Protestantism

» pink101 - Diabetes

In response to Oh, Boy! posted by redback:

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So, that's your problem. Diabetes? Now I understand.
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-- posted by pink101

» pink101 - Diabetes

In response to Diabetes posted by pink101:

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I have been diabetic for more that 20 years; so, I know.
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-- posted by pink101

» redback - Diabetes

In response to Diabetes posted by pink101:

I have been diabetic for more that 20 years; so, I know.

OK...you've piqued my interest. Now you understand what?

-- posted by redback

» pink101 - Diabetes

In response to Diabetes posted by redback:

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It was a joke.
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-- posted by pink101

» redback - Diabetes

In response to Diabetes posted by pink101:

It was a joke.

OK...you don't have diabetes and this is where the punchline may come to me at 3am AEDST? ABC

-- posted by redback

» pink101 - No Joke

In response to Diabetes posted by redback:
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I am an insulin dependent diabetic. Have been for at least a dozen years or so. And have been diabetic for at lewast twenty years. Diabetes is no joke.
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But, of all the diseases a person could have, diabetes seems to be the least problematic. Unless it's out of control.
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But, Diabetics are supposed to be ornery and hard to get along with--like you. Therein lies the joke.
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But, I doubt you will laugh at it. I do.
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-- posted by pink101

» redback - No Joke

In response to No Joke posted by pink101:

But, Diabetics are supposed to be ornery and hard to get along with--like you. Therein lies the joke..
But, I doubt you will laugh at it. I do.

Every so often, I feel as vague as you often appear here to me. And I thought that may possibly have been the joke but then you wouldn't have laughted at that. Thanks for saving me the 3am call!

I, the dag, laugh at myself more often than not...but never AT other people.

-- posted by redback

» pink101 - No Joke

In response to No Joke posted by redback:

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And I laugh at everyone including you as well as yours truly.
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If I can laugh at myself, then, you certainly have the right to laugh at me.
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-- posted by pink101

» Migisi - Please Joke

In response to No Joke posted by pink101:
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Can I join in the laughs? I could sure use some - laughter being the best medicine. I'm gonna need some. I sat for my grand kids yesterday - two were sick with this nasty flu. And another big snow coming our way again. Sigh and

-- posted by Migisi

» Migisi - Job Joke

Disability Determination
Claimant: Job (no surname)
Date of Injury: September 26, 2507 B.C.E.
Date of Evaluation: 11/28/2001
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The claimant appeared for an independent Medical Evaluation based on his assertion that he has a disability because he has become so depressed that he cannot continue in his usual occupation as a farmer.
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Mr. Job notes that on the morning of September 26, 2507 B.C.E, he was feeling fatigued, and had been resting from working in his fields, when a cloud of locusts appeared and began devouring his crops. He ran to the house to get help in flailing away the insects. However on his way to the house, he discovered his cattle all lying on the ground dead. He arrived at his house, only to find it in flames. His wife and seven children were all inside, burned up.
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Mr. Job states that he then fell to his knees and prayed to God, only to discover that his entire body was covered with boils. Since then, his neighbors have shunned him.
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It is Mr. Job's claim that he has been so upset by these events that after vainly trying to chase the locusts away, he simply let them eat his crops. He said that he has not been able to return to work since that time.
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Assessment: It is clear from his account that the claimant has a history of feeling fatigued in connection with farming work. He admitted that the work-related fatigue began prior to his applying for the disability insurance. It seems quite evident that his so-called depression is an offshoot of this...a psychologically motivated effort to avoid gainful employment. He did show signs of open sores, but these are likely to be self-induced. In my opinion, Mr. Job has a form of Munchhausen Syndrome where he is driven to excoriate his skin, fueled by a covert psychotic disorder. I infer the psychosis from his mutterings about God and the Devil being behind his problems.
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In conclusion, I see no basis for compensating this man for an obviously pre-existing condition.
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Lou Siffer, M.D.
Psychiatric Consultant
IWIF

-- posted by Migisi