From the category archives:

Humour

Women Only!

February 15, 2010

Warning – this is a sexist article!
Girls – next time you get Flu, don’t struggle on, but make sure you say it is the new strain called ‘Man Flu’. You will get much more sympathy from everyone – except your doctor – as confirmed on the satirical website Newsbiscuit.
According to them, a woman from Stroud [...]

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The Cancer Club

December 2, 2009

Image by ~Merete via Flickr

Christine Clifford Beckwith decided to have fun during her cancer treatment, and wrote some very funny books. She sends out a Newsletter each month with one of her cartoons: latest this month shows two females (natch!) laden down with bags from exclusive boutiques. One says to the other:
THERE IS RADIOTHERAPY -
THERE [...]

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What is actually written in our notes

November 13, 2009

THESE ARE SENTENCES ACTUALLY TYPED BY MEDICAL SECRETARIES IN GLASGOW
1. The patient has no previous history of suicides.
2. Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital.
3. Patient’s medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but [...]

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What do you do when having a Bad Hair Day

November 1, 2009

I was always worried that kind friends would give me one of those “my story -how I suffered through cancer” type books. Luckily they realised this wasn’t my scene, and sent me funny cards and useful products.
However, I would have loved to have been given one of Christine Clifford Beckwith’s books, as her type of [...]

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