Warning: groansome humo(u)r
Kim & Rima McKinzey
rkm at SLIP.NET
Tue Apr 4 06:22:27 UTC 2000
Via Kim's law and psychology list.
> > Tony Blair is being shown around a hospital. Towards the end of
>> his visit, he
>> is shown into a ward with a number of people with no obvious signs of
>> injury. He goes to greet the first and the chap replies:
>> "FAIR fa' your honest sonsie face,
>> Great chieftain e' the puddin'.race!
>> Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
>> Painch, tripe, or thairm:
>> Weel are ye wordy o' a grace,
>> As lang 's my arm.".
>> Tony, being somewhat confused goes to the next patient and greets him. He
>> replies:
>> "Some hae meat, and canna eat,
>> And some wad eat that want it,
>> But we hae meat and we can eat,
>> And sae the Lord be thankit."
>> The third starts rattling off as follows:
>> "Wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
>> O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
>> Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
>> Wi bickering brattle!,
>> I wad be laith to rin an chase thee,
>> Wi murdering pattle!".
>> Tony turns to the doctor accompanying him and asks "What sort of ward this
>> is, is it a mental ward?".
>> "No," replies the doctor, "It's the Burns unit."
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