Not a funny topic at all.

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I live in Florida and this is an ongoing topic on forums of local newspapers.  We have a large Hispanic population here and while many of them speak English, many of them do not.  If you go to Wal-Mart here, all of the signs are in English and Spanish.  Many of the food products are in both languages.  I actually know a couple through a family member who moved here from Cuba, must have been 35 years ago now, when Castro took their farm.  The wife speaks virtually no English.  She worked for Disney in housekeeping or something and retired from there.  Even Disney didn't seem to care if their staff learns English. 

I worked at a bank prior to becoming an MT.  I had about 4 bilingual coworkers and we needed them.  We had numerous customers who came in to cash checks or even had accounts there and didn't speak any English.  I taught myself enough Spanish independently on the Internet and through books to be able to serve their needs.  Now let me ask you, if I can manage that why can't they? 

I don't think it's being racist or having a bad day.  We all have to listen to ESL doctors who are practically incomprehensible.  I wonder sometimes how in the world they passed the equivalency exams.  I also know as doctors they can certainly afford a few diction classes but they don't bother.  Meanwhile, we can't understand them, I don't know how their colleagues understand them, nurses probably have a hard time understanding them and many of these doctors are administering to elderly patients who don't hear as well.  God only knows how they understand them. 

English is the accepted universal language in the business world which is why people in other countries learn English.  If you are going to do business in a predominantly English-speaking country then learn the language.

Hex nut in the urethra man.  Yeppir, AND he was a repeat offender, having been brought in for numerous urethral extractions..... his hex nut being his best.  

Then there was toothbrush swallowing guy. (really!)  You would think the curve of the toothbrush would prohibit swallowing. This guy was also a repeat offender. Lightbulbs, toothbrushes, razor blades, whatever ya got!

I love these guys. 

I generally have had very little luck finding a really comfortable bra.  I am big busted and use underwires (yuck).  Anybody care to share what their favorite brand of bra is as far as comfort for us more well-endowed women? 

so I Googled "delawing pros and cons" and then also tried "declawing video".  I must say, after looking at both sides and hearing about postop complications, if I were in your shoes I would find an alternative to it, especially if its an older cat.   Apparently the practice has been banned in California.  Very enlightening stuff out there on the net about it. 

in the apartment below me must smoke 4 packs a day. She never leaves the house and she just closets herself inside smoking all day long until about 2 a.m. and then sleeps late. I can SMELL the minute she wakes up. I KNOW this is second hand smoke and I have been hospitalized three times in the last two years with bronchitis.  I really cant afford to move.  I have complained to the apartment manager about it and she basically said there is nothing she can do.  I have canvassed the apartment and have blocked up every hole I can that this might be seeping through. Now that the colder weather is here, the windows are closed and it is even worse.  I need bigger balls to deal with this and the DH is no help at all because "it doesn't bother him"  but I feel that because my asthma is so bad and I am living with this in my home that he should step up with me on this issue.  I have lived above this lady for 3 years and I am through. This lady knows my problem, I have THREE hepa filters running in my house and have given her a $500.00 ionic breeze quadra professional unit for her living room. Any good words?

I have an 18-year-old son who LOVES to be on the computer doing the instant message thing.  He knows all the lingo, codes, blah blah blah.  Well, he is not used to the Short Hand being on on my computer, but sometimes he uses my computer when I am not working.  Can you see where I am going with this?

Anyway, he (and probably a dozen other of his buddies) were instant messaging each other on line.  So my son needs to go do something and he just typed BRB for "be right back."  He jumped up and did not see this expand to BRIGHT RED BLOOD.

LOLOL.  Frantically, word travelled through cyberspace that something must have happened because he just typed in bright red blood and left.  When he finally went back to his screen he had all these worried messages...are you all right?  what happened???  are you alive???

I got the best laugh out of that!  He had to explain to everyone who had "heard" just  what had happened and now he is much more careful.

That must be the game system that I have heard talked about and someone laughingly said that this game would actually give you carpal tunnel, pulled muscles, etc. 

Lynn

Born and bred Texas, but never heard that before - i'm trying to figure out if it could be a compliment ???