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The GF works as a doctor so I get a few rank tales over the dinner table.
She had to swab a guy's knob a few days after he got a bit eager with a cheese grater one night, or when they had to send a bloke in for an op to remove the solidified window sealant he decided to pump into his third eye.
"Is that right love? pass the salt would you"
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Whereas, when they were fresh they smelt of roses ?Originally posted by Scotchpie View PostWell I once worked in a microbiology lad at the local hospital. I had to poke around people poo looking for worms and spreading it out over culture plates for bacteriology tests.
Mondays where the worst as the poo had been festering over the weekend in the specimen bottles. You got a real stink opening them.

Rhubarb.
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Yes, when myself and some mates went into the "monkey spanking booths" in Netherlands, we wished we had tied our shoelaces up properly...Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post...cubicles, we didn’t use them but noticed a guy mopping them out and emptying the bins, he had to hold them up-side-down and tap the rim on the edge of his cart to get the more stubborn tissues out.
Does it get any worse?
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Did the staff keep forgetting his name or something? I suppose if he did not have a pen, then what else could he do?Originally posted by Rookie View PostMy uncle was a nurse at a hospital for people suffering from mental health problems. One of the patients used to use his own excrement to write his name on the walls.
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Sounds cushy compared with the poor sods down on the sewage farm, who have to slosh about in the "mud" raking huge mounds of condoms and tampons.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostA mate and I when to Munich for the Oktoberfest a few years back, during the day we allowed our curiosity to get the better of us and had a browse in one of the numerous sex shops.
Once inside we realised there were pay-as-you-go movie cubicles, we didn’t use them but noticed a guy mopping them out and emptying the bins, he had to hold them up-side-down and tap the rim on the edge of his cart to get the more stubborn tissues out.
Does it get any worse?
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Well I once worked in a microbiology lad at the local hospital. I had to poke around people poo looking for worms and spreading it out over culture plates for bacteriology tests.
Mondays where the worst as the poo had been festering over the weekend in the specimen bottles. You got a real stink opening them.
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Long time ago now. Long history of mental health problems I guess. Not sure exactly what triggered it all off or if was some kind of genetic disorder. Some patients were violent and lashed out instead.
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Maggots are also used in a controlled manner for cleaning wounds.Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View Post











I think I'd rather suffer the sting of TCP personally...
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My uncle was a nurse at a hospital for people suffering from mental health problems. One of the patients used to use his own excrement to write his name on the walls.
Not the worst job as such but still one where a strong stomach is needed.
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostNursing can be quite unsavoury at times. Mrs Tester can tell some choice stories about 85 year old mental patients who’ve inserted things they shouldn’t have inserted into places they shouldn’t have inserted them, cleaning up homeless women with maggot colonies in their orifice, and so on.
I have luckily taught her to refrain from telling her stories at the dinner table.










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Nursing can be quite unsavoury at times. Mrs Tester can tell some choice stories about 85 year old mental patients who’ve inserted things they shouldn’t have inserted into places they shouldn’t have inserted them, cleaning up homeless women with maggot colonies in their orifice, and so on.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostA mate and I when to Munich for the Oktoberfest a few years back, during the day we allowed our curiosity to get the better of us and had a browse in one of the numerous sex shops.
Once inside we realised there were pay-as-you-go movie cubicles, we didn’t use them but noticed a guy mopping them out and emptying the bins, he had to hold them up-side-down and tap the rim on the edge of his cart to get the more stubborn tissues out.
Does it get any worse?
I have luckily taught her to refrain from telling her stories at the dinner table.
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Well if you wear gloves and a mask it might be easier than converting lotus notes forms into word....
http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...tes-forms.html
and here is a novel idea for the bin-man - how about using bin liners?
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