TRUE STORIES

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Life on the Road..

My Mom stood outside the Laundromat waiting for the load to finish when a family drove up and parked in front. They took out all their bags and then took out a wheel chair and helped what I assumed to be their grown son, into the chair. It was obvious to Mom he was a quadriplegic. The Mother wheeled him over beside my Mom and went inside.

Well, if you knew my Mom, this would not be out of her character; she began talking with this fellow. About life, about being handicapped and finally she asked how it happened…..

He said, “When I was 22 years old I was driving my car and the other vehicle coming towards me swerved to miss a dog that was crossing the road. And instead of hitting the dog he hit me…”

Then there was an odd silence, and he asked Mom "Would you like to know the moral of the story??" And Mom replied “of course, yes” 

"Hit the F’in dog!!"      

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Ballet Blues

 The ballet class had just finished, and thank God. My toes were all bloody open festering blisters. Outside the hot sun was shining and there was a huge gorgeous tree just over the grass about 50 meters. I gingerly took off my pointe shoes to feel the cool grass under my weary feet, not realizing that ½ hour before, the camp gardener had done his job by spreading dandelion poison and fertilizer all over the grounds.

As I began to run through the grass my toes immediately lit on fire and sent intense pain shooting through my entire body. There was no escape …of course I had no idea why, but I did know where the camp nurse was and made a detour across the grass in lighting speed to the first aid hut.

“My feet are on fire” I screamed when I tumbled into the hut. From the look on my face the nurse knew that my feet were truly on fire!!! 

SAFETY WARNING

The nurse at the admitting desk sat stunned as Jack explained how Lucy burned both of her eyes. It was a simple explanation really, but something I guess she never thought of when she goes to the fair and eats  fluffy, seemingly harmless cotton candy.

 Lucy, beginning her first day on the job, listened as her boss showed her the art of making sno cones, popcorn and cotton candy. She didn’t really think that there was much to it. After 4 years of college, she didn’t think she had to pay much attention to his advice and warnings. She didn’t even hear when he reminded her as he left, to wear the safety goggles that he put on top of the sugar bag.. she waved good bye and started her simple task.

 She grabbed the cup, filled it with sugar and poured it in…well, all the severely burning hot sugar flew  into her face…and eyes… you see cotton candy is spun sugar, spun HOT sugar. That, you see, is how she burned her face and eyes.

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