Healthcare indecision:

When a panel of doctors was asked to vote on adding a new wing to their hospital…….

The Allergists voted to scratch it
and the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash decisions

The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it
but the Neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve
and the Obstetricians felt they were all labouring under a misconception

The Ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted
the Pathologists yelled, 'Over my dead body’
while the Paediatricians said, 'Oh, Grow up!'

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness
the Radiologists could see right through it
and the Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.

The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow
and the Plastic Surgeons said, 'This puts a whole new face on the matter.'

The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward,
but the Urologists felt the scheme wouldn't hold water.

The Anaesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas
and the Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.

In the end, the Proctologists
thought the decision could be left to anyone in administration.

Speaking Southern - One mo' time!

Things learned by living in the Carolinas.........




Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in the Carolinas.



There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in the Carolinas, plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

Onced and twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra.

Fixinto is one word.

There is no such thing as "lunch." There is only dinner and then there is supper.

Sweet Tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

Backards and forwards means "I know everything about you."

DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

You measure distance in minutes.

You may have to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store."

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

You know what a "DAWG" is.

You carry jumper cables IN your car . . . FOR your car.

You only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm."

You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

Going to Wal-mart is a favorite pastime known as "goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-bean or "fish stew eating" weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop . . . it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no stinking driver's ed . . . if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

Not EVERYONE can be from the Carolinas. It's an art-form, and a gift.
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Acknowledgement: this is from an email going around. If you know where it originated, please let me know.

Get up, and boogie . . .

The sages like to say that the second greatest wisdom in the world is music. Naturally, they hold that Talmud comes first.

Now I am not about to contest that, but music is an amazing thing. Consider its many uses - it is used to enhance all sorts of things: spiritual growth and devotion in prayers, the impact of a movie, the atmosphere of a shopping mall, or a ride in an elevator.

Even the great bard recognized perhaps the most important use of music:

"If music be the food of love, play on!"

So here are some places you might like to go - in your mind, at least.

First stop: Here is a dancing parrot. Eat your heart out, Holly Girl. You've got no tricks like this birdie.

So what?

Well, what if Dr Sacks is right, that music is "hardwired" into
our brains!

Here are other interesting links on the subject of music and the brain that you might like to explore.

PS: "Lady Madonna, lying on the bed. Listen to the music playing in your head"