wiring, sell the copper to pay for the K-Y jelly.
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    odeliasimone  almost 13 years ago

    Take me to the firemen then.

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    Fogger_man  almost 13 years ago

    @ marg: I think in any real world situation he would already be toast! But this is NOT the real world.

    “I recommend you take 2000 termites and see me in the morning.”

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    fredbuhl  almost 13 years ago

    Obviously it needs to come out the long way. To pull it through the short way would expose him needlessly to the harmful PCB’s in the transformers at the short end. This is really a job for the EPA superfund and the poor patient is simply collateral damage for a greater good.

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    mrssaskfan  almost 13 years ago

    I actually met someone who had this happen to him with a piece of rebar. They had to cut it to get him into the ambulance, of course. He was in that stage of shock when a person is very logical and reasonable and was the one who reminded his co-workers and EMTs to cool the bar with water between him and the torch.

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    coffeeturtle  almost 13 years ago

    They better do something before he develops termites.

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    phuhknees  almost 13 years ago

    …and blood-free!

    How the hell does one find themselves skewered in such a manner to begin with?

    Was he lying in the bushes by the side of the road when the FiOS™ truck rolled through town…

    …in his underwear?

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    fredbuhl  almost 13 years ago

    We mustn’t forget about cartoon physics. Remember, it’s a given.

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    Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    I don’t know how anyone can make a call on a disconnected telephone pole.

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    x_Tech  almost 13 years ago

    Well Doc, it’s like this, I went to bed last night at the trailer park and when I woke up this morning my trailer was gone and I had had this wooden sensation.

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    dmanc33  almost 13 years ago

    take 2 aspirins and call me in the morning

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    sheldon1948  almost 13 years ago

    You know this may leave a mark.

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