A REALLY Bad Day

So you think you're having a bad day. The following is taken

from a Florida newspaper:

A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife

was in the house in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine

on the motorcycle and somehow, the motorcycle slipped into gear.

The man, still holding the handlebars, was dragged through a

glass patio door and the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside

the house.

The wife, hearing the crash, ran into the dining room, and found

her husband laying on the floor, cut and bleeding, the

motorcycle laying next to him and the patio door shattered. The

wife ran to the phone and summoned an ambulance.

Because they lived on a fairly large hill, the wife went down

the several flights of long steps to the street to direct the

paramedics to her husband. After the ambulance arrived and

transported the husband to the hospital, the wife uprighted the

motorcycle and pushed it outside. Seeing that gas had spilled on

the floor, the wife obtained some papers towels, blotted up the

gasoline, and threw the towels in the toilet.

The husband was treated at the hospital and was released to come

home. After arriving home, he looked at the shattered patio door

and the damage done to his motorcycle. He became despondent,

went into the bathroom, sat on the toilet and smoked a

cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he flipped it between

his legs into the toilet bowl while still seated.

The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her

husband screaming. She ran into the bathroom and found her

husband laying on the floor. His trousers had been blown away

and he was suffering burns on the buttocks, the back of his legs

and his groin. The wife again ran to the phone and called for an

ambulance.

The same ambulance crew was dispatched and the wife met them at

the street. The paramedics loaded the husband on the stretcher

and began carrying him to the street. While they were going down

the stairs to the street accompanied by the wife, one of the

paramedics asked the wife how the husband had burned himself.

She told them and the paramedics started laughing so hard, one

of them tipped the stretcher and dumped the husband out. He fell

down the remaining steps and broke his ankle!

A real life story and one that shows that despite your regular

snipes at Government and public money, (in jokes) but, in every country taxes pay for people in need and in crises.

Public servants work hard to make our community life a decent one and Studlover, fortunately for me, I live in a country where

if there is an emergency there are no medical bills to pay.

The downside is that there are long waiting lists but

taxes serve people; its just a matter of trying to maintain the balance well between cost and benefit.

I enjoy posting the snipes at government and public money. I also enjoy poking fun of my Native State of Texas.

In now way do I ever undermine Police, Fire and Emergency Services. These brave men and women are heroes!

Studlover