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EternalOptimist replied

24 November 2009, 08:31
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

He lives in Belgium, I doubt he stood out from the norm.

he's probably president of something by now
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gingerjedi replied

24 November 2009, 08:27
He lives in Belgium, I doubt he stood out from the norm.
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EternalOptimist replied

24 November 2009, 08:19
Originally posted by threaded View Post

How the heck is he still sane?

because he is an Optimist
we are all perfectly sane
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eliquant replied

24 November 2009, 08:14
I've been in a coma doing I.T. work for over 15 years !
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threaded replied

24 November 2009, 07:26
It is so horrifying as to be beyond comprehension. How the heck is he still sane?
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PRC1964 replied

23 November 2009, 22:37
<tumbleweed>

Anyone hear a noise?

</tumbleweed>
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NoddY started a topic Living nightmare - man misdiagnosed as in coma for 23 years

23 November 2009, 22:26
Living nightmare - man misdiagnosed as in coma for 23 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8375326.stm

The stuff nightmares are made of:

"A Belgian man who doctors thought was in a coma for 23 years was conscious all along, it has been revealed...

..."I was shouting, but no-one could hear me," Mr Houben, now 46, was quoted as saying by a German magazine. "

I know how he feels.
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